Where
do I find the |
This is my most used book. It gives me the facts I need
on the editors I want
and provides experienced wisdom besides. Other directories simply repeat
or rearrange what the publisher spokesman offers to say. Quite often that
information came from someone in marketing, someone more interested in
selling books to
you than in buying books from you, not an editor.
Mr. Herman's book reveals his professional opinion, giving a
profound
weight to every entry. Best of all, the editors names are in the
index so I can
look them up when they E-Me back with nothing but their name to
indicate where the email came from..
| Some people might think that you don't need Writer's Market if you already have Jeff Herman's book. I have found it is still a necessity. For one thing, the market is more extensive, much broader and the two books complement each other. What one doesn't know, the other one does. Besides that, the more information you have at your fingertips, the more editors will respect you. There are two versions of Writer's Market. One is the HARD COPY ONLY, and the other one comes with a CD. The CD is great IF you are doing some fine tuning market work. For example, I use it to find all the small markets in the genre I'm researching who have E-mail addresses, or home pages. It has been my experience that those publishers are thinking ahead, ready and open to try new things, eager to be first in line to appraise new offers. Publishers who provide their E-Mail address then ask you not to use it even for short queries aren't ready for the dynamic new talent emerging today. | To visit our cozy little book store, click on this line. To visit our cozy little store for our favorite mystery writers, click on this line. . To visit our cozy little store for really good westerns, click on this line. |
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300 pages deliver virtual information overload. The only excuse
is,
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Even if you have an
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The Basic TOC is, Great
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