This guide describes the publishing process, for the author with a manuscript waiting to be published. Separate chapters discuss how to approach a publisher, how a publisher evaluates a proposal or manuscript, how to understand and negotiate a book contract, how to prepare a final manuscript, how a manuscript is processed by a publisher, how a…

Presents data and ideas from 74 authors who published books in counseling field. Reviews writing and publishing process. Provides information on timetables, book contracts, and remuneration as well as suggestions on publisher selection and contract negotiation. (Author/CM)

This handbook is designed as a reference manual for copy editors who prepare typescript for printing. It deals with the following topics: the copy editor's function; the work to be done at each stage in the production process; some difficult points of spelling, capitalization, and other features collectively known as "house style"; the parts of a…

This handbook offers guidance to a person with written material to be reproduced and prepared for mailing. It provides tips on the preparation of copy for the printer, proofreading suggestions, preliminary ideas for design and format, hints for selecting paper and type style, information on printing and binding, and suggestions for mailing. (TJ)

This guide provides up-to-date marketing information for those individuals who are developing or who wish to develop a career in writing. Featured in the guide are more than 2000 consumer and trade magazines; over 1250 book publishers; and more than 940 card companies, syndicates, script buyers, and contests. The guide's comprehensive and…

This book aims to make successful publications happen--anticipating how an as yet unpublished author might feel at various stages and coaches them through the best and worst. The book provides easy-to-follow strategies that actually get results. Among the 20 steps to success in the book are the following: the three "magic first steps" an…

This paper discusses a number of factors that an editor should consider when publishing a state library/media journal, using examples from the production process of the Ohio Media Spectrum (OMS), the official journal of the Ohio Educational Library/Media Association. These examples have been selected to illustrate the various points: (1) selecting…

A case study describing the process involved in publishing a personally developed simulation game including finding a publisher, obtaining a copyright, negotiating the contract, controlling front-end costs, marketing the product, and receiving feedback from users. (CMV)

Presents a series of recommendations for the successful organization of visits by authors of children's books to school libraries or gatherings of teachers and librarians. Identifying an author's publisher, arranging a visit, purchasing books, scheduling activities, and costs and accommodations are discussed. (JL)

This guide (originally published in 1985) introduces the visual approach to writing children's books, an approach which can help a writer release a flow of images and avoid wordiness. The aim of the guide is to teach the fledgling writer/illustrator to ask important questions about the structure of the intended book (and to find the answers) and…

Although it is costly to write, in both personal and financial terms, few other endeavors provide the same professional rewards and recognition, according to the author. He outlines the basic routine that any aspiring academician must follow in order to develop a successful publication record. (Editor/SJL)

Guidelines and advice are given on writing for scholarly journals, including planning article content and format, writing, editing, selecting a journal, submitting the manuscript, and corresponding with the publisher. (SJL)

All phases of a newsletter operation are covered in this guide for the inexperienced newsletter editor. Separate chapters deal with establishing the purpose of the newsletter; gathering, writing, and editing stories; choosing format, paper, letterhead, mailing procedure, and methods of financing the newsletter; working with type; printing by…

To be used as a reference and guide for education editors, this booklet contains advice and information on writing, editing, production, publishing, the magazine, and the newsletter. The final section discusses the role and duties of the education editor. This edition contains material from the 1963 brochure of the same name, new material selected…

Based on the premise that writing students are most encouraged by samples of published work written by published authors rather than by great talents whose books have become classics, this book aims to show aspiring writers how to write competently and professionally enough to be published. Throughout the book, examples that can loosely be labeled…