" This book is the clearest map to book publishing you’ ll find."
— Scott Adams, creator, Dilbert

Find out how to draft attention-getting proposals and queries

" A must read for any aspiring professional writer."
— Peter Maas, author, Underboss and The Terrible Hours

Consider this friendly guide your tour of the publishing industry – from understanding the business and its players to the art of negotiating advances, options, and rights. Take advantage of industry insider Sarah Parsons Zackheim’ s decades of experience and find out how to refine your book idea, submit winning queries, get an agent, and more!

Praise for Getting Your Book Published For Dummies®

" Dig your well before you’ re thirsty, and before you write your first book, don’ t just read Getting Your Book Published For Dummies . . . study it!."
– Harvey Mackay, author of Swim with the Sharks: Without Being Eaten Alive

" An excellent common-sense guide filled with inspiring anecdotes."
— Vicky Bijur, President, AAR, Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc.

Discover how to:

• Choose a book idea
• Get inspired to write
• Find a market for your work
• Choose a publisher
• Act as your own agent
• Negotiate your contract
• Self-publish your book on the Web

• ISBN: 0764552570
• ISBN-13: 9780764552571
• Authors : Sarah Parsons Zackheim and Adrian Zackheim
• Language : English
• Format:  Paperback
• Publication Date: 7/1/2000
• Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
• Price ($AUD): $32.95


• Usual Dispatch Time: 7 - 10 days

• Please note that all prices are in Australian dollars
• Some titles may be subject to availability