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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.068
EAN: 9781592577507
ISBN: 1592577504
Label: Alpha
Manufacturer: Alpha
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Publisher: Alpha
Studio: Alpha
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“Honest and precise… everything about writing for children there is to know.”
—Jane Yolen, author
Here is the comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and selling for the ever-expanding and always exciting children’s market—now in a new and updated third edition.
• Includes new chapters on self-publishing and on "how to choose a how-to", plus revision and updates throughout
• Offers practical advice on getting started--and on dealing with out-of-print books
• Covers picture books, chapter books, nonfiction, middle-grade and young novels, and common formats and genres
• Reveals what happens inside a children's publishing company, and provides guidance in working with an editor
• Sample cover and query letters, manuscript format, glossary, and recommended resources in an extensive appendix
• Plus information on agents, contracts, copyright, marketing, and more
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Summary: True to its name
Comment: I bought this book hoping to get to the nitty-gritty of the childrens book publishing industry. Well, I guess it's written for those that one day suddenly think they want to illustrate or write books for children on a whim. Anyone who has the slightest general understanding of the book publishing industry and the difference between illustrating and writing will realize that it's really written for the complete idiot. For example, on page 73 the author feels the need to bullet some "key information" as follows (and here I am quoting direct text): * Nonfiction writing aims to inform readers about real things, people, or events. (oh really?) * Picture books are heavily illustrated with the little text for the younger child. Someone other than the child reads the book to him or her. (wow! I did not know that!) and here's a good piece of info: * Books with chapters have more text, and contain, of course, chapters. (and let's hope with that tidbit of info, all the idiots out there know what a chapter is. Maybe he should have defined that too.)
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Summary: Great resource
Comment: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books, 3rd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to) is a great resource for beginning children's book authors. I found information verifiable from my own Internet searches from the very first chapter. The book is readable, concise, and informative without being condescending. A thumbs-up for this book!
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Summary: required reading in my UCLA Extension classes
Comment: I have taught a class called Writing Picture Books for Children at UCLA Extension for over a decade, and I require every one of my students to read this book for my class.
It not only presents a broad overview of the field, but also gives specific examples. The book is packed with terrific boxed extras like "Vocabulary Lists", which explain terms from the children's publishing industry; "Class Rules", which detail warnings and cautions; "Can You Keep a Secret?", which include tips and resources to help a children's writer or illustrator present him or herself as a pro; and my favorite, "Playground Stories", which are anecdotes from and profiles of children's authors and publishers which give an eye-opening inside view of the children's publishing world.
This book should be on the shelf of everyone in the field of children's publishing. No, not on the shelf--on the desk, and open.
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