Agents, Editors, and You: The Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book Published

by Michael Larsen and Michelle Howry

Book Overview

This title has been designed for writers who might need insider advice for getting their work pubished. It provides information by industry professionals on: preparing a manuscript and getting it into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582971528
• ISBN13: 9781582971520
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Straight Talk To Writers

Every publishing experience is different. Each agent and each publisher operates in a different way--but the overall process has many of the same principles. These principles are captured and explained in this excellent compilation of articles from various F & W Publications. In one concise volume, you will learn about preparing and submitting your manuscript. How to determine if you need an agent, then how to find the right one and what does an agent do anyway? The answers are in this volume. After you locate an agent or determine if you need one, what are nonfiction editor looking for? What are fiction editors searching for? Or what are children's editors searching for? These questions are answered in these pages. Finally what is that process after your book is contracted? How do you work with your editor? What expectations should I have after my book is published? Publishing is constantly changing and there are no permanent answers but I found the wisdom in these pages worthwhile and something I recommend to writers who are looking for solid answers to their questions. As editor Michelle Howry writes in her introduction, "Getting a book published is an arduous task. It often seems as if the publishing industry itself was structured to make it as difficult as possible for a first-time author to figure it all out. It's challenging, but there is hope. As you'll see throughout this book, agent and editors really are still searching for talented new writers. Use this book like a road map, inside you'll find the information you need to navigate the unfamiliar publishing landscape and find publishing success. Rely on the advice of these "publishing mentors"--along with your amazingly well-written book--to target an agent, wood an editor, and earn a book contract." Sound words are in these pages. I recommend it.

Review by Irene Watson, author of "The Sitting Swing."

One of the better "investments" I made when buying a self-help book.

Agents, Editors, and You-Great Resource

Writer's Digest Books Agents, Editors, and You (edited by Howry) is a full of important information for writers about the publishing business. This book is crucial to those who want to follow good submission procedures, avoiding preventable mistakes that could cost a sale. There are many ideas related to contacting agents and editors. It is the "Miss Manners" of proper protocol... I'm glad I have this book.

What you need to know

This collection of articles tells writers what they need to know about many of the most important business aspects of writing a book: what agents do and don't do, how their tasks differ from those of editors, how to choose and attract the interest of an agent, and why you are likely to need one. Unlike many other books published on these subjects, this one discusses recent changes in publishing with bigger conglomerates and e-publishing. Readers will get answers to questions they didn't know enough to formulate, such as specific advice about approaching editors and agents, the value of an agent who belongs to AAR (including their not charging reading fees!), information on book promotion and who does it, and some of the issues involved in self-publishing.The information here is current and clear.~review by Joan Mazza, author of six books, including Dreaming Your Real Self.