The author's handbook
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10315779 |
Table of Contents:
- A publishing primer
- Can your idea become a book?
- When, why and how to look for an agent
- How to approach a publisher with your book
- How to package a dynamite book proposal
- Book contracts
- Is self-publication for you?
- How to organize and do research
- How to collect first-hand information
- Three ways to write exciting nonfiction
- Five ways to write a first novel
- How to edit and prepare your final manuscript
- How and when to prepare illustrations
- What to expect from your editor (and when)
- How to help sell your own book
- The writer and the law
- Coping with the writer's life.