| Edition |
New updated ed. |
| Description |
253 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-238) and index. |
| Contents |
The 'Don't skip this introduction' introduction -- Could you have written any of these? -- Nonfiction success stories -- What kind of nonfiction book should you write? -- How to know if your book idea will fly -- Why you don't need a college degree -- Do you need an agent? -- Toughen yourself to rejection -- The query letter -- The proposal -- Negotiating your book contract -- Promotion -- Lean and mean : the secrets to full-time writing success -- A grab bag of tips. |
| Summary |
"More nonfiction books are breaking the 100,000-copy sale barrier than ever before. Amateur writers, housewives, and even high school dropouts have cashed in with astonishingly simple best-sellers. This newly-updated guide will show you how you can get in on the action by identifying lucrative publishing niches and filling them, not once, not twice, but year after year."-- Page [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Authorship -- Marketing.
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Authorship.
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Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442
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Authorship -- Marketing.
(OCoLC)fst00822460
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| ISBN |
9781884956553 (pbk.) |
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1884956556 (pbk.) |
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