Get Your Book Published: Complete guide to the publishing maze - Softcover

Curran, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722538227 ISBN 13: 9780722538227

Publisher: Thorsons, 1999

Synopsis

This excellent guide gives every aspiring writer the inside information they need to get their book in print.

Each year thousands of new books are published by first-time authors. But how do you make sure your book is one of them?

This complete guide provides all the inside information, practical advice and sensible strategies you need to become a published author. Includes invaluable advice such as:

• what kind of book publishers are looking for – and what kind they dread receiving
• how you plan and research your market
• whether you need an agent and how to find one
• how to cope with rejection slips
• how to make sure your book gets the publicity it deserves

About this title

About the Author

Susan Curran is the published author of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books, ranging from several for Mills & Boon (under a pseudonym), to a string of computer guides. She writes regularly for Practical Computing magazine, and occasionally for The Guardian and other publications.

From the Back Cover

Each year, hundreds of thousands of new books are published – and many of these are by first-time authors. So how do you make sure yours is one of them?

'Get Your Book Published' tells you all you need to know to get your book in print. It is a practical guide to writing books that publishers want, and gives advice on every aspect of the publishing maze, including:
• Planning and researching your market
• Which type of books are in demand – and which type editors dread receiving!
• Agents – Do you need one and how do you find one?
• Making sure your book gets the publicity it deserves
• Money – Royalties and advances, how much to ask for and how much you are likely to make

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722538227
• ISBN 13: 9780722538227
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192