How to Get Happily Published

Description

The classic, bestselling guide to getting published In the 20 years since it first appeared, hundreds of thousands of writers'professionals as well as beginners--have read, followed and benefited from How to Get Happily Published. This new edition adds material on making deals with publishers (and what's important), working with small publishers (and when that's preferable), capitalizing on contacts (and where to make them), deciding whether to self-publish (and how much that costs), using new electronic media (to publish; to get information, publicity, promotion and sales; and to connect with enthusiastic readers), and making your work sell better (whoever the publisher is). Plus hundreds of new resources--books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, groups, experts and Internet sites covering every step of the publishing process.

Judith Appelbaum--who's been a columnist and reviewer for The New York Times Book Review, an editor of Harper's and the managing editor of Publisher's Weekly--is managing director of Sensible Solutions, Inc., the New York book marketing firm. Winner of the Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award for Lifetime Achievement, she serves on of the faculty of the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver and is a leader in industry efforts to improve royalty payments for the benefit of authors and publishers alike.

"No other book offers such practical, common-sense guidance on the step-by-step process of getting a book successfully published. Must reading for everyone who wants to do it right."-- Elizabeth Geiser, University of Denver Publishing Institute"Invaluable . . . Explains in detail the steps authors can take to drum up excitement, interest, and an audience for their books."-- Terry McMillan, author of "Waiting to Exhale"Most helpful to me when I needed to understand the publishing business."-- M. Scott Peck, author of "The Road Less Traveled"Among the many books of advice, the best is "How to Get Happily Published."-- "Money"Helped me write 20 books for publishers large and small and start my own publishing company!"-- Lisa Rogak Shaw, Williams Hill Publishing"I recommend this industry classic to writers all the time for its practical, common-sense guidance."-- William Shinker, President and Publisher, Broadway Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell"I love "How to Get Happily Published." I keep it near me as my bible/companion/positive reinforcement, and I'm getting my stories published."-- Richard C. Nacy, bookstore chain community relations coordinator