5.1 General (Market Listings and Reports - misc.writing Recommended Reading List)
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This article is from the misc.writing Recommended Reading List FAQ, by Terry L Jeffress jeffress@xmission.com with numerous contributions by others.
5.1 General (Market Listings and Reports - misc.writing Recommended Reading List)
"The International Directory of Little Magazines and Small
Presses: 1998-99." 34th ed. Paradise, California: Dustbooks,
1998. ISBN 0-916685-66-7, hardcover, $55.00. ISBN 0-916685-70-
-5, hardcover, $34.95.
Called the "bible of the business" by the Wall Street Journal,
this thing is "huge," and full of small and literary markets
that you won't find in any of the Writer's Digest books.
Published annually.
"Publishers Weekly" <http://www.publishersweekly.com/>
ISSN 0000-0019
P.O. Box 16178
North Hollywood, CA 91615-6178
1 (800) 278-2991, 1 (818) 487-4557
Expensive; contains useful industry gossip, hot off the
presses. (I learned about the various suits against Donning
Press from "PW;" "Locus" and "SF Chronicle" didn't get the
story until a month later.) Skim it in your library. The book
reviews can help you get a handle on what your competition is
up to.
Subscription rate: $169.00/year. Email:
<pw.subscriptions@bookwire.com>
"Small Press Review"
ISSN 0037-7228
Dustbooks <http://www.dustbooks.com>
P.O. Box 100
Paradise, CA 95967
1 (800) 477-6110, 1 (530) 877-6110
Small Press Review is a newsprint magazine with news on the
small press and small magazine industry including start-ups. A
typical issueincluding start-ups. A typical issue includes
listings of new publishers with contact info, freelance job
opportunities, contest information, and reviews of recent
small press books and magazines.
Subscription rate: Individuals, $25 (12 issues), $36 (36
issues); institutions: $31 (12 issues), $45 (36 issues).
<dustbooks@telis.org>.
Writer's Market Series
"2000 Writer's Market: Where and How to Sell What you Write." Eds.
Kirsten C. Holm, Donya Dickerson, and Don Prues. Cincinnati,
Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 1999. ISBN 0-89879-911-2,
hardcover, 1120 pp., $27.99.
"1999 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market: Where and How to Sell
Your Fiction." Ed. Barbara Kuroff. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's
Digest Books, 1999. ISBN 0-89879-876-0, hardcover, 678 pp.,
$24.99.
"2000 Poet's Market: Where and How to Publish Your Poetry." Eds.
Christine Martin and Chantelle Bentley. Cincinnati, Ohio:
Writer's Digest Books, 1999. ISBN 0-89879-915-5, hardcover,
608 pp., $23.99.
Most public libraries have these books. You can buy a copy
more cheaply by joining the Writer's Digest Book Club; see
"Writer's Digest" magazine for a blow-in card. Be sure to use
the latest available edition! The publishing industry is a
giant amoeba; not only do publishers' needs change, but
editors change employment as frequently as Warren Beatty. . .
Well, you get the idea. If you can, check the listed editor's
name against another source (a friend at the publishing house,
the masthead of the magazine) before submitting.
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