The Writer's and Photographer's Guide to Global Markets - Hardcover

Sedge, Michael H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1581150024 ISBN 13: 9781581150025

Publisher: Allworth Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Learn the secrets of going global with your freelance career and how to double your income through global sales with this unique guide to international writing and photography markets. Renowned journalist Michael Sedge offers a completely fresh approach to selling articles and photographs abroad that will expand any writer's and photographer's horizons for success. Packed with hundreds of potential markets for articles and photographs and more than 1,000 e- mail addresses around the world, this book could be the turning point in any writing or photography career.

Chapters cover working with agents, editors, art directors, book publishers, and stock houses overseas; selling to foreign magazines and periodicals; how to approach various markets; taxes; and networking in cyberspace.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This indispensable guide shows both neophyte and veteran writers and photographers how to tap hundreds of potential markets for selling their articles and photographs around the globe. Chapters detail how to:

Understand international audiences and market to them Locate foreign publications and writers/photographers organizations Approach editors and art directors with tantalizing story-idea packages Protect interests when selling rights Pitch to in-flight magazines Work with translators to sell stories in other languages Price articles and photographs Tap the Internet and World Wide Web for resources, free publicity, and marketing opportunities Run a freelance business Interviews with accomplished freelancers complement the author's hard-won career wisdom with helpful anecdotes and practical, real-life advice. International magazines and periodicals of all subjects and audiences are listed, each with a short description and full contact information. Also provided are media e-mail addresses, helpful clubs and associations, and overseas agencies and stock houses. This ingenious resource contains everything writers and photographers need for hurdling new borders to increase their income and win global success and satisfaction in their careers.

About the Author:

Michael H. Sedge is owner of the Strawberry Media Agency in Naples, Italy. The author of more than 2,600 articles appearing in publications throughout the world, he publishes the quarterly Markets Abroad newsletter, where he shares his knowledge and experience with international newspapers, magazines, and book publishers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allworth Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1581150024
• ISBN 13: 9781581150025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 275