Writer's Market Online: 8,000 Editors Who Buy What You Write [With Submission Tracker]

There are few events in life that I look forward to more than receiving my shiny new Writer's Market each year. Once again, the good people at Writer's Digest Books have outdone themselves. This exhaustively researched book contains more than 8,000 places to sell your work-- what more could you ask for? Oh! How about pricing guidelines, expert advice, info about agents, writing contests, syndicates, organizations for writers... I mean it most earnestly when I tell you I wouldn't have a career without this book. And ever since I got the online version, I'm not sure how I lived without it. I use it every day to keep track of my submissions. It even tells me when it's time to follow up on a query, and allows me to record notes about different markets-- I can punch in my deadlines, payment info, contact names, etc.Of all the books in the world, this is the only one that I can say with full confidence is an absolute necessity to those who want to make a career of their writing. The price is meager compared to its benefits. No matter what you write, you'll find markets for it here.--Jenna Glatzer, Editor-in-Chief, AbsoluteWrite.com

If you're looking for a powerful extension to the yearly guide to publishers and editors, look no further than the "2002 Writer's Market Online." The online edition is a direct link to your writing career. Not only do you get everything contained in the standard print edition, but you also get access to a feature-filled site. You can search a database of over 4,000 publishers and agents looking for your work. Listings are always up-to-date with the latest submission guidelines, contact info and current needs. The Submission Tracker is an excellent tool for recording your submissions, tracking responses and even gauging yearly income and taxes. The Tips Library is full of industry help for the seasoned professional as well as the aspiring writer. Tips on agents, queries, manuscripts and more are all covered by leading publishing experts. One of the most helpful features is Your Writer's Market. Once you register, you're asked to fill out a personal profile. When changes are made to the publisher and agent listings that are in your specified niche, you'll be notified so you can stay on top of your writing game. Any writer, especially a freelancer, who constantly sends out queries and manuscripts, needs to have the "2002 Writer's Market Online." The tools offered are invaluable and can help save you both time and money.

To many people writing is a hobby, a special interest, an expression of deep thought, and to others a profession - and a paycheck. Whatever oneswriting endeavors are intended for, there are many ways to express oneself and many avenues to getting work seen by others. 2002 Writer's Market Online edited by Kirsten Holm and published by Writer's Digest is one of the most exhaustive printed resources available today for getting work published, to get your name out, and to get paid for doing it! This mammoth 1112-page book features thousands of publishing opportunities - the names, contact information, and publishing guidelines for book and magazine publishers, literary agents, and companies accepting business and education writing, greeting card writing, playwriting, and screenwriting works. National and regional publications cover topics such as beauty, business, entertainment, finance, health, history, hobbies, journalism, music, nature, parental guidance, pets, religion, romance, science fiction, sports, technology, and the travel industry. Readers will also learn about hundreds of literary contests and awards that will bring in money and create name recognition that's important and often necessary to launch and maintain writing careers. Readers also have at their fingertips solid writing advice that will help them get their work noticed. Contributors to this fine work offer guidance on handling contracts and agreements, major copyright concerns, setting writing fees, writing query letters, manuscript formatting, submitting manuscripts, finding online and offline markets, syndicating columns, writing for the online market, and publishing on the Web. Special insider reports sprinkled throughout the book offer readers additional insight on other topics important to writers. 2002 Writer's Market Online features full access to Writer's Digest's www.WritersMarket.com Website that features the full electronic edition of the printed book, additional listings, updated listings, an electronic newsletter, and additional writing helps and tools able to enhance anyone's writing career. Persons buying the book receive a full one-year subscription to this very helpful online service. This book and the accompanying Website are indispensable reference works for members of the freelance writing profession. These two resources provide up-to-date information about the people they need to know to powerfully advance their writing careers. They are highly recommended reading!

As the editor of Demensions, a sci-fi/fantasy webzine devoted to showcasing up and coming authors, I highly recommend this package. While the book, as other reviewers have mentioned, is basically just a reference tool, the CD gives you a year's free access to WritersMarket.com, the book's website, which is always being updated and has a great number of tools to help the fledgling, or even professional, author. If you are trying to get published, regardless of genre, you need to purchase this set. It's worth the combo price, as well as the time, to get yourself set up on the website. Obviously, if you're thinking of getting this book and CD, you are a writer who's serious about being published. To you, I give a hearty "Good luck!"

An excellent resource for any writer. You get the book, plus a one-year subscription to the web site which is constantly updated. Despite what other reviewers might mention, there is no extra fee at the web site. You _can_ subscribe at the site without buying the book. But if you buy the book, you get access to the site with no additional fees, according to Barbara Kuroff, speaking at the Columbus Writer's Conference 9/9/00.