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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... once gave his publisher a Bible with the word “ robber ” describing Barabbas in John 18:40 crossed out and the word “ publisher ” written in . But our facts are as accurate as we can make them . Let's begin by exploding some myths about ...
... once in a while to keep them going . A few publishers are admittedly owned by nonprofit organizations . Na- tional church bodies , for example , sponsor publishing houses that bring out books for sale within the church organization or ...
... Once in a while they seek out 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 ...
... once you've turned it in. your. the. production. department. All the mechanical and editorial procedures that go into converting 450 neatly printed manuscript pages (or the equivalent on disk) into a 250-page bound book are handled by the ...
... once - in - print books that have been dis- continued . Both have separate title , author and subject indexes and include such information as publisher , year of issue and price . For nonfiction authors trying to identify whether an ...