Writers' & Artists' Yearbook [Paperback]

Terry Pratchett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Writers' & Artists' Yearbook | Publication Date: December 2005

The best selling guide to markets in all areas of the media, completely revised and updated, containing 8 new articles and a foreword by top author Terry Pratchett. New articles: - Self-publishing - G.P. Taylor - Year-in-View of the publishing industry - Joel Ricketts - How to publicise your book - Isabel Losada - How to get an agent's attention - Alison Baverstock - Poetry into print - Roddy Lumsden - Getting cartoons published - Crime writing - Mark Billingham - Can you recommend an agent? - Marc Le Fanu Listings include newspapers and magazines, book publishers and literary agents, TV and film producers, websites, picture agencies and libraries, societies, prizes, festivals and editorial services - all revised and updated. Subjects covered in Writers' & Artists' Yearbook and not covered by its nearest rival publication include: Vanity publishing - How to get an agent - Marketing your book - Writing for the children's market - Writing for newspapers and magazines - Picture research - Artists' agencies - Writer's retreats - Art agents and commercial art studios - Card and stationery publishers - Indexing and proofreading - Who owns whom in publishing - Copyright - Income tax and social security - Book distribution

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A must for would-be writers everywhere." Fresh Direction (Jan 2006)

Product Details

• Paperback: 813 pages
• Publisher: A&C Black; 99th edition (December 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713671734
• ISBN-13: 978-0713671735
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,000,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vital for those wishing to place their work in the UK., May 14, 2007

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Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writers' & Artists' Yearbook (Paperback)

Within the UK, this book is a "must have" for all writers etc. The book, however, loses a star because of it's shortcomings.

Put simply, the book is not complete. I write magazine articles about scuba diving, shipwrecks and nature and several of our smaller publications are simply not listed within this book. It must, therefore, follow that several other niche market publications are also not included.

Make no mistake, this is not only an excellent publication, it is also a vital tool for those who need to place their work. Quite often, however, those who are only just starting out on that road of disappointment and success, need to find those smaller publications which may not be included here.

Perhaps the publishers might like to spend some time looking into the niche publication market in order to make the necessary improvements to this, otherwise, excellent work.

On a final note, I found it curious that, according to Amazon, the author of the 2007 version of this book is Ian Rankin and the author of the 2006 version as Terry Pratchet - whereas, much of the content has always been copied from one year to the next.

NM

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful for UK markets, February 22, 2006

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Cynthia E. Barnes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writers' & Artists' Yearbook (Paperback)

Comparable to the U.S. "Writer's Market." Wish it were available online, though.

For UK markets, NOT U.S.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disaster, February 18, 2006

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Leonard Balter (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Writers' & Artists' Yearbook (Paperback)

I'm becoming disillusioned with interenet shopping. Didn't review the site carefully and bought this book. It turns out it is for an English market, practically useless to American writers. I don't understand why it is being sold here, but I am not claiming there was intentional deception