Overview
- Family Tree of Publishers - agent Kate Testerman
- Who Are the Big Six? - Absolute Write admin
- Who Publishes YA? - author Rachael Allen
- What's An Imprint? - editor Stacy Whitman
- Publishing Dictionary - BookEnds Literary
Breaking In
- How To Get Published - agent Rachelle Gardner
- How To Get Published: A Flowchart: traditional route with literary agent - author Kate Hart
- How a Book Gets Published - author/former agent Nathan Bransford
- Start Here: How to Get Your Book Published - Jane Friedman
- The Changing Face of Publishing Relationships - Colette Vella
- See also our All About Literary Agents page.
The Process (For the Author)
The Process (For the Publisher)
FAQs
Alternate Routes
- From Offer to Bookstore - author Shannon Hale
- I Got the Call... Um, Now What? - agent Jennifer Laughran
- Why Do Books Take So Long to Release? - author Cassandra Clare
- A Peek Behind the Publishing Curtain - author Veronica Roth
- See also our Going on Submission and All About Book Deals pages.
The Process (For the Publisher)
- Book Publishing Glossary - author/former agent Nathan Bransford
- An Inside Look at Publishing - Guy Kawasaki visits the Penguin offices
- How Books are Produced (infographic)
- Life Cycle of a Book - Publishing Trendsetter
- How a Book Is Born (slightly cynical infographic) - via Iris Blasi
- A Trip To The Printing Press - Divergent Lexicon with editor Molly O'Neill
- Inside Random House: Bringing Our Authors' Books to Life (video) - Random House
FAQs
- Explanation of Lists and Release Dates - author Alexandra Bracken
- Explanation of Frontlist, Midlist, and Backlist - agent Jennifer Laughran
- The Economics of Galleys (ARCs) - former agent Colleen Lindsay
- Who Writes That Text on the Back of the Book? - author Kirsten Hubbard
- Why US and UK Book Covers are Different - book seller Rachel Siegel
- Eight Things You Might Not Know About the NYT Bestseller List
- How Books Become Movies - agent Sara Megibow
- See also our Book Covers page
Alternate Routes
- Book Packaging
- From an author's perspective - Lee Bross and Mandy Hubbard
- Interview with Lexa Hillyer of Paper Lantern Lit
- Ghostwriting - interview with author Dawn Miller
- Freelance writing - interview with author Michelle Schusterman
- Quickstart Guide to Submitting Short Fiction
- Why Poets Don't Need Agents - author Victoria Strauss
- The Christian Market - agent Rachelle Gardner
- See also our Indie Publishing and Self-Publishing pages.
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