An edition of Be your own literary agent (1995)

Be your own literary agent

the ultimate insider's guide to getting published

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An edition of Be your own literary agent (1995)

Be your own literary agent

the ultimate insider's guide to getting published

3rd ed., rev. and expanded.
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Ten Speed Press
Language
English
Pages
242

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Be your own literary agent: the ultimate insider's guide to getting published
2002, Ten Speed Press
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface to the Third Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Selling the First Book: Stories of the Rich and Famous
2 Making Your Book the Best It Can Be
3 The Eight-Step Program for Selling Your Book
4 Finding the Best Publisher for Your Book
5 What Goes On Behind Closed Doors
6 The Book Proposal: Where the Author and Editor Meet
7 Models-Query Letter, Cover Letter, Summary,
Table of Contents, Sample Chapter, and Bio
Nonfiction Query Letter
Fiction Query Letter
Nonfiction Cover Letter
Fiction Cover Letter
Nonfiction Summary
Nonfiction Table of Contents
Nonfiction Expanded Table of Contents
Fiction Sample Chapter
Nonfiction Sample Chapter
Resume Bio
Proposal 1-Don Juan de Marco
Proposal 2-Bed Ahead: The Complete
(but Opinionated) Hostel Ratings Guide
8 The Editor and the First-Time Author Negotiate
9 Creating Contract Literacy
10 The Contract Reality Check
11 Reprise
The Tool Kit: Appendixes A-D
A PubSpeak-The Publishing Industry's Private Language: A Glossary
B How to Use Literary Market Place to Find Your Publisher, Editor, and Leading Publishers by Category
C Best Bets-The Publishers Most Likely to Read and Accept Your Book
D Manuscript Submission Record
About the Author
Index.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Kirsty Melville book"--T.p. verso.

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Berkeley

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
070.5/2
Library of Congress
PN161 .L48 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 242 p. ;
Number of pages
242

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3939382M
Internet Archive
beyourownliterar00levi
ISBN 10
1580083382
LCCN
2001006278
OCLC/WorldCat
48177114
Goodreads
675302

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