How to Get Happily Published: A Complete And Candid Guide (Third Revised Edn) - Softcover

"No other book offers such practical, common-sense guidance on the step-by-step process of getting a book successfully published. Must reading for everyone who wants to do it right."-- Elizabeth Geiser, University of Denver Publishing Institute"Invaluable . . . Explains in detail the steps authors can take to drum up excitement, interest, and an audience for their books."-- Terry McMillan, author of "Waiting to Exhale"Most helpful to me when I needed to understand the publishing business."-- M. Scott Peck, author of "The Road Less Traveled"Among the many books of advice, the best is "How to Get Happily Published."-- "Money"Helped me write 20 books for publishers large and small and start my own publishing company!"-- Lisa Rogak Shaw, Williams Hill Publishing"I recommend this industry classic to writers all the time for its practical, common-sense guidance."-- William Shinker, President and Publisher, Broadway Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell"I love "How to Get Happily Published." I keep it near me as my bible/companion/positive reinforcement, and I'm getting my stories published."-- Richard C. Nacy, bookstore chain community relations coordinator

New Reviews of the Publishing Industry Classic
Now starting on its second half-million in sales, How to GetHappily Published continues to win praise from writers and publishing pros.

"The phenomenal Resources section would be worth the price of the book all by itself," Elizabeth A. Geiser, Director, The Publishing Institute.

Now that you're done toiling over that manuscript, you can tackle the hard part -- getting it published. Fortunately, Judith Appelbaum has been helping writers turn their dreams into reality for 20 years with this classic. In addition to telling you how to find and work with agents and editors, the fifth edition features more on how to negotiate contracts, use electronic media to get publicity, and where to find resources. With this guide tucked under your arm, book signings are just around the corner (not to mention a possible appearance in the QPB Review; but be warned -- your friends will get jealous). - Quality Paperback Book Review

JUDITH APPELBAUM, author of the classic How to Get Happily Published, just out in a fifth edition, has been a columnist and reviewer for The New York Times Book Review, an editor of Harper's and the managing editor of Publishers Weekly.

Winner of the Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award for Lifetime Achievement, she chairs the Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee's royalty group and is a leader in industry efforts to improve royalty statements for the benefit of authors and publishers alike.

A member of the board of the Book Industry Study Group, the advisory committee of The Small Press Center and the faculty of The Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, Judith Appelbaum often gives talks and workshops on publishing and getting published.