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  • The Subversive Copy Editorby Carol Fisher Saller

    University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 13.00

    Each year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online . Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor standoff, wherein both parties refuse to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling: "This author is giving me a fit." "I wish that I could just DEMAND the use of the serial comma at all times." "My author wants his preface to come at the end of the book. This just seems ridiculous to me. I mean, it’s not a post -face." In The Subversive Copy Editor , Saller casts aside this adversarial view and suggests new strategies... more...

  • Piracyby Adrian Johns

    University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 18.00

    Since the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. The Motion Picture Association of America, for instance, claimed that in 2005 the film industry lost $2.3 billion in revenue to piracy online. But here Adrian Johns shows that piracy has a much longer and more vital history than we have realized—one that has been largely forgotten and is little understood. Piracy explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture in the fifteenth century to the reign of the Internet in the twenty-first. Brimming with broader implications for today’s debates over... more...

  • Marketing in Publishingby Patrick Forsyth; Robin Birn

    Routledge 1997; US$ 43.95

    Offers a wealth of practical information on creative strategies to increase book sales in a competitive and rapidly changing marketplace and gives expert guidance on different elements of the marketing process. more...

  • Language of Magazinesby Linda McLoughlin

    Routledge 2000; US$ 26.95

    Offers students a hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on magazines. It combines practical activities with texts, followed by commentaries and suggestions for further reading. more...

  • Magazines Handbookby Jenny McKay

    Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95

    The Magazines Handbook is a comprehensive introduction to the magazine industry. Tracing the development of magazine publishing, Jenny McKay explores the business of magazines and the role of the magazine journalist. more...

  • Mastering the Business of Writingby Richard Curtis

    eReads 1999; US$ 9.99

    One of the most comprehensive guides currently on the market, Mastering the Business of Writing is an insider's guide to the business of being a professional writer. All aspects of the publishing industry are explained, both for the aspiring author and the established writer wishing to jumpstart a professional career. This guide includes everything you need to know about publishers, agents, and the track to success. more...

  • Magazine Lawby Peter Mason; Derrick Smith

    Routledge 1998; US$ 49.95

    Comprehensive guide to the law for magazine journalists, editors and managers, the book addresses the special needs of the magazine industry and explains how laws affecting the media are applied. more...

  • Selling Rightsby Lynette Owen

    Routledge 2001; US$ 110.00

    The fourth edition of this authoritative handbook is a practical and accessible guide to all aspects of selling rights and co-publications. It has been updated to include recent changes in technology, sales and distribution and legislation. more...

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, 2Eby Sheree Bykofsky; Jennifer Basye Sande

    Alpha Books 2000; US$ 9.99

    Getting a novel or other work published remains one of the most mysterious processes in business today. For writers, the mystery of getting published resides in unanswered questions. Do I have to have an agent? What will an agent do for me? How does publishing work? How much do I get paid? How do I protect my work? And most importantly, what happens in those mysterious agent/author lunches? Using the comprehensive and easy-to-read format of the Complete Idiot's Guide series, the Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, 2E, gives new and experienced authors alike tips, advice and practical step-by-step instructions for writing book proposals and query letters, pitching ideas to agents and editors and writing outlines and sample chapters.... more...

  • Understanding Women's Magazinesby Anna Gough-Yates

    Routledge 2002; US$ 33.95

    Anna Gough-Yates considers the rapid shift in women's magazines towards titles aimed at newly-identified 'lifestyle' groups of women readers. more...