Jeff Herman

Herman delivers a comprehensive, accessible resource invaluable for all writers. He weaves highly-sought after up-to-date information about literary agents and publishers, with the process of what to do and not do on the road to getting published. Herman also infuses enough humor and inspiration throughout this resource to make it an enjoyable read. Thank you, Mr. Herman, for dedicating yourself to a momentous endeavor that has and will help so many people, including me!

Great book, unless you purchase the book annually in hopes for updated information and content. Found content to be informative and accurate in previous years. However, the 2011 edition was almost word for word a repeat of the 2010 edition, very disappointed and a waste of money, not to mention the material was out of date.

Great book! Found content to be informative and accurate. However the 2012 edition was almost word for word a repeat of the 2011 edition, very disappointed and a waste of money, not to mention the material was out of date.

Part I: Advice for Writers
Part 2: Literary Agents
Part 3: Publishing Conglomerates (Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, PRH, S&S)
Part 4: Independent Presses
Part 5: Freelance Editors

The literary agents are listed alphabetically by agency, with an extensive Q&A for each agent within the agency. It would be useful to have them sorted, or indexed, by the type of material they are seeking as well (e.g. picture books, middle grade, YA, adult fiction, nonfiction, etc.) but as agents within an agency show more may cover all of those between themselves, I understand why it wasn't done this way. Still, a useful resource. show less