Putting Your Passion Into Print: Get Your Book Published Successfully! (Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write) [Paperback]

Arielle Eckstut (Author), David Sterry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 18, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0761131221 | ISBN-13: 978-0761131229 | Edition: First Edition

You have an idea. A great idea. Now what? Whether you dream of having your name on the cover of a successful book (and 81% of Americans believe they have a book in them), or you’re a seasoned yet frustrated veteran of the publishing jungle, this nuts-and-bolts guide demystifies every aspect of the publishing process.

Husband-and-wife team Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry, who developed the enormously popular Putting Your Passion into Print seminar at Stanford University, are known to their students as “the Click and Clack of publishing.” Whether the thought is large (how does one deal with rejection) or small (why is it that a “special pen” works such magic), they cover all the bases. How to:

• Choose a top-of-the-heap idea;Come up with a blockbuster title;
• Craft an attention-getting pitch;
• Create a selling proposal;
• Find the right agent, publisher and editor;
• Understand a book contract and royalty statements;
• Enhance presentation skills;
• Develop sales, marketing, and publicity savvy;
• and, if necessary, self-publish (as did Irma Rombauer for The Joy of Cooking and James Redfield for The Celestine Prophesy).

No matter if you’re a literary fiction writer, a romance novelist, an academic looking to reach a popular audience, or a memoirist wanting to publish your life story, Putting Your Passion to Printshares a wealth of experience and insight from people who’ve been there and done that. Includes interviews with hundreds of publishing insiders—agents, editors, authors, and booksellers; side boxes featuring real-life publishing success stories; sample proposals, query letters, a resource guide, and more.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Arielle Eckstut runs the west coast office of the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, where she represents a wide array of bestselling and award-winning authors. She is the author of Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen.

David Henry Sterryis the author of Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent and Satchel Sez: The Wit, Wisdom, and World of Leroy Satchel Paige. He is also an award-winning actor, media coach, book doctor, poet, playwright, and activist for at-risk youth. They are married, and live in San Rafael, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; First Edition edition (July 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761131221
• ISBN-13: 978-0761131229
• Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 5.9 x 8.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Authors and wannabe authors: This is the book for you! September 2, 2005

By Rick Beyer

Format:Paperback

This is a terrific book. It's practical, it's fun to read, and it totally demystifies the publishing process. Want to know where you can find an agent? How to write a book proposal that will make publishers sit up and notice? What pitfalls to avoid? This is the book for you.

One of the writers is an experienced literary agent; both are previously published authors. They know the process inside and out. Then, just to go one better, they asked all the other authors, agents, book editors, and publicists they know to share their success stories and inside tips.

The result is inspirational and encouraging, entertaining and informative. Whether you are just setting out to write a book, or already have several published books under your belt, you will find this an invaluable resource. There is no doubt in my mind that it will become a standard of the industry, sitting right alongside "Writer's Market" and "The Chicago Manual of Style." (And let me tell of you-it's a much better read than either of those books could ever dream of being!)

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had this when my first book was published February 27, 2006

By bookfan

Format:Hardcover

Looks like the consensus is strong. This book is far and away the best book for authors about getting published and marketing yourself that I've read, and I've read about eight. I was clueless when I first got published and made so many mistakes. Things will be different (and fun) when my second book comes out, and it's all because of "Putting Your Passion Into Print." This book will more than pay for itself in book sales and the amount of time it saves in the effort to get published.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An everything guide that'll break all the aspects down April 6, 2008

By A. Fattorusso

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book is full of info for almost every aspect of publishing and finding a literary agent. It covers more subjects than any other book I read, but it could go into a little more detail with some of them.If the chapter on proposals and query letters had more examples, it would have been a little more helpful. Their was a lot of information on marketing and publicity. I'm overall very pleased with this book, I learned enough in it to consider it a good purchase, and it will be another one I refer to often.

It is an important part of a writer's personal collection. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get published along with Michael Larsen's "How to Get a Literary Agent", and "Give em What they Want" by Blythe Cameson for good examples of query letters.

These three books are a good start for the fiction writer.