The Writer's Handbook 2008 [Paperback]

Barry Turner (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0230016375 | ISBN-13: 978-0230016378 | Edition: Revised

Fully revised and updated, "The Writer's Handbook 2008" is an indispensible companion for everyone in the writing profession. Packed with provocative articles, useful advice, key contacts, hints and discussion, this practical and straightforward guide provides full details on the key markets. Here you will find all you need to know about book publishing in the UK and US, agents, newspapers and magazines, screenwriting, TV and radio, film and video, theatre, PR consultancies, poetry, writing courses and circles, festivals, grants and prizes, alongside up-to-date information on taxation, copyright, contracts and much, much more. With two easy-to-use indexes that allow you to search by company or subject, this is a book no established or aspiring writer can afford to be without.Features new to this edition are: a guide to the publishing industry and how to get your work published; Chris Hamilton-Emery on the globalization of poetry; an expert's guide to good English Macmillan New Writing: a bold venture in discovering new talent; and, the future of publishing as seen by the top agents.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Barry Turner has worked on both sides of publishing, as an editor and marketing director and as an author. This is his twentieth year as editor of The Writer's Handbook. He lives in north London.

Product Details

• Paperback: 810 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan; Revised edition (October 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230016375
• ISBN-13: 978-0230016378
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,280,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The (European) Writer's Handbook 2008, May 4, 2008

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Theo J. Servetas "Uncle Theo" (Pacific FMF) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Writer's Handbook 2008 (Paperback)

I am disappointed with this book. I found the first chapter's guidance useful to the new writer, but found the bulk of information not specific to the American market. Many of the leads to publishers and literary agencies are based in the U.K. or Europe. What little there was covering the U.S. side of the pond was either lacking or not all inclusive. In fact, several of the potential leads of significant U.S. Publishers that I discovered on my own were in fact not cited in the Writer's Handbook 2008. Liberal Author's might like this book to feel like they are part of a greater society of literary writers, with it's plethora of European contacts that they can call upon and wait. However, for my hard earned money, I prefer the Chicago Manual of Style.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wrong book ... I asked f or a 2009 and got a 2008 version., May 7, 2009

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Thomas J. Newcomb "the Newc" (Gadsden, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Writer's Handbook 2008 (Paperback)

It's very simple ... there is a 2009 Writer's Guide shown and I got a 2008 instead .... I want the 2009 edition .... PLEASE!!