publishers and publishing

Provides contact information and submission guidelines for thousands of markets for writers, covering literary agents, book publishers, Canadian and international book publishers, small presses, consumer magazines, trade journals, newspapers, screenwriting, playwriting, greeting cards, and contests and awards, and includes listings of professional organizations, and other resources.

Examines the life of publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst as it relates to the first fifty years of Hollywood, documenting the extent of his power in the world of cinema, and discussing how he used the medium to further his own beliefs and causes.

A biography of British political theorist, author, and civil servant Leonard Woolf, discussing the extremes of his personality and behavior, and focusing on the nature of his relationship with his wife, author Virginia Woolf.

Contains descriptions of jobs that involve reading, research, and other work with printed words.

A biography of well-known publisher of newspapers and magazines who developed a sensational journalistic style described by critics as "yellow journalism" and pioneered color comics, Sunday supplements, banner headlines, and editorial crusades.

Follow Perry's idea from beginning to end, and find out how his big idea becomes a book.

Provides reference information for authors, editors, proofreaders, and others who work with words, presenting style guidelines for the parts of a published work, proofs, grammar and usage, punctuation, names and terms, illustrations and captions, and other issues.

Examines developments in the world of communications technology as they relate to books and newspapers, looking at printing methods, security inks, the manufacture of paper, computer design, smart cards, the World Wide Web, virtual libraries, and map making.

A description of books from their historical beginnings to their printing and publishing. Features do-it-yourself projects.

After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.