Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Third Edition ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 What Do Publishers Do? 9
7. 3 Writing the Manuscript 39
8. 4 Selecting a Publisher 54
9. 5 Your Proposal 73
10. 6 What Editors Look For 89
11. 7 Surviving the Review Process 97
12. 8 What a Contract Means 114
13. 9 Collections and Anthologies 141
14. 10 Quotations, Pictures, and Other Headaches 164
15. 11 How to Deliver a Manuscript 180
16. 12 And Then What Happens to It 194
17. 13 The Via Electronica 207
18. 14 This Book — And the Next 228
19. Afterword: Promoting Your Work 237
20. For Further Reading 243
21. Index 245