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Title: 2003 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market by Alice Pope, Mona Michael ISBN: 1-58297-148-X Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A panoramic view of an ever-changing market
Comment: The guy who slammed the 2002 edition of this book for its "unbalanced coverage" of new authors probably had a heart attack when he saw this year's crop of first-time authors. Four women and one man made the cut. Alex Sanchez's "Rainbow Boys" is about 3 gay teenagers which shouldn't surprise anyone because Sanchez himself is gay.
Anyway, focusing on one chapter defeats the whole purpose of the book. The two items before "First Books" featured interviews with award-winning authors Sid Fleischman and Richard Peck, who from all indications appear to be totally straight. Taken as a whole, the two interviews and the "First Books" chapter give the clearest picture of market trends. Fleischman and Peck take their place among such luminaries as Ted Geisel ("Dr. Suess"), Maurice Sendak and E. B. White while the market for new authors makes a healthy shift toward themes more relevent to the current millennium. Not everyone can get on the publishing bus at the same time, so certain authors will just have to wait until market trends desire their services again. The age of Male Dominance of the children's book trade is over.
So, if there's a message to any author who feels he's being left out, it's this:
Go back to your La-Z-Boy, your beer, your potato chips and your remote control. J. K. Rowling has the market for books aimed at boys zipped up with "Harry Potter" for the next few years, thank you, and if you're not up to the task of adapting your writing for other readers, just keep watching your football game.
Oh, and continue reading "Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market". Without it, you won't know when the trade is ready to hear from you again.
Rating: 4
Summary: No Articles For Illustrators
Comment: This book is a must have for anyone serious about entering or continuing in this market. It contains all the most up-to-date submission information direct from the publishers themselves. My only complaint, and its a big one, is that they seemed to forget about us illustrators when compiling the articles. How disappointing. It's tough enough for us that the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators requires us to pay the same membership fees and conference fees while dedicating only a fraction of their offerings (workshops and articles in newsletters) to the illustrators. Now Reader's Digest Books (the publisher of this book) is following suit.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must if You're a Children's Writer or Illustrator
Comment: Find out what to do before your first sale. How to negotiate a contract. Protect your rights. Pay your taxes as a writer.
And that's just the first 20 pages.
The "2003 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market" contains close to 400 pages of children's publishers, agents and magazines looking for your work. If you write children's literature or you're an illustrator for children's books, this yearly guide contains more than 800 potential markets for you to get your work in print.
Each listing shows contact names, addresses, Web sites, phone numbers, submission guidelines, pay rates and more. A majority of publishers also share tips on how you can increase your manuscript's chances of being accepted within their publishing house.
You'll also find articles on critique groups, picture books structure, promotion, creating stories, how to write for children and more. And on the other side of the publishing fence, you'll find insider reports from top illustrators, novelists, editors and publishers, all geared toward the children's writer. Plus, greeting card opportunities, play publishers, clubs, organizations, contests, awards and grants are all covered as well. There's even a special section for agents representing children's authors.
Every year Writer's Digest Books updates their annual guides. Even if you have last year's "Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market," you need the current edition. With market needs constantly changing as well as contact names, you need the most up-to-date information to increase your chances of getting published. No other guide increases those chances more.
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