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Get Your First Book Published
There is no more onerous task for a writer than getting a first book published. But even the most famous authors of today & the classic writers of the past had to start somewhere. With the help of Get Your First Book Published, the only book on writing that is dedicated to publishing that first book, writers will be armed with innovative tools, advice, stories, & a complete listing of resources that will make their dreams a reality. |
Edited by Jason Shinder, Get Your First Book Published goes beyond the conventional advice of other books by listing hundreds of awards & publishers that are exclusively in the market for first-time authors or favorable to unpublished authors. Each award listing is complete with deadlines, names of previous award winners, advice from directors, & much more. Each publisher's listing represents large & small houses most interested in publishing first books, along with statistical information, previous first-time authors, & useful advice. The book also features the first comprehensive national directory for chapbooks.
Inspirational as well as practical, Get Your First Book Published includes contributions from many of our most distinguished contemporary writers on how they got their first books published & the insights they've gained. Complementing these pieces by such writers as Terry McMillan, T.C. Boyle, &rea Barrett, Susan Cheever, & Robert Pinsky are illuminating profiles of the publishing breakthroughts for some of America's most celebrated authors. $17.00, plus $3.50 postage.
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