DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

How to publish your book / Jane Friedman, publishing industry expert and educator.

Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses : The Teaching Company, [2015]

©2015

4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v, 182 pages ; 19 cm).

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

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The Great courses. Literature & language. Writing ; no. 2553

Great courses (DVD) ; no. 2553.

Authors and publishers.

Authorship -- Marketing.

Self-publishing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Web publishing.

Educational films.

Filmed lectures.

Friedman, Jane, 1976- instructor.

Teaching Company, production company.

"Course no. 2553."

Accompanied by the course guidebook of the same title.

Jane Friedman, lecturer.

DVD video, Dolby digital, NTSC.

Disc 1. [Lectures] 1. Today's book publishing landscape ; 2. Defining your fiction genre ; 3. Categorizing your nonfiction book ; 4. Researching writers' markets ; 5. What to expect from a literary agent ; 6. Writing your query letter. -- Disc. 2. [Lectures] 7. Writing your novel or memoir synopsis ; 8. The importance of author platform ; 9. Researching and planning your book proposal ; 10. Writing an effective book proposal ; 11. Submissions and publishing etiquette ; 12. Networking from writers' conferences to courses. -- Disc 3. [Lectures] 13. Pitching your book ; 14. Avoiding common manuscript pitfalls ; 15. Hiring a professional editor ; 16. How writers handle rejection ; 17. Overcoming obstacles to writing ; 18. The book publishing contract. -- Disc 4. [Lectures] 19. Working effectively with your publisher ; 20. Becoming a bestselling author ; 21. Career marketing strategies for writers ; 22. The self-publishing path: when and how ; 23. Principles of self-publishing success ; 24. Beyond the book: sharing ideas in the digital age.

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