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2011
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-- 2012 Writer’s Market You also gain access to: • Lists of professional writing organizations • Sample query letters • A free digital download of Writer's Yearbook Includes an exclusive 60-minute FREE WEBINAR "What I appreciate most about Writer’s Market—Christina Katz, author of The Writer’s Workout, Get Known Before the Book Deal and Writer Mama
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Publishing in the 21st century is a rapidly changing business, and this highly readable and comprehensive reference covers it all: editorial acquisition and process, the importance of metadata, operations procedures, financial benchmarks and methods, and personnel management as well as product development, production, and sales and marketing. Written for the practicing professional just starting out, veterans looking to learn new tricks of the trade,...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often missing from these conversations is the fact that writing is also a business. The reality is, those who want to make a full- or part-time job out of writing are going to have a more positive and productive career if they understand the basic business principles underlying the industry.
The Business of Being a Writer offers the business education writers...
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Pub. Date
2001
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From Stephen King to authors who haven't become household names quite yet, authors are increasingly turning to the Internet as a way of taking charge of their own publishing destiny. The opportunities are vast, but also confusing: Should you publish an e-book, a conventional print book, a Print On Demand book, a CD-ROM, or all of the above? What do you need to know to create an e-book? How do you set up a website, and how can you actually get people...
8) The book bible: how to sell your manuscript-- no matter what genre-- without going broke or insane
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"A brilliant, buoyant guide to publishing your book...Hundreds of thousands of books come out every year worldwide. So why not yours? In The Book Bible, New York Times bestseller and wildly popular Manhattan writing professor Susan Shapiro reveals the best and fastest ways to break into a mainstream publishing house. Unlike most writing manuals that stick to only one genre, Shapiro maps out the rules of all the sought-after, sellable categories: novels,...
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Pub. Date
c2021
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Do you want to make a living with your writing?
Do you want to turn your words into multiple streams of income?
I’m Joanna Penn and I left my job as a corporate cubicle slave a decade ago to become a full-time author entrepreneur. In this completely updated Third Edition, I’ll explain how I make a living with my writing and share tips from other writers on how you can do it too with practical, actionable advice that you can implement for yourself.
If...