Insiders Guide to Getting Published

by John Boswell

Written by one of the most successful agents and packagers in the book publishing industry, The Insider's Guide to Getting Published is a look at everything an aspiring writer needs to know to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385479360
• ISBN13: 9780385479363
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Main Street Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Tough Love Writing Course

Originally published in 1986 as "The Awful Truth About Publishing: Why They Always Reject Your Manuscript and What You Can Do About It" (a title that may have been too hard for aspiring writers to take, despite the softer subtitle), Boswell's book is a concise, accessible guide taking the neophyte writer through the various stages of writing and pitching their book, always with a realistic view of the publishing environment writers will operate in. Boswell also includes valuable copies of query letters and the proposal for the book itself, so you have concrete examples to learn from. Best of all, he never sugar coats the hard truths about the long odds against writers, as when he explains why you must reconsider your proposal or the idea it embodies if you are rejected 10 times by agents or editors.

You can learn a lot from this book!

Very well wwritten and worth buying. There are some good tips and you can learn a bunch about the publishing world- take a shot.Rick Frishman Pres PLANNED TV ARTS (NYC) ... co author GUERRILLA PUBLCIITY & GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS (Writers Digest Books)...