![]() ![]() In the beginning, callouts like “This is a running head” and “This is a drop cap” provide examples of text elements more of them would be welcome. The personal perspective and home-grown angle add to its accessibility. Self-deprecating humor aside, “So You Want to Publish a Book” is a solid introduction to a world that seems unfathomable to even the most avid readers. Using a 2019 title, “Cleveland in 50 Maps,” she lays out the estimated page count, list price, publication date, number of copies in the first printing, production costs, expected sales figures and then concedes that most of the numbers are “magical fairy dust wishes.” Then on to finding an agent and how publishers make and lose money that she likens to playing roulette. Whether you’ve already written a book or just have a good idea for one, Trubek covers the monumental task of writing a nonfiction book proposal, and how it differs from a query. ![]() Comparing major publishers to independents as Budweiser to a craft brewery, she notes that while consumers may have favorite authors or genres, they rarely notice who publishes the books they buy. ![]() Trubek explains the types of publishers, traditional, independent presses including university presses, and the Big Five, household names such as Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins and all their scores of subsidiaries and labels and imprints. ![]()
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