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Overview


Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a shrinking number of publishing houses, writers need someone familiar with the publishing scene to shepherd their manuscript to the right person. Completely updated annually, Guide to Literary Agents provides names and specialties for more than 800 individual agents around the United States and the world. The 2009 edition includes more than 85 pages of original articles on everything you need to know including how to submit to agents, how to avoid scams and what an agent can do for their clients.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781582975481
  • Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
  • Publication date: 7/28/2008
  • Edition description: Revised
  • Edition number: 17
  • Pages: 384
  • Product dimensions: 6.80 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.10 (d)

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In addition to editing Guide to Literary Agents, Chuck Sambuchino is assistant editor of Writer's Market. He's also a former staffer on Writer's Digest magazine, a magazine freelancer, a produced playwright and award-winning journalist.
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Table of Contents


From the Editor     1
How to Use This Book     2
Getting Started
Do I Need an Agent?: Preparing for Representation     5
Agents Tell All: Expert Answers to Some Common (and Not So Common) Questions     10
Assessing Credibility: The Scoop on Researching Agents     14
Revisions and Self-Editing: Get Your Work Ready for Submission   James Scott Bell     18
Know Thy Genre: Realize Your Category, but Beware Following Trends   Michael J. Vaughn   Andrea Reeves     23
When Faith Meets Prose: An Agent Talks Christian Writing   Chip MacGregor     30
Contacting Agents
Avenues to an Agent: Getting Your Foot in the Door     34
Synopsis Writing: Summing Up Your Novel For an Agent   Pam McCutcheon     37
Book Proposals: Five Elements of a Nonfiction Proposal   Mollie Glick     41
The Query Letter: How to Hook an Agent     45
Wheeling and Dealing: Make the Most Out of a Writers' Conference   Chuck Sambuchino     52
Sealing the Deal
Sign on the Dotted Line: Research Your Options and Beware of Scams     56
Improve Your Book Contract: Nine Negotiating Tips$dThe Authors Guild     60
Know Your Rights: Breaking Down Industry Lingo     63
The Next Steps: SoYou Have an Agent-Now What?   Chuck Sambuchino     68
Perspectives
Agents' Pet Peeves: Avoid These Peeves and Get Your Work Read   Katharine Sands     71
A Background Matters: Platform-and How to Get One   Ally E. Peltier     74
Leaping Into the Fray: How One Writer Got His First Book Published   Robert Hicks     77
For the Self-Published: The Low Down on Dealing With Agents   W.E. Reinka     80
Markets
Literary Agents     83
Conferences     234
Resources
Glossary     262
Indexes
Literary AGents Specialties Index     268
Agents Index     338
General Index     356
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