Mastering the Business of Writing : A Leading Literary Agent Reveals the Secrets of Success.
Title:
Mastering the Business of Writing : A Leading Literary Agent Reveals the Secrets of Success.
Author:
Curtis, Richard.
ISBN:
9781497622111
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section One - Agents Demystefied -- Chapter 1 - Clout -- Chapter 2 - All Agencies Great and Small -- Chapter 3 - Rivals -- Chapter 4 - What I Have Done for You Lately -- Chapter 5 - Building Careers -- Section Two - Breaking In -- Chapter 6 - Sometimes a Great Notion -- Chapter 7 - Outlines -- Chapter 8 - Hardcover vs. Softcover vs. Hard-Soft -- Chapter 9 - A Modest Wager -- Chapter 10 - Movies into Books -- Chapter 11 - Work-for-Hire -- Chapter 12 - Audio -- Chapter 13 - Multibook Deals -- Chapter 14 - Payout Schedules -- Chapter 15 - Escalators -- Chapter 16 - Acceptability -- Section Three - Breaking Out -- Chapter 17 - Are Editors Necessary? -- Chapter 18 - Sales Conference -- Chapter 19 - "P & L" -- Chapter 20 - Pub Date -- Chapter 21 - Great Expectations' Advertising and Publicity -- Chapter 22 - Brand Names -- Chapter 23 - Book Clubs -- Chapter 24 - Bookstore Buyers: The Book Stops Here -- Chapter 25 - Audits -- Chapter 26 - Never the Twain -- Chapter 27 - Books into Movies -- Chapter 28 - Take This Job and Shove it -- Chapter 29 - Breakout Books -- Section Four - Sins of Commission -- Chapter 30 - Publishing Spoken Here -- Chapter 31 - Timing -- Chapter 32 - Is Life Too Short? -- Chapter 33 - Too Fee? Or Not to Fee? -- Chapter 34 - Extraordinary Expenses -- Chapter 35 - Bad News about Your Agent's Death -- Section Five - Manners and Morals -- Chapter 36 - Courtesty -- Chapter 37 - Pet Peeves -- Chapter 38 - This Sporting Life -- Chapter 39 - Back to Basics -- Chapter 40 - Lawyers (Groan!) -- Chapter 41 - "Let's Run It Past Legal" -- Chapter 42 - Moral Rights -- Chapter 43 - Earn Big Bucks from Old Copyrights in Your Spare Time! -- Chapter 44 - Sacred Honor -- Chapter 45 - Scruples.
Abstract:
One of the most comprehensive guides currently on the market, MASTERING THE BUSINESS OF WRITING is an insider's guide to the business of being a professional writer. All aspects of the publishing industry are explained, both for the aspiring author and the established writer wishing to jump start a professional career. This guide includes everything you need to know about publishers, agents, and the track to success, including: What agents do and how they develop relationships within the publishing industry that can be beneficial to your career; the best way to formulate a book proposal that sells; what publishers are really looking for in a book-and what they aren't; understanding technicalities of advances, contracts, multibook deals and subsidiary rights; the significance of sales conferences and bookstore chains; essential manners and protocols for establishing positive relations with your agent, editor and publisher, legal issues, copyright, and much, much more.....
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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