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2006 Writers Market (Deluxe Edition)(Writer's Market Online) | 
| Creators: Kathryn S. Brogan, Robert Lee Brewer, Joanna Masterson
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Category: Book
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $43.64
You Save: $6.35 (13%)
Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 610436
Media: Paperback
Edition: Deluxe
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1178
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 2.4
ISBN: 1582974012
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02097
EAN: 9781582974019
Publication Date: August 10, 2005
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Product Description
Providing writers with instant access to up-to-date contact information, Writer's Market Deluxe Edition is the most cutting-edge resource available. Along with the invaluable information found in Writer's Market, this deluxe edition: -Includes a 1-year subscription to WritersMarket.com, providing a savings of almost $10 compared to buying each item separately -Provides access to an additional 1500+ markets online -Features access to interactive tools like the Submission Tracker and Favorites Folders, which allow writers to stay on top of their submissions and manuscripts With all the information that's made Writer's Market a success, the deluxe edition takes it to the online level making this truly an essential tool.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 More Than A Reference September 20, 2005
87 out of 93 found this review helpful
You are a writer, and that's why you are reading this review. The same old question, "Can I justify purchasing this book?"
You can't justify not buying this book.
If all you are looking for is having your work published in some unknown literary journal, go to the library and check the reference shelf. However, if you are serious about breaking into the real literary, periodical or book publishing world, lay down some cash and bring "2006 Writers Market" home.
Last year's edition might get you into trouble. Old addresses will result in wasted postage. This year's edition will have up-to-date information.
This is a guide. This is not the Bible. When you see a publication you like, take it a step farther and explore the URL. Don't randomly send out your work. Verify they might like your kind of writing. I've made mistakes in this regard, and could've avoided them had I used this market guide in tandem with the web. This guide will help you prepare intelligently.
It leans heavily toward article writings. Writers who have feature articles especially will find this book useful. This is not Writer's Digest's similar guide, "Novel & Short Story Writers Market," aimed at that major genre.
All the info you want is there: who and how and where to contact a publication; what and if they pay; recent authors they've published; tone and flavor; current needs; turn around from receiving an MS to replying. There are lots of little articles you'll find helpful as well.
One exciting aspect of browsing through this is the ideas you'll get realizing the diversity of publications out there. No matter what seemingly esoteric interest you have, be assured there is probably a publication out there clambering for your expertise.
I fully recommend "2006 Writers Market."
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
Continues as the ultimate resource for writers August 11, 2005
60 out of 70 found this review helpful
The articles that appear prior to the markets section are helpful especially, "How Much Should I Charge?" Providing quotes is my second least favorite thing... well, maybe first. Having this article as a resource provides a sanity check to see if I am charging too much or too little.
"Before Your First Sale" gives a 30,000-foot view of things to do in working to make the first sale whether it be an article or a book proposal. It doesn't cover everything, but it's brevity makes it easier to read and it offers tips that many beginners and some intermediate writers won't know about.
Queries are tough to do. I haven't had much luck there -- but I do mostly business-related writing since the work makes the best use of my time and I already have experience in this type of writing. "Query Letter Clinic" reviews what to do and what to avoid. It also shows a few good and bad examples of queries.
The articles section of the book has about 85 pages. The articles together offer writing career advice covering much of the main areas including:
* writing groups
* email communications
* interviews with successful writers
* the business of writing
* overcoming writer's block
* online PR
* book signings
According to the book, there are over 600 new listings for a total of 4,000 listings of book publishers, magazines, trade, and literary agents.
Though I rarely do queries and have yet to do a book proposal since the first one got axed — the Writer's Market is on my must-buy book every year especially now that I'm a full-time content maven.
 Get Writer's Market online December 6, 2005
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
Get writer's market online.
It has a database that allows you to filter results from all the writer's market books and is kept up to date.
It's four bucks a month and will save you hundreds of hours of flipping through the various WM books.
You also get thousands of pages worth of articles, rather than just the handful they picked out for the paper books.
 What happened to the Writer's Market that I used to know? March 22, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
A freelance writer, I have been a fan of the Writer's Market, always buying the latest edition as soon as it is available, and with good reason. The articles are excellent, particularly the one entitled, "How Much Should I Charge?" Then there is the "Query Letter Clinic" article with examples of "good" and "bad" query letters, along with practical sections pertaining to the business of writing, literary agents and book publishers.
At the same time, this edition has disappointed me, omitting previously-featured sections/articles on markets for education and greeting card/novelty writers, replacing them with "Interviews" and "Small Presses." From my own experience as a writer and discussions with students in professional writing classes, I have found that for many students, small presses don't count as much as regular book publishers. Also, quite a few of those students are talented in other areas as well and would welcome those missing sections enthusiastically.
 Writer's Market 2006 September 25, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Not as good as previous issues. I think they rushed to get this one out. A lot of current listings that are good are not included. I know they are good because I have sold features to them recently. Either the publisher of the Digest couldn't wait to get their input for the volume or sources did not want to offer the information for some reason.
I also submitted several queries to editors/magazines listed in the volume only to be told that they do not accept freelance queries. When I asked one editor why her publication, with specific guidelines for queries was in the volume when she said she did not use any contributed material or freelance writers, she said she did not know where the digest got their information, but she certainly did not provide it and was not happy that it was there.
This has happened 4 times. I have gone back to using the 2005 volume which seems to be much more up to date. I am very disappointed.
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