Name: The business of being a writer
ISBN: 9780226838656

The business of being a writer

"The Business of being a writer offers the business education writers need but so rarely receive. It is meant for early-career writers looking to develop a realistic set of expectations about making money from their work or for working writers who want a better understanding of the industry. Writers will gain a comprehensive picture of how the publishing world works--from queries and agents to blogging and advertising--and will learn how they can best position themselves for success over the long term.

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abeppuAug 2023

Having never heard of this person, I clicked through to their author page which has apparently only the books she actually wrote. They're all books about writing books: "The Business of Being a Writer", "Publishing 101", "Beginning Writers Answer Book". Oddly, also on that page is "Author In Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published", but the page for that book (and image of its cover) do not mention her.

I see no indication that she's written a well-reviewed non-fiction book, or a moving memoir, or a slim volume of poetry. She publishes only on how to get published, which seems like a close cousin of people who offer drop-shipping classes and get their revenue through those classes rather than the drop-shipping that's supposed to be their expertise.

I think the thing she's really annoyed with is that apparently AIs are demonstrating that these days it's really easy to get published and perhaps her books aren't necessary.

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mavhcAug 2023

The author of the article:

In addition to being a professor with The Great Courses (How to Publish Your Book), she is the author of The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal.

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