The Author's Handbook, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Franklynn Peterson, Judi Kesselman-Turkel

• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 229
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Providing essential guidance for both aspiring and experienced authors, the second edition of The Author’s Handbook is a valuable resource for writers of all levels. Extensively updated and expanded to account for significant changes in the publishing industry, The Author’s Handbook outlines effective techniques to develop marketable book ideas, research those ideas, and write a manuscript—either fiction or nonfiction—for publication. The authors provide many tips on topics that include choosing a publisher, negotiating contracts, understanding legal matters, and promoting your work. With this guide, the reader will gain insight into virtually every aspect of publishing.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Part I. How to Sell Your Book......Page 10
1. A Publishing Primer......Page 12
2. Can Your Idea Become a Book?......Page 22
3. When, Why, and How to Look for an Agent......Page 34
4. How to Approach a Publisher with Your Book......Page 44
5. How to Package a Dynamic Book Proposal......Page 51
6. Book Contracts: How to Read and Negotiate Them......Page 84
7. Is Self-Publication for You?......Page 99
Part II. How to Write Your Book......Page 108
8. How to Organize and Do Research......Page 110
9. How to Collect First-Hand Information......Page 121
10. Three Ways to Write Exciting Nonfiction
......Page 135
11. Five Ways to Write a First Novel......Page 147
12. How to Edit and Prepare Your Final Manuscript......Page 155
13. How and When to Prepare Illustrations......Page 165
Part III. The Business of Writing......Page 174
14. What to Expect from Your Editor (and When)......Page 176
15. How to Help with Book Sales......Page 184
16. The Writer and the Law......Page 200
17. Coping with the Writer's Life......Page 212
Index
......Page 224