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Getting Your Book Published: Inside Secrets of a Successful Author [Paperback]

Robert W. Bly (Author), Robert Bly (Author)
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October 1, 1997
It's fun to write but it's even more fun to be paid to write. In this book written by one of America's most succussfully published non-fiction authors, Robert Bly reveals his step-by-step method to getting your book published. It also includes Bly's actual book proposals, annotated book contract, list of literary agents and lots more.

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Over the past 16 years Robert W. Bly has written 45 books that have been published by major publishers. His principal profession is direct response advertising copywriting. He has had a success rate of over 93% in getting his book ideas sold to publishing houses.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Roblin Pr; 2nd edition (October 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0934968101
  • ISBN-13: 978-0934968102
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,303,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Robert W. Bly (River Vale, NJ) is a professional writer, speaker and marketing consultant with over 3 decades of experience in business-to-business, high-tech, and direct response marketing. He became a self-made multi-millionaire while still in his 30s. Bob is the author of seventy-seven published books including Careers for Writers (McGraw-Hill/VGM), Secrets of a Freelance Writer (Henry Holt), The Copywriter's Handbook (Henry Holt), The Elements of Technical Writing (Alyn & Bacon) and The Elements of Business Writing (Alyn & Bacon). McGraw-Hill calls Bob Bly "America's top copywriter," and he was named 2007 Copywriter of the Year by American Writers and Artists, Inc. Bob writes regular columns for Target Marketing, a monthly trade publication covering the direct marketing industry; Early to Rise, a daily e-newsletter on business success; and The Writer, a premier monthly magazine providing information and inspiration for writers. The Direct Response Letter, Bob Bly's free e-newsletter, has over 60,000 subscribers.

Check out Bob's blog at http://bly.com/blog or contact him at www.bly.com/contact

Follow Bob:

E-newsletter: www.bly.com/reports
Twitter, http://twitter.com/Robertbly
LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbly
Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Bly/535042603

 

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book to start with, November 5, 1999
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This review is from: Getting Your Book Published: Inside Secrets of a Successful Author (Paperback)
While working at a 9 to 5 job, I read this book, and it got me thinking that I could write non-fiction books. I followed Robert's advice and wrote a proposal, which got accepted by a publisher. I immediately quit my job. I'm now writing my third non-fiction book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Finding the Right Publisher . . ., October 3, 2000
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This review is from: Getting Your Book Published: Inside Secrets of a Successful Author (Paperback)
. . . or publishing yourself. Getting Your Book Published describes how to find and work with an agent and how to find and work with a publisher. Eighty percent of the books purchased by the five big (New York) publishers are agented; 20% are sold to them directly.

Bob Bly describes evaluating your idea, creating your outline, proposal writing, locating a literary agent, selling to a publisher, negotiating the contract, and delivering the manuscript. He even compares selling out to self-publishing.

Bob Bly is a very successful author and business copywriter. (Click on his name above to see the list of his Works.)

As the author of 113 books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I highly recommend this volume to writers DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE RESOURCE FOR ALL ASPIRING WRITERS !, October 19, 1997
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This is probably one of the most concise and well written resources on Getting Your Book Published available on the market today ! I know the author Rober W. Bly is one of the most successfully publishedl and prolific authors of our time. This book is a must have for any one who dreams of getting published ! WOW !
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