You Can Make It Big Writing Books: A Top Agent Shows You How to Develop a Million-Dollar Bestseller

by Jeff Herman, Deborah Levine Herman, Julia DeVillers

Book Overview

How would you like to become the next John Gray or Mark Victor Hansen? The enormously successful authors of the bestselling Mars and Venus and Chicken Soup for the Soul books weren't always so famous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761513620
• ISBN13: 9780761513629
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Publishing is a Business

This book is wonderful. It combines the professional know-how of 60 celebrated American authors. The topselling American authors all seem to have been asked the same questions, and there is a lot to learn from this group of successful self-promoters in the first 220 pages of the book. And in the final third of the book is devoted to promotional tips from top literary agent Jeff Herman and his colleagues. Every page of "You Can Make It Big Writing Books" has inspiration. But this book is not about writing fine literature. This is about taking a pretty good idea and positioning it for success. This book for those who wants to make big money writing books -- from the basics of drafting a great idea into a marketable book to the specifics of book publishing. I recommend: don't even think about writing a book until you read "You Can Make It Big Writing Books". This is one of the best reference books on this subject, maybe the next after "How to Be Your Own Literary Agent: The Business of Getting a Book Published" by Richard Curtis. It is a must-have for anyone trying to break into the world of authorship.

THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT!

I bought this book after reading the great review from Midwest Book Review and I have to agree, this book is well worth the read. Whether you are an aspiring writer or someone who has already been published, this book seems to have something for everyone. I enjoyed reading about successful authors' experiences and about the inside secrets to geting a book published and then how to make it sell. INSPIRING, INSIGHTFUL, AND A FUN READ!

Inspired, practical advice for aspiring writers.

Literary agents and published authors Jeff Herman, Deborah Herman, and Julia DeVillers collaborate on You Can Make It Big Writing Books to relate the success stories (in their own words) of sixty writers who made it big. The aspiring writer will learn how to create a product people will buy; the insider story behind publishing's greatest success; how to promote a book to the big time; how to avoid sabotaging chances of publishing success; and the "Seven Secret Ingredients" to making it big as an author of books. You Can Make It Big Writing Books is highly recommended, informative, and inspiring reading for anyone seeking to write marketable fiction or non-fiction.

Teaches real secrets to get published.

This book is super! The best of it's kind if you ask me and as an aspiring author I've read plenty of these "how to publish your book" manuals. This is the first book I have ever seen that takes you inside an author's head to discern how he or she really thinks. The book also includes terrific information on book promotion. John Gray, Mark Victor Hansen (of Chicken Soup for the Soul), Ralph Roberts (the World's Greatest Salesman), and noted psychotherapy author Dr. Howard Rosenthal provide some the most interesting and inspiring ideas I've heard to date. I'm confident after reading this book that I can apply the ideas and eventually will see my book in print.

One of the best volumes ever written about selling books

"You can make it big writing books" is an expert combination of superb artistic advice and practical direction. The interviews have a warmly accessible, direct quality that makes the reader feel that these fine writers are talking directly to them and offering invaluable nuggets of information. There's something else that makes "You can make it big" special -- it's uplifting and inspiring. Without avoiding the realities all writers must know, it makes the reader feel confident that he or she can achieve their dreams of achieving a bestseller. It accomplishes this in a hugely entertaining way, and deserves to be read by all creative people. Authors Jeff Herman (one of the world's top literary agents), Deborah Levine Herman and Julia Devillers should be congratulated for their outstanding and indispensably helpful book.