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by Carole Blake (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (27 Aug 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0333714350
  • ISBN-13: 978-0333714355
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 59,171 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the insider's guide to getting published sucessfully. The secret to making money from your fiction writing is not only in the quality of your work but your approach to the publishing process: in this book an industry professional shows how to make the system work for you. Advice is here from almost the moment you pick up the pen - identifying the market for your work - to working constuctively with your author or agent, safeguarding your rights, negotiating and understanding contracts, and understanding how you book will actually be sold. "From Pitch to Publication" is the complete guide to presenting yourself effectively to publishers, and navigating the periods before and after publication for continuing success.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable guide, occasionally too prescriptive, 23 Jan 2006
By 100wordreviewer (Kiev) - See all my reviews
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This authoritative guide, by an experienced literary agent, contains advice for would-be authors on how to get books published. This is good, nitty-gritty stuff, including what to include in a submission, how to present your work and how to write a synopsis. There is also much about the book trade, including an excellent section entitled "Does an agent need you?"

I'd give the book top marks except for the fact that the author is rather over-prescriptive. For example, she advocates very lengthy synopses, whereas many other agents prefer them shorter.

Summary: a fine book, but take a second opinion before sending off your precious manuscript.

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43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Only 75-year-old single parent stock traders need apply, 25 Jul 2001
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It's undoubtedly a very informative book, but readers should be clear that its sole target is commercial fiction, where you let marketability guide your writing from the word go. As such, I found it depressing in its affirmation of all about the conventional publishing game that makes unpublished authors despair. Go back a space if you're a dentist or a civil engineer: not glamorous or exciting enough. Go back 3 spaces if you have just one novel, however brilliant; publishers are only interested if you show promise of being a cash-cow. Go back 5 spaces if you smoke: Carole Blake will be offended by the smell of your manuscript. Go forward 2 spaces if you have a marketing angle like being 17 or 75, or a single mother, or a stock market trader. If you have the qualities that allow you to play this game, the book will be helpful. Otherwise its only message is that you may be unpublishable not because of what you write, but because of who you are.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars If you are serious about writing, this is a must, 5 Mar 2003
By Penny Harvey "penhar" (England) - See all my reviews
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OK - so she scared me just a little, and would probably render me speechless if I met her face to face, but Carole Blake has written an essential guide to what agents are looking for, as well as what a writer should be looking at, once they are accepted for publication. She makes no excuses for this text being directed solely at commercial fiction, nor does she sugar coat any of the facts about the difficulty any new author faces when trying to secure the services of either agent or publisher.

Much of the book is taken up with information regarding contracts, royalties and auctions - which, as I am not in the fortunate position of having had any work accepted for publication, I skimmed over.
The initial third of the book covers the nuts and bolts regarding presentation, approach and attitude of the author. It's direct, concise and honest and although it can be read as saying 'you have more chance of becoming immortal, than becoming published' I actually found it refreshing and stimulating.
She notes throughout that some 'selling power' from the author is helpful i.e. they're a 70 year old dyslexic; and if I intend to submit anything to her agency I will have to stop smoking - otherwise my mss is likely to be returned unread.
But if you are serious about your writing and want to become a published writer I would strongly suggest you read from Pitch to Publication. After all, once accepted, you can dip into it again to read up about the auctions, contracts and royalties.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Information - Excellent Resource for Writers
Written by a leading literary agent this book is a valuable source of information.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Market forces are everything
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Published on 30 Jun 2004 by N. S. Rushton

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...write a book like this? Sharing with her reader many of the 'insider information' of her trade can only mean Carole Blake is either imprudent – and that she most... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars If I become a published author it's thanks to this book.
I have read 10 'How To...' books recently in an effort to become offay with the publishing world and the craft of writing. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Author's Bible
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it - I did!!
I spent far too much money on 'how it works' kind of books, but in the end there was no need. Carole Blake's book covers everything, it is the most thorough insight into the... Read more
Published on 17 May 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars THE book that deserves to be called 'The Author's Manual'
I've got special reason to recommend Carole Blake's book - as a complete novice with a first novel it was the one which I used to understand the sometimes bafffling and... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A 'must' read
This book is a 'must' read for anyone who has the slightest interest in book publishing - whether as a budding author or even, dare I say, a best selling novelist. Read more
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