Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 13th Edition (with CD-ROM): Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over! (Writer's Guide)
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Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 13th Edition (with CD-ROM): Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over! (Writer's Guide)
The Key to Unlocking Your Writing Success This ultimate writer's reference connects you to who's who in the publishing industry. Inside, you'll find the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail and Web addresses for hundreds of top editors and agents, plus essays from industry insiders who reveal the secrets to big-time success. With the most up-to-date information on an industry that's constantly changing, this new edition offers everything you need to get past the slush piles and into the hands of the real players in the publishing field, including how to write attention-grabbing book proposals and thrive off rejection. Now, you hold the keys to getting published. This deluxe edition includes a CD-ROM that contains the entire database of agents and publishers, easily searchable in just a few clicks and able to organize the most important information according to your specific needs. In addition, direct links to helpful writer-related Web sites give you immediate access to the people you need to know! Minimum CD-ROM system requirements: ·PC: Pentium II 200 MHz, 32MB RAM, Windows 98, Netscape 4.x or higher ·Mac: Power PC-based Mac, 32MB RAM + Virual memory, OS 8.1+, Netscape 4.x or IE 4.x or higher
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
There's an easier (and cheaper) way:
The addresses and phone numbers in this book are handy, but this is not the way to find an agent or publisher. Instead, visit the largest bookstore in your area and take a look at the books they sell that are in your genre. Look in the "Acknowledgments" section of each book and you are almost certain to find the names of the author's agent and the book's editor. Those are the agents and editors who are most likely to know about your subject and its chances of being published. Find those people using an... more info
If you are a serious writer...skip this reference book:
This book really sucked! Save your money! The I have tried to contact Mr. Herman about some of the problems I have encountered with the contact addresses he provided. He has yet to respond, meanwhile, I have wasted valuable postage for addresses that are incorrect or not in existance. One other note, many of the persons contacted were not accepting new talent, and hadn't been for quite sometime.
Save your money for something truly up to date!:
I'm an editor (prefer to remain anonymous) who found my name as well as the names of my colleagues listed as working for publishing houses we left years ago. (I left my old house in 1998!) Stick to the professional directories or at least always call to confirm staff names.
Sure, the information in this book is current if:
Sure, the information in this book is current if your potential agent is doing a life term in Sing Sing. But of the five queries I sent out based on the information in this book, two were just unanswered and three came back addressee unknown. Maybe I picked the only five bad addresses in the book, or maybe current it isn't.
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