Overview
Books like the Harry Potter series create a media phenomenon, with people lining up and camping outside bookstores to purchase newly released titles. Yet book sales overallĀ āĀ not just those of mega-sellersĀ āĀ are on the rise, as more and more people seek knowledge and entertainment through reading. The Library of Congress currently registers about 60,000 new titles for copyright each year. 60,000 books by 60,000 authors. Imagine yourself as one.
Getting Your Book Published For Dummies is your complete guide to realizing whatever gem of an idea youāve been carrying with you. If youāve ever thought, āthis would make a really good book,ā be it the next great American novel or a guide to naming babies, hereās your chance to put pen to paper and find out! Written from both sides of the editorās deskĀ āĀ by a widely published writer and a HarperCollins veteran publisherĀ āĀ this guide puts in your hand the advice you need to:
- Pick an idea
- Approach the publisher
- Craft proposals and queries
- Work with agents, or act as your own
- Self-publish
- Negotiate a contract
- Create the actual book
- Sell your published book
Full of examples, proposals, query letters, and war stories drawn from the authorsā extensive experience, Getting Your Book Published For Dummies shows you how to clear all the hurdles faced by todayās writersĀ āĀ freeing up precious time for you to refine your manuscript. Youāll get the inside scoop on:
- Titling your book
- Major publishers, smaller houses, niche publishers, university presses, and spiritual and religious publishers
- The 12 elements of a successful nonfiction proposal
- How editors read queries
- Submitting fiction
- Publishing outside the box
- And much more
Getting Your Book Published For Dummies is the clear, A-Z handbook that makes the entire processĀ plain and practicable. You donāt need to be a celebrity. You donāt need to be some kind of publishing insider. All you need to do is write.
This book title, Getting Your Book Published For Dummies, ISBN: 9780764552571, by Sarah Parsons Zackheim, Adrian Zackheim, published by Wiley (January 15, 2002) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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