2010 Guide to Literary Agents [Paperback]

Chuck Sambuchino (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1582975868 | ISBN-13: 978-1582975863 | Publication Date: September 2, 2009 | Edition: 18

FIND THE RIGHT AGENT TO REPRESENT YOUR WORK

Selling your book and securing a good contract often requires more than persistence and a good attitude. The 2010 Guide to Literary Agents is your essential resource for finding that agent - without fear of being scammed - and getting your writing published. This new edition includes:

• Completely updated contact and submission information for literary agents who adhere to the ethical guidelines established by the Association of Authors' Representatives.

  
  
  

• Informative articles on researching agents, preparing your query, composing a synopsis or book proposal, and building a platform through social networking.

  
  
  

• Hundreds of listings for writers' conferences across the country - so you can learn where agents will be and when.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Chuck Sambuchino is also the author of Screewnwriter's & Playwrights and an assistant editor of Writers Market. He's a fomer staffer on Writer's Digest magazine, a magazine freelancer, a produced playwright, and an award-winning journalist. He blogs at guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books; 18 edition (September 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582975868
• ISBN-13: 978-1582975863
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #640,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chuck Sambuchino is an editor for Writer's Digest Books (an imprint of F+W Media). He is the the author of a humor book, HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK (Sept. 2010; Ten Speed Press), which has been featured by Reader's Digest, USA Today, The NY Times, and AOL News.

He is the editor of GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS, as well as as CHILDREN'S WRITER'S & ILLUSTRATOR'S MARKET (both Writer's Digest Books).

He recently helmed the third edition of FORMATTING & SUBMITTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT (a WD trade book), released in 2009. Chuck is a former staffer of several newspapers and magazines - most notably Writer's Digest. During his tenure as a newspaper reporter, he won awards from both the Kentucky Press Association and the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists.

He is a produced playwright, with both original and commissioned works produced. His work has appeared in national and regional magazines, with recent articles in Watercolor Artist, Pennsylvania Magazine, The Pastel Journal, Cincinnati Magazine, Romance Writers Report and New Mexico Magazine. During the past decade, more than 650 of his articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines and books.

Besides writing, Chuck loves music, and plays guitar and piano in a rock cover band. He also has an insatiable sweet tooth and is forever searching for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. He and his wife have a flabby-yet-lovable dog named Graham, and they live in Ohio.

GNOMES: www.gnomeattack.com
AUTHOR SITE: www.chucksambuchino.com
GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS: www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For new writers, this is it!!, November 19, 2009

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Kim Chavez - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2010 Guide to Literary Agents (Paperback)

I found this book to be the ultimate resource if you've just written your first book and are wondering what to do next, like I was. It has listings of hundreds of agents as well as detailed information about each one and what they are looking for. The first half of the book is dedicated to helping you write a query letter (with examples of good and bad letters) and helping you edit your book. It also has tons of other information on the do's and dont's of trying to get an agent and on what happens after you get one. This is the only book you'll need. I highly recommend it for new writers.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Unhelpful, January 7, 2010

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Kathleen Murphy "wordhustler" (Salt Lake City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2010 Guide to Literary Agents (Paperback)

I had high hopes for this book. But it's largely a regurgitation of old Writer's Digest articles with a dry listing of agents in the back. Especially irritating was the insertion of "see page XXX" (literally), where editors of this book for aspiring authors didn't bother to copyread and update their own work.

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Did they lay off their copy editors?, November 20, 2009

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Anthony T. Milazzo "Tone" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2010 Guide to Literary Agents (Paperback)

Is it too much to ask that a guide to the details of finding a literary agent get it's own details correct?
In past years the Guide had icons by the agency to represent the agencies needs or if the agency is new. The key to these icons is in the book but they failed to apply them to the agent entries.
Also, the key points that agencies wrote for their entries were printed twice per entry. How many pages were wasted on this mistake?
Why is a book that's supposed to represent publishing industry insiders so poorly edited?