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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... percent of all book titles are trade books , published with book- stores as their major intended market . Yet barely one in ten book publishers maintains its own comprehensive sales network . The others rely on other ways of getting ...
... percent from an author's meager earnings . Now publishers of every size also sell their books via their own websites and through Amazon.com , BarnesandNoble.com and other online bookstores . Though it's putting the final nail in the ...
... percent of the half million or more book titles now in print . It's more sobering to understand how the price paid ... percent of the cover price . To pay for overhead , salaries and ( rarely ) cooperative advertis- ing , the bookseller ...
... that long from now? You must consider one other aspect of timelessness: Of the three million books in print, well under 5 percent were released as new titles within the past How to Sell Your Book year . Though most books 15.
... percent of any sales she made . Shocked , she told us about it . We could only reply that we'd heard some agents were asking for 20 percent . Natu- rally , Nancy wanted to know what agents could be expected to do to merit that big a ...