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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... Business of Writing 14. What to Expect from Your Editor (and When) 167 15. How to Help with Book Sales 175 16. The Writer and the Law 191 17. Coping with the Writer's Life 203 INDEX 215 PART I How to Sell Your Book 1 A Publishing.
... editors passed it along for a second reading . And while he was revising this , his eighth novel , he was plotting and writing a ninth and tenth . “ I had to do something while you were tearing apart the other book , ” he explained ...
... editor who first bought this book idea back in 1979 suggested the italics ! Nothing's since changed . ) As if it were yesterday , we remember the first day we spent wandering through Chicago's massive McCormick Place convention hall ...
... editors or copyeditors , no warehouse or shipping department . When they could afford to , they hired outsiders to do these essential jobs . Some of them had been muddling along this way for years , with a few spectacular suc- cesses ...
... editor . In some places , the second echelon is associate editor and the third , assistant editor . Asso- ciate and assistant editors generally do everything the senior editors do , but have to go through more internal red tape to get ...