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Page One of Two2000 Poet's Market by Chantelle Bentley
Writer's Digest Books, August, 1999.Trade Paperback, 604 pages.
ISBN: 0898799155
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
The Poet's Market is an annual
guide for poets which contains listings of
poetry publishers, including
both paying and non-paying markets.
The book includes a complete listing
for each poetry market with contact information,
payment information, submission instructions
and tips from the editor(s).
The markets are listed from A to Z; however, the
book contains some valuable indexes to help
readers find the poetry publications for which they are
looking. These indexes allow readers to quickly
find particular markets, including
publications accepting email submissions,
chapbook publishers, book publishers, publishers
in a particular geographical location, publishers
looking for a particular genre
or subject and publishers that are very open to
beginners. The Poet's Market also provides listings
with contact details and descriptions for contests, awards,
conferences, workshops and organizations of interest
to poets. Features in the 2000 Poet's Market include 300
new markets for poets, the "Quick-Start Guide to Publishing
Your Poetry", and new symbols including a computer symbol
to represent an online or electronic market and symbols
that show how open the publication is to submissions
from beginners.
The 2000 Poet's Market is a meticulously well-researched
collection of poetry markets and advice for both amateur and
professionals poets -- no poet should be without it.
The Complete Guide to Book Marketing by David Cole
Allworth Press, October, 1999.Hardcover, 267 pages.
ISBN: 1581150288
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
In today's world, writers are waking up to the fact
that they must do some marketing of their own, either
because they have self-published their book or they
have a publisher but want to complement the publisher's
promotional campaign with some additional campaigning
of their own. This reference provides instruction, tips and
examples of how to go about marketing your book. Authors
can use a few of the ideas in the book or read the entire book
and develop a complete marketing campaign for their book.
Some of the marketing concepts covered in the reference
include marketing at book stores, the library market, selling direct,
direct-mail, Internet marketing, subsidiary rights, book publicity
basics, book publicity campaigns and writing effective marketing copy.
The book also provides examples of effective press releases,
mailings, brochures and letters.
The Complete Guide to Book Marketing is a valuable guide for authors looking to learn about effective ways to
market their own books and for small publishers looking to
brand and market their product line.
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