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Summary: Outstanding Resource!
Review: "2001 Writer's Market" (Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 2000) + "Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript" (Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 2000) = the book, "Jeff Chandler, Film, Record, Radio, and Television Performances," by Jeff Wells.ISBN 0-7864-2001-4, photographs and illustrations, filmography, notes, bibliography, index. Not yet published. Available Fall 2004 from McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers. www.mcfarlandpub.com Thank you, Writer's Digest Books!
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Summary: Outstanding Resource!
Review: A great resource for all types of writers. This book along with Mahesh Grossman's "Write a Book Without Lifting a Finger" have helped me to land a whopper advance. I highly recommend "2004 Writer's Market" and "Write a Book Without Lifting a Finger" if you are tired of wanting to be a professional writer and are ready to get it done!
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Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR WRITERS AS WELL AS PUBLISHED AUTHORS
Review: AN IN DEPTH EXAMINATION OF MANY AREAS AND PARTICULAR ITEMS A WRITER &/OR A PUBLISHED AUTHOR HAS TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY....AND THEN SOME. THE BEGINNER WRITER WILL I BELIEVE FIND IT TOO "HEAVY" AND PERHAPS CONFUSING. IF YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL WRITER, OR ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO BECOMING ONE, IT'S AN EXCELLENT REFERENCE TOOL TO HAVE IN YOUR BOOK SHELF. I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD OVER OVER 70 BOOKS PUBLISHED, YET ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO IT WENT ON MY SHELF.
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Summary: Superb Information For The Writer
Review: Are you looking for someone to publish your book, article, poetry, or someone to consider your play or movie script? Are you looking for an agent? If so, you need this valuable tool. The cover pretty well sums it up: 8,000 book and magazine editors to buy what you write. The book includes contacts for over 300 agents, plus 700 contests and awards. Most entries list what the publisher is looking for, how much they will pay for your work, and what rights they want to purchase. It goes into detail about when the publisher was established in the business, and either their mailing address, email address, or phone numbers. This book gives you access to the "Big Boys" such as Reader's Digest, Cosmopolitan, MS, The Atlantic Monthly, and Parade. Categories for magazines include: General Interest, Gay & Lesbian, Women's, Sports, Juvenille, Child Care, Regional, Literary, Home & Garden, Animal, Automotive, Comic Books, Health & Fitness, Hobby & Craft, Nature, Teen, Religious, Trade Magazines, Travel, Science and Sex. Book categories include: Adventure, Comic Books, Confession, Ethnic, Erotica, Fantasy, Religion, Gothic, Horror, Literary, Juvenille, Plays, and Biography. There are many more categories in both magazines and books, but too many to list. The Writer's Market also contains priceless tips on how to get published, how to estimate word count, manuscript format, mailing submissions, query letters, and much more. I have purchased the book myself since 1993, and I have been published ... and PAID FOR IT!!!!!!!! Please let me stress this, If you want to write, but don't feel you have what it takes, heck, try it and see. You never know until you try. I studied writing under a published author, and she told the class that any given article etc. gets an average of 70 rejections, so if this is your first try and you get a rejection, don't give up! I would also recommend the Literary Marketplace. It too is a superb manual for writer's. The 2004 Writer's Market has over 1100 pages, plus gives you info on finding other writing books of key interest. If you have written, are writing, or want to write a book, article, poem, play, tv or movie script, this book can be a tremendous help. Order yours today!!!
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Summary: Invaluable reference!
Review: As a freelance writer and editor, I don't know where I'd be without Writer's Market! It provides detailed information on who wants what and how to contact them, and I love the submission tracker that's included with the electronic version. It's indispensible!
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Summary: A must for aspiring writers
Review: Breaking into the world of published writing can be an overwhelming challenge. The 2004 Writer's Market brings that challenge down to size, thanks to the exceptional content and the ease of use. Writing is only the first half the publication battle. Selling is the second. Writer's Market brings analysis into focus for writers of every kind.
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Summary: Still the Best ... Hands Down!
Review: I began buying the Writer's Market in my teens, and like many have purchased a new copy every year since. It's well worth the money and easily pays for itself with one publication. Nowhere else can a writer find so much information in one source, and that in itself is worth the price of admission. While many of us go hi-tech everywhere else, I still prefer to have a hard copy of this book in my hands which, by the end of the year, looks like it's been through a hurricane!
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Summary: great resource!!!
Review: I have no idea what jas-webb is talking about!!! This book is a reference book that is great for all writer's not just wanting to get published, but for all types of writer's. Freelance author's, poets and columnists can all benefit from this resource. If anything, the book gives all the contact information to reach these publishers that JAS-WEBB was referring to. Please don't let someone who has been obviously soured by the publishing process wreck your dreams or think it's a waste of time. Using this book helped me write a great query letter that DID get the attention of some publishers who requested my manuscript for consideration. 2004 Writer's Market lists 100's of publishers that recieve unagented authors and requests proposals and writing samples from all categories. Don't expect the book to get you a publishing deal, you have to put in the time and energy and 2004 Writer's Market helps you do that. DON"T BELIEVE JAS-WEBB!!!
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Summary: Resource for freelance writers wanting to sell their work
Review: I have to admit I was very disappointed last year when I bought the 2003 Writer's Market only to find that the article "How Much Should I Charge?" was missing. That is one of the big reasons why I buy the book every year. I tried to find the information elsewhere, but did not have much luck. So, I figured I would give the book one more chance, and I am glad that I did! The pay rates have been added back to the book and they have all been updated--there is even a list of organizations I can contact if I want more information about the pay rates and various jobs. This article alone made my purchase worth the money.
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Summary: Resource for freelance writers wanting to sell their work
Review: I have to admit I was very disappointed last year when I bought the 2003 Writer's Market only to find that the article "How Much Should I Charge?" was missing. That is one of the big reasons why I buy the book every year. I tried to find the information elsewhere, but did not have much luck. So, I figured I would give the book one more chance, and I am glad that I did! The pay rates have been added back to the book and they have all been updated--there is even a list of organizations I can contact if I want more information about the pay rates and various jobs. This article alone made my purchase worth the money.
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