The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published by Sheree Bykofsky

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The next best thing to a personal literary agent and writing coach, this guide leads you step by step through the publishing process so you can make your manuscript stand out and finally see your book in print.

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snash 793 reviews

It's an extremely useful and practical book on all aspects of getting published, dealing this all those awkward details that writers would really rather not have to deal with but must. Besides the how-to of getting agents, dealing with editors, publicity etc, there are example query letters, proposals, contracts etc. It may not be totally up to date on self-publishing and e-book formats but with the speed of change, that would be hard.

Dec 4, 2011

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, 4th Edition by Sheree Bykofsky (2006)

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