Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 13th Edition (with CD-ROM): Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over!

Good book. Too thick.

Clear, well-written, excellent guide to publishers and agents and how to approach each.

I got the book in a timely matter and it sits on my shelf waiting.It will be there when I need it.I leafed through it and it has what I need.Thanks

valuable information but I didn't realize that it was 10 years old!

The addresses and phone numbers in this book are handy, but this is not the way to find an agent or publisher. Instead, visit the largest bookstore in your area and take a look at the books they sell that are in your genre. Look in the "Acknowledgments" section of each book and you are almost certain to find the names of the author's agent and the book's editor. Those are the agents and editors who are most likely to know about your subject and its chances of being published. Find those people using an online white pages or yellow pages site (anywho.com, dogpile.com, etc.) and give them a call. If they are receptive to your idea, send them a formal proposal.I have to agree with those who have suggested that publication of a book like this by someone in the business smacks of exploitation. As one other reviewer noted, the author is an agent - call him up and see how receptive he is to you. You might as well try looking for Elvis in the supermarket.

This is the Bible of Writer's Guides to Book Editors, Publishers, and Agents. I've reviewed several other guides and many of them are both good and useful, but this one is different. If you only purchase one writer's guide to publishers this is the one that you will want. It not only provides the publisher's name, address, and phone number, but who should be contacted for each particular type of submission, the type of submissions they are looking for, and examples of items they have published in the past. For agents it includes their address and phone number as well as their educational background, career history, hobbies and other profile information. Thoroughly researched and well documented, it is the best book you can purchase if you are a new writer seeking to get published or an experienced writer seeking to change agents or publishers.

...people do get published using market guides like this one. I am a published author of seven books (my last book is in its third printing now) and I have used this book and writer's market to get my queries in front of the right editors for my topic. Writer's Market has more listings, Jeff Herman's has more detail. If you can't afford a $...subscription to Literary Marketplace on line, this and Writer's Market are the books you need. I personally use both because each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

If you have what it takes to publish (you write well and are writing something saleable), then this book will help you learn the steps you should take to get an agent and publisher. Read and take the advice his book offers as the information is as valauable as gold for those wanting to make money getting published. As a first time writer, I have found success by reading and acting on this information. It happened more quickly than I would have expected. Don't let other reviews dampen your spirits to write and publish. I you want to get published, you need this book.