8 Sources of Market Info

Sell your novel! AND Your Other Writing

Where do you get marketing info that helps you decide when and where to submit?

• General Market books. The Writer’s Digest market books are the best known and have a reputation for delivering up-to-date information.
  • Writer’s Market Deluxe 2010

  
  

  • Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market 2010
  • Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market 2010
  • Poet’s Market 2010
  • Photographer’s Market 2010
  • Guide to Literary Agent 2010
  • Artist’s and Graphic Designer’s Market 2010
  • Songwriter’s Market 2010

  Screenwriter’s and Playwright’s Market 2010

• Specialized market books.

Sally Stuart’s Christian Writer’s Market 2010

• Twitter Read Mitali Perkins guide on Twitter and Hashtags. Find and “follow” editors or jobs boards; also, watch for “hashtags” that give you info about an editor’s or publisher’s needs. For example, check out @writersjobs and @hopeclark.
• Blogs or Websites. Wow, there are so many to point out here.There are publisher’s and agent’s websites and blogs. And Sites/blogs from those who keep a thumb on the pulse of things. Here are two simple examples. If you find something interesting, please put it in the comments.
  • Harold Underdown’s Who Moved Where Page.
  • Publishers’ websites or blogs. For example, Stone Arch Books did this post last September, and I got an assignment by following up on it.
• Websites with needs. Like a certain website? Check out their About or FAQ or Contact Us page to see if they list submission guidelines. In the February 2010 issue of WOW-Women on Writing, I”ll have an interview with Carla McClafferty, who writes trade nonfiction for kids and teens.
• Newsletters for Special Markets. Some of these will charge, others are free.
  • Travel writers
  • SCBWI Bulletin which includes a market column
  • Gila Queen’s Guide to Markets (fantasy, sff)
• Online Bulletin Boards.
  • Verla Kay’s Blueboards After seeing a notice from an editor for Scholastic Instructor, I had several assignments from them. Editors are people who hang out, too.
  • SCBWI Bulletin Boards.Less marketing info than there used to be, but sometimes you find something.
• Friends. Hey, your friends are getting work, right? Ask them for a referral.

Where do you get leads?

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