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The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully Paperback - 2010

by Arielle Eckstut; David Henry Sterry

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With its extensive coverage of e-books, self-publishing, and online marketing, this guide, previously published as "Putting Your Passion Into Print," is more vital than ever for anyone who wants to mine that great idea and turn it into a successfully published book.

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Now updated for 2015! The best, most comprehensive guide for writers is now revised and updated, with new sections on ebooks, self-publishing, crowd-funding through Kickstarter, blogging, increasing visibility via online marketing, micropublishing, the power of social media and author websites, and more-making The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published more vital than ever for anyone who wants to mine that great idea and turn it into a successfully published book. Written by experts with twenty-five books between them as well as many years' experience as a literary agent (Eckstut) and a book doctor (Sterry), this nuts-and-bolts guide demystifies every step of the publishing process: how to come up with a blockbuster title, create a selling proposal, find the right agent, understand a book contract, and develop marketing and publicity savvy. Includes interviews with hundreds of publishing insiders and authors, including Seth Godin, Neil Gaiman, Amy Bloom, Margaret Atwood, Leonard Lopate, plus agents, editors, and booksellers; sidebars featuring real-life publishing success stories; sample proposals, query letters, and an entirely updated resources and publishers directory.

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  • Title The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully
  • Author Arielle Eckstut; David Henry Sterry
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Workman Publishing, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2010-11-04
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780761160854 / 076116085X
  • Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.1 x 1.31 in (22.76 x 15.49 x 3.33 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Authorship, Authorship - Marketing
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010283672
  • Dewey Decimal Code 070.52

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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.

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