Agents, editors, and you : the insider's guide to getting your book published / edited by Michelle Howry.

Includes index.

pt. I. Preparing and Submitting Your Manuscript -- Ch. 1. Do I Need an Agent? -- Do I Need an Agent? / Donya Dickerson, Kirsten Holm and Don Prues -- Why Publishers Value Literary Agents: One Editor's Perspective / Don Prues -- Ch. 2. How Do I Find the Right Agent for My Work? -- Agent Targeting: Finding the Agent Who Fits / John Morgan Wilson -- Targeting Agents: Make the Best Fit With an Agent Who Knows Your Market / Donya Dickerson -- Ch. 3. How Do I Approach an Agent? -- Queries That Made It Happen / Terri See and Tara Horton -- Interview With Scott Gold, Assistant at the Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency -- Ch. 4. What Does an Agent Actually Do? -- Agent-Author Relationship: What a Writer Should Expect / Kelly Milner Halls -- Ch. 5. How Do I Evaluate My Agent? -- Agents and Ethics: Getting Published Without Losing Your Shirt / Jean V. Naggar -- Ch. 6. How Do I Approach Agents and Editors at Conferences? -- Maximize Your Writers Conference Experience / Karen Ostermann -- Meeting Agents at Conferences: How to Get Your Foot in the Door / Donya Dickerson -- Ch. 7. Should I Send an E-Query? -- E-Query Etiquette / Greg Daugherty -- Effects of Anthrax on Writers' Submissions / Robert Lee Brewer -- Ch. 8. What Should I Do Once I've Caught an Agent's or Editor's Interest? -- Commanding Book Proposals: The Rejection Slip's Greatest Enemy / Don Prues -- pt. II. Selling Your Manuscript -- Ch. 9. What Are Nonfiction Editors and Agents Looking For? -- Interview With Jennifer Repo, Editor at Perigee Books -- Interview With Faye Bender, Agent With the Doris S. Michaels Literary Agency, Inc -- Ch. 10. What Are Fiction Editors and Agents Looking For? -- Conversation With Nan A. Talese, Publisher and Editorial Director of Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Books / Laurel Touby -- Interview With Jonathan Galassi, Editor in Chief, Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Anne Bowling -- Interview With Donald Maass, President of the Donald Maass Literary Agency and Author of Writing the Breakout Novel -- Ch. 11. What Are Children's Book Editors and Agents Looking For? -- Interview With Steven Malk, Literary Agent for Writers House -- Interview With Three Scholastic Editors -- pt. III. Publishing 101 -- What You Need to Know After Your Book Is Sold -- Ch. 12. What Happens to My Book Once It Reaches an Editor's Desk? -- Making of a Book / John Scognamiglio -- Ch. 13. How Do I Work With My Editor Throughout the Publishing Process? -- What a Good Editor Will Do for You / Jerry Gross -- Editors: Can't Work With 'Em, Can't Work Without 'Em / Robin Hemley -- Ch. 14. What Do I Need to Know Before I Sign a Contract? -- Offer You Can Refuse / Timothy Perrin -- Subsidiary Rights: Much More Than a Book / Donya Dickerson -- Ch. 15. How Will My Publisher Promote My Book -- and How Can I Help? -- Speak Up for Your Writing / Patricia L. Fry -- Interview With Fauzia Burke, President and Founder of FSB Associates -- Ch. 16. What Can I Expect After My Book Is Published? -- Interview With Betsy Lerner, Literary Agent With the Gernert Company and Author of The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers -- pt. IV. Trends in Publishing Today -- Ch. 17. What Do I Need to Know About E-Publishing? -- Mixed Review of E-Publishing: An Interview With PWs John Baker / Paula Deimling -- Interview With Richard Curtis, President of Richard Curtis Associates, Inc., and Founder of e-Reads -- Ch. 18. Do All the Mergers in Publishing Mean It's Harder for Me to Get Published? -- Conglomeratization of Publishing: Two Agents Give Their Two Cents / Deborah Way -- Ch. 19. Are All the Good Agents and Publishers in New York City? -- Interview With Linda Mead, Literary Agent With LitWest Group, LLC -- Interview With Duncan Murrell, Editor With Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill -- Ch. 20. Should I Consider Self-Publishing My Book? -- Self-Publishing: Take a Chance and Change Your Life / Tom Ross and Marilyn Ross -- Embraced by the Light: A Self-Published Best-Seller / Katie Struckel Brogan.

Dozens of industry professionals provide writers with essential information about a variety of important topics -- everything from preparing a manuscript, getting it into the hands of an editor, how to market their books and gain publicity, plus what they should know about sub rights