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Christian Writers' Market Guide 2009 [Paperback]

Sally Stuart (Author)
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January 13, 2009 Christian Writer's Market Guide
For 24 years running, the Christian Writers’ Market Guide has remained the most comprehensive, complete, essential, and highly-recommended resource for Christian writers, agents, editors, publishers, publicists, and those teaching writing classes. And it’s the tool for both for beginners and industry veterans.
This perennial guide contains a variety of indexes–listed by topic, alphabetical listing of publishing houses and agents, and more–to more than 1,200 markets. Those markets include greeting cards and specialty writing, e-book and traditional book publishing (32 new listings), and periodicals (52 new). Also listed are 96 literary agents, more than 100 new writing resource listings, and 166 contests (29 new).

As with the guide for the last couple years, a CD-Rom is included and contains the text of the book for simple, electronic searches. But the 2009 Guide is handier–a more reder-friendly page count with 100 pages or so of traditional content (like indexes and contest listings) now exclusively on the CD-Rom.

Readers will get the same trusted content, though, as in years past. In fact, the latest information on more than 100 editors and publishers, conferences, writers’ groups, and more are not only listed and indexed in the book, but this year, readers will get a code in the book and on the CD-Rom for accessing more updates through the year on author Sally Stuart’s web site, www.stuartmarket.com.

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“An indispensable tool. The reference you have to buy.”
Writers’ Journal

“Essential for anyone seeking to be published in the Christian community.”
The Midwest Book Review

“Stands out from the rest with its wealth of information and helpful hints.”
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About the Author

Sally E. Stuart is the author of thirty-six books and has sold more than one thousand articles and columns. Her long-term involvement with the Christian Writers’ Market Guide as well as her marketing columns for the Christian Communicator, Oregon Christian Writers, and The Advanced Christian Writer, make her a sought-after speaker and a leading authority on Christian markets and the business of writing. Stuart is the mother of three and grandmother of eight and lives near Portland, Oregon.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: WaterBrook Press; Pap/Cdr edition (January 13, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307446433
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307446435
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #807,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Reference Guide for the Christian Writer, February 5, 2009
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This review is from: Christian Writers' Market Guide 2009 (Paperback)
The cover of the Christian Writers' Market Guide 2009 has this written: The Essential (in bold) reference tool for the Christian writer.

This is no exaggeration. Any writer serious about breaking into and staying in the industry needs this on their desk. Sally Stuart creates every possible piece of information one would need to publish.

I read a lot of agent and publisher blogs and their major complaint is writers send in material not appropriate for the place they are sending. These writers must not have the Christian Writers' Market Guide. The book covers what each place is about, their guidelines, if you need an agent for the place, everything.

In addition, new this year includes a CD Rom as a handy guide that has contacts for 1,000 markets.

It's obvious Sally not only did her homework, she did yours and mine. She also writes about what trends she sees and other valuable informtion.

This is a goldmine that you'd be foolish not to pursue.

I also encourage you to subscribe to Sally Stuart's blog feed as she is constantly updating informtion.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as other Writers' Market, February 27, 2009
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Having used the Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market and the regular Writers' Market before, I found this incarnation disappointing. It is simply a straightforward listing of book and periodical publishers. It includes none of the extras that I found so helpful in the other Writers' Markets. There are no interviews with publishers, no tips on writing query letters... in other words, for being one of the most expensive books in the Writers' Market series, it is the least helpful.

Be warned as well that a large number of periodical publishers mentioned in here are non-paying. This can be good for those just breaking into the market and need to build a clip portfolio, but it can also be frustrating to those of us who depend on paid articles to make our rent.

Beyond that, the actual information about publishers and their guidelines is quite detailed. It was easy to read through the listing and figure out which periodicals I'd be fit to query to and which I certainly would not.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for the beginning and experienced writer, January 31, 2009
This review is from: Christian Writers' Market Guide 2009 (Paperback)
The latest edition of Sally Stuart's Market Guide continues the same excellence found in previous editions. This book is an extensive resource for both the beginning and experienced writer looking to expand their work in the Christian market.

The key listings are book publishers, periodicals, greeting card/gift/specialty markets, a help section, indexes and glossary and also includes a CD-ROM with a multitude of additional resources.

Each key section is further subdivided into more specialized headings, making it easy for a writer to look for a specific topic. The same holds true for the periodical section and the specialty markets.

Within the book, listings carry information on: mailing address, phone and fax numbers, website, email addresses, information on what that particular listing publishes and how many/year, compensation information, guidelines or how to obtain them, and so forth. The information with each listing can vary.

The CD-ROM also contains information not listed in the book--information for hundreds of markets.

Books or periodicals can be found in the topical index or in the alphabetical index. There are also listing for subsidy publishers, distributors and a market analysis for each section.

Sally Stuart's Market Guides have been a staple in my library for several years. Her market guides are an important resource for anyone looking to write for the Christian market.
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