Writing nonfiction : turning thoughts into books /
Approached from page one, writing a book appears to be a long, steep climb. And once you reach the summit, you have to hunt for an agent or a publisher. With the larger publishers concentrating on potential best sellers by well-known authors, it is virtually impossible for the new writer to catch th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Para Pub.,
2005
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| Edition: | 4th ed., completely rev. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Approached from page one, writing a book appears to be a long, steep climb. And once you reach the summit, you have to hunt for an agent or a publisher. With the larger publishers concentrating on potential best sellers by well-known authors, it is virtually impossible for the new writer to catch the attention of a publisher-or even an agent. But the situation is not hopeless; on the contrary, there is an easy solution because the book writing-publishing model just changed. 'Writing Nonfiction' by Dan Poynter describes the New "Book" Model: the technology has finally arrived to enable us to wr |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page (viewed February 22, 2009). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-137) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781605572482 1605572489 1568601220 9781568601229 156860114X 9781568601144 |
