Getting Published: How to Learn and Master the Business of Writing - Softcover

Magee, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971897433 ISBN 13: 9780971897434

Publisher: Jefferson Pr Llc, 2006

Synopsis

Teaching writers how to break into print by focusing on the business aspects of big-time publishing, this book combines a useful blend of personal anecdotes and experiences with New York agents and editors with how-to information on getting published and publishing. First-time writers learn the importance of who will buy their book and why, as well as what mistakes to avoid. Writers learn the specifics of proving a book’s worth to publishers, building a strong marketing plan, and lining up advance sales.

About this title

About the Author:

David Magee is the author of seven books, including Turnaround: How Carlos Ghosn Rescued Nissan, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and is translated in seven languages. Other books include The John Deere Way, Endurance: Winning Life’s Majors the Phil Mickelson Way, and the upcoming The South is Round: Contemplations of a 21st Century Redneck. The founder and president of Jefferson Press and an award-winning newspaper columnist who currently writes for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, he was formerly a city council member, businessman and newspaper editor in Oxford, Mississippi. He lives today with his wife and three children on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jefferson Pr Llc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0971897433
• ISBN 13: 9780971897434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 171