Language Arts & Disciplines : Publishing

From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers. What is the difference between “immanent” and “imminent”? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between “acute” and “chronic”? What is the former name of “Moldova”? What is the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? One of the English language's most skilled writers answers these and many other questions and guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. more...

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Expert guidance on exploring and choosing a career in publishing. Ideal if you are a college-bound student or are thinking about making a career change, Careers in Publishing offers necessary information needed to explore the profession and then narrow it down to a job that suits you. It details the responsibilities, education and training required, and employment outlooks for dozens of satisfying careers in the publishing field. more...

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Children's book publishing is one of the most difficult fields of publishing for new authors to get into. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books gives potential authors tips, inside information, and detailed instructions for everything from how to prepare a proposal to how to get an agent. Detailing the differences between picture books, juvenile fiction, and the young adult novel, the book also covers branding, series, and licensing, discusses writing styles and character development, and explains forming illustrator partnerships. more...

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‘Dhuuluu-Yala’ is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning ‘to talk straight’. Here Heiss talks straight about publishing Australian Indigenous literature from the mid-1990s to 2000. She reveals that defining Aboriginality and the experience of ‘being Aboriginal’ have both impacted on the production of Aboriginal writing today. It also includes broader issues that writers need to consider. more...

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A publisher reveals for the first time the inside secrets that any writer can use to get their book published. Having published over 500 books and rejected more than 10,000 authors, Stewart Ferris know why books get accepted or rejected and has distilled that knowledge into this essential book. The concept that a good book will always find a publisher is outdated and over-simplistic. The truth is that most writers remain unpublished because they pay attention only to the quality of their writing. Publishers are business people. Their job is to make money from selling books. They know that high quality writing alone is not always enough to make a profitable book, so when choosing which manuscripts to sign up for publication they think about many more elements than just the words on the page. Find out what those elements are in this book. more...

Price: $7.99