2005 Writer’s
Market
This book, proclaiming to be the number one source for writers since 1921 certainly seems to stand up to the mustard of scrutiny. With roughly 4,000 sources for a writer to delve into, it would take virtually forever for a writer to get through all the juicy material this book has to offer. While a little pricey at first glance, it is well worth the extra bucks you’d shell out for the material held within.
The book has a whole section dedicated to beginning writers. With everything from tips to contact information the book tells you the how what when where and why of writing. It shares with the reader the mistakes often made in querying as well as the correct format for a query. It has sources for every form of genre, no matter how far off the beaten path, how macabre, or how seemingly specialized. It discusses contracts and often used terminology in the profession. It discusses marketing and pseudonyms, literary terminology and offers
advice from those that have proved successful in the past. In addition to
publishers looking for
manuscripts, a great deal of information is given
concerning magazine publishers – what they are looking for and what they aren’t. It gives detailed statistics concerning the number of queries received, what the publishers prefer, and what percentage of manuscripts they
accept. They also let you know whether or not they accept unsolicited manuscripts, and what special advice they can give you concerning each and every publishing company! As if this weren’t enough there is an interactive website that accompanies the manual and serves as very useful tool.
So often you hear of writers claiming that they sold their first piece of work through Writer’s Market. Owning a copy I can easily see how. Indexed according to publishers and genres, the book makes it easier for a writer worth his or her own salt to get published.
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