The Author's HandbookUniv of Wisconsin Press, 2006. gada 8. febr. - 228 lappuses Providing essential guidance for both aspiring and experienced authors, the second edition of The Author’s Handbook is a valuable resource for writers of all levels. Extensively updated and expanded to account for significant changes in the publishing industry, The Author’s Handbook outlines effective techniques to develop marketable book ideas, research those ideas, and write a manuscript—either fiction or nonfiction—for publication. The authors provide many tips on topics that include choosing a publisher, negotiating contracts, understanding legal matters, and promoting your work. With this guide, the reader will gain insight into virtually every aspect of publishing. |
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... author's view , similar to the poet Byron's , who once gave his publisher a Bible with the word “ robber ” describing ... authors ' autographs . But the hucksterism disturbed us a lot less than How to Sell Your Book the realization that ...
... authors or author's agents whose reputations or previous books they know and ask them to convert the ideas into finished manuscripts . Notice that what sells a book ( in nonfiction and in most fiction as well ! ) is not its fine style ...
... authors ' contracts usually specify a much smaller royalty when books are sold to wholesalers . That alone can shave up to 50 percent from an author's meager earnings . Now publishers of every size also sell their books via their own ...
... authors whose books support the industry . And few authors ' groups are representative enough — and rich enough — to undertake accurate surveys . However , please don't mistake our attitude for despair . In our several decades of full ...
... authors had to research , organize and write 450 pages of fiction or nonfiction before they could market it , few could make a liv- ing . Authors ' closets would be full of unpublished manuscripts , many of them beautifully written on ...