Publishing confidential [electronic resource] : the insider's guide to what it really takes to land a nonfiction book deal / Paul B. Brown ; with illustrations by Britton Payne and snide editorial comments by Ellen Kadin.
By: Brown, Paul B
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : American Management Association, c2004Description: xii, 180 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Authorship -- Marketing | Book proposalsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 070.5/2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
1. An introduction of sorts -- 2. "What do you have; why should I care?" Ask your potential publisher -- 3. Making contact -- 4. Market test : the second best answer is no -- 5. Creating the proposal -- 6. Trying to hold on to control -- 7. You've finished the manuscript-- Now what? -- 8. Helping your publisher to help you -- 9. Going your own way-- nontraditional approaches to being published, or "Publisher? We don't need no stinkin' publisher."
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.