![]() ![]() As such it is an extension of the advice we already offer through the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook (WAYB) and the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook (CWAYB). It aims to demystify the various stages – and there are many – in bringing a book to physical fruition (digital or print or audio). It will describe all the constituent parts of the process from editorial, design and production, to marketing, rights and sales. It will provide a comprehensive description of what publishers do and how writers intersect with publishing companies and the individuals who work within them. It explores what you need to consider before you start submitting it to publishers or agents. In short, it assumes you are contemplating the possibility of being published. It gives advice on redrafting, editing and refining your work so that you might feel ready to start presenting it to the wider world. It will touch on how to critically appraise your own work (or how you might ask others to do that for you). The way in which a story, characters, tone, dialogue and setting come together as a work of alchemy is what puts the fledging writer at the front of the queue when it comes to getting noticed by a publisher’s acquisitions or commissioning editor, or a literary agent on the lookout for new talent. What it reminds us is that the book – the actual content, the writing, the illustrations, and the words and illustrations working together – is what matters most. This is an apt quote for this book too, even if it does stray gently into the realms of hyperbole. Higson, author of the Young Bond series which has sold well over a million copies in the UK, should know what he’s talking about. This quotation is from Charlie Higson’s 2014 foreword to the tenth edition of the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook. Reaching your readers: marketing, publicity and sellingĭefinitions | Marketing and PR campaigns | How to reach readers effectively | The power of metadata | Distribution and sales | Publication dateĭon’t give up | Your next book | Keep practising | Networking | Tell us your storyįurther reading | Book sites, blogs and podcasts | Glossary of publishing terms | Who does what in publishing? | Software to support writers The author-agent agreement | Negotiating a publishing contract | Legal definitions and clauses | The costs of publishing a book | An author’s incomeĪfter signing your contract | Publishing workflow, schedules and planning | Working with your publisher | Editing | Design | The parts of a book | Production | Self-publishing What is a literary agent? | Looking for an agent | Types of literary agencies | Do you have to have an agent to succeed? | Putting a submission together | Waiting to hear back | Dealing with rejection | Being taken on by an agent | What do literary agents do? | What happens next? Writing, editing and perfecting your manuscriptīeing a writer | Who are you writing for? | How to improve your manuscript | What makes a good book? | Finding advice you can trust | Redrafting, rewriting and editing | Formatting and layout | Are you ready to submit? The business of publishing | What do publishers do? | Different formats | agent-publisher route | self-publishing | crowdfunding | other options | Deciding which route to take She runs a publishing consultancy, Bloomsbury%20NY-L-ND-S_US.eps Contents She has a degree in English Language and Literature and has worked in publishing in the UK and overseas for over 30 years and is a regular speaker at literary festivals and at publishing-related events on how to get published. ![]() You can buy copies of all these titles at your local bookseller or online at about the authorĪlysoun Owen is the Editor of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook and the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook and has commissioned several books on writing and publishing for Bloomsbury. The Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook and the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to How to Write by William Ryan Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to Self-publishing ![]() Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to How to Hook an Agent by James Rennoldson Writers’ & Artists’ Guide to Writing for Children and YA by Linda Strachan Other upcoming writers & artists titles include ![]()
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