TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Paul B. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Publishing confidential: the insider's guide to what it really takes to land a nonfiction book deal AV - PN161 .B77 2004eb U1 - 070.5/2 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - American Management Association KW - Authorship KW - Marketing KW - Book proposals KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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."; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10075605 ER -