The Business of Science Fiction : Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing

Resnick, Mike/ Malzberg, Barry N.

McFarland & Co Inc（2010/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 275 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786447978
• DDC分類 808.38762

Full Description

Two prolific and award-winning science fiction writers, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg, have been publishing a "Dialogue" in every issue of the SFWA Bulletin, official publication of the Science Fiction Writers of America, for more than a decade. These collected columns explore every aspect of the literary genre, from writing to marketing to publishing, combining wit and insight with decades of experience.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

Section 1: Writing and Selling

1. The Specialty Press     

2. Foreign Sales     

3. Awards     

4. The Marketplace     

5. Anthologies     

6. Conventions     

7. Works for Hire     

8. Promotion     

9. e-Publishing Revisited     

10. Collaborations—Theory     

11. Collaborations—Practice     

Section 2: The Business

12. Agents     

13. Money     

14. Pseudonyms     

15. Print-on-Demand     

16. Professionalism     

17. Myths     

18. Really Dumb Ideas     

19. Abuses     

20. False Doctrines     

Section 3: The Field

21. Magazines     

22. The Clueless (Part 1)     

23. The Clueless (Part 2)     

24. Change     

25. Tailspinning     

26. Google     

Index