Customer Review: An earlier edition of Jeff Herman's book changed my life! I found a great agent in it and now I have had nearly 17 books published, most of which have been since I was accepted by my first agent, Bert Holtje (now retired) whose name I found in Jeff Herman. This is a book written by a literary agent... more info
Customer Review: I used this book along with Michael Larson's How to Write a Book Proposal and Elizabeth Lyon's book on Non-Fiction Book Proposals. Larson's and Lyon's books were better at explaining each section and how to create interest, but I liked this book for the actual examples. When I was ready to write a... more info
Customer Review: For the writer who wants to publish, you can't live without this informative compilation of information regarding agents and publishers. This is the second edition I have purchased. I even bought one for a multipublihed friend who thought it was helpful.
Customer Review: There isn't anything in this book you can't find online. That said, there is a great deal of information in here and there is value in having it all compiled into one, easy to read and easy to handle resource.
Customer Review: I needed guidance after writing my fictional novel, The Skye in June, and this book help soothe my fears that I would never be published. Suggestions and examples of how to write a proposal, inquiry letter and so much industry information are included. Ease your worries if you are planning on being... more info
Customer Review: 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... more info
Customer Review: Don't even think of writing a book proposal without reading this book. Jeff Herman gives you everything you need to know. Buy this book and Michael Larsen's "How to Write a Book Proposal" and you will not get turned down...
Customer Review: This book has everything. What agents are looking for (from the agents themselves), their addresses and phone numbers, whether they accept email submissions/queries, which agents handle which genres, other books represented by said agents, etc. (The rest is true of publishers, but I spent most of my... more info
Customer Review: This book is a series of questionnaires filled out by successful authors. Many, if not most, have published 10, 20, or 30 bestsellers in the past 10, 20, or 30 years. Over and over the writers say that 30 years ago they did this or they had this bit of luck, which started their career. The Internet,... more info
Customer Review: Interviewer Jeff Herman asks Rudy Boesch scores and scores of questions, some of them tired and pre-planned, others tying things together. And Rudy answers them all as anyone who's heard him speak would expect him to - straight-forward, based on a long life of experience, with a great deal of... more info
Customer Review: The title of this book is justified. It indeed does provide "toasts" for ALL occasions. If you are one that has no idea of what to say, is short on words, not use to making toasts or your mind just goes blank at the thought of wording a toast yourself...then you must have this book. If you are... more info
Customer Review: I'm trying to get a book published and this book is an excellent resource on how to write the proper query letter and assemble the perfect proposal submission to a publisher.
And, of course, this book has an exhaustive list of publishers of all kinds as well as literary agents. My only complaint... more info
Customer Review: There are some low ratings for this book here, but mostly they seem to be from people who already knew the things in the book! Some of us who are beginner frugal shoppers or newly needing to be frugal might find this book to be a wonderful push in the right direction. We used this book for a couple... more info
Customer Review: "Get Your First Book Published" is perhaps the most frustratingly unhelpful book on writing that I have ever encountered. So many deficiencies exist that picking one to start with would be maddening were it not for the title itself.
A better title for this book would have been "Middling... more info
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