The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully

Eckstut, Arielle; Sterry, David Henry

ISBN 10: 076116085X / ISBN 13: 9780761160854

Published by Workman Publishing Company, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076116085X
• ISBN 13: 9780761160854
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

A complete author's toolkit: The guide that demystifies every step of the publishing process.

No matter what type of book you want to write—fiction, nonfiction, humor, sci-fi, romance, cookbook, children's book—here is how to take an idea you're passionate about, develop it into a manuscript or proposal, get it published, and deliver it into the hands and hearts of readers. Includes interviews with dozens of publishing insiders—agents, editors, besteslling authors, and booksellers. Real-life success stories and the lessons they impart. Plus sample proposals and query letters, a resource guide, and more.

Updated to cover ebooks, self-publishing, digital marketing, the power of social media, and more.

This complete author's toolkit includes information on:

- locating, luring, and landing an agent
- perfecting your pitch
- the nuts and bolts of a book proposal
- conquering the query letter
- finding the right publisher for YOU
- four steps to reaching readers online
- making Amazon work for you
- kickstarting your Kickstarter campaign
- the ins and outs of ebooks
- 10 things you should have on your author website
- turning rejection into a book deal
- new frontiers in self-publishing
 

About the Author

Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry are co-founders of The Book Doctors. They have written 25 books between them. David’s last book appeared on the cover of The New York Times Book Review. Arielle is an agent-at-large for the Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency.