The writer's essential tackle box
Subtitle: getting a hook on the publishing industry
By: by Lynn Price.
Publisher: Behler Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lake Forest, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933016344
Subjects: Authorship -- Marketing; Books -- Marketing; Publishers and publishing -- United States; Authors and publishers -- United States; Book industries and trade -- United States -- Employees -- Interviews
Genres: Interviews
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Agents; title: The book review; title: Marketing and sales; title: Book shepherd; title: Bookstore events; title: Cover design; title: Distributor; title: Independent editor; title: Warehouse distribution; title: Internet resources; title: Publicists; title: Websites; title: Before you bait your hook; title: Myth busting; title: The log line; title: The pitch; title: Author bio : creating something from nothing; title: Word count; title: The snooze-less query letter; title: The s-s-sy-sy-synopsis; title: Submissions advice; title: Apres le query/submission; title: Rejection; title: "So why did you reject me?"; title: The promotion plan; title: Publishers are not created equally; title: The players; title: Print on demand : POD; title: Questions every writer should ask a publisher before querying; title: Vanity/subsidy publication : pay to play; title: When a manuscript feels sick; title: Punctuation beerfest; title: Submission autopsy. Part 1, Show vs. tell; title: Submission autopsy. Part 2, Backstory, fluff and good intentions; title: Submission autopsy. Part 3, Dialog tags; title: Submission autopsy. Part 4, POV; title: Physical descriptions in blocks of text : watch out for those bosoms; title: Survival style guide; title: Watchful writing : mind your characters; title: Do miracles happen?