Books on the Business of Writing

This is the fourth in a series of posts in which I recommend books for aspiring and published writers. Each post covers a category, including biographies/autobiographies, magazine writing, how-to-write books by notable writers, fiction how-to, and more.

These books address the business aspects of writing and publishing.

• Mastering the Business of Writing, by Richard Curtis (Allworth Press, 1996)
  This Business of Publishing: An Insider's View of Current Trends and Tactics, by Richard Curtis (Watson-Guptill, 1998)
• Magazine Publishing Industry, by Charles P. Daly, Patrick Henry, and Ellen Ryder (Allyn & Bacon, 1996)
• Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future by Jason Epstein
• The Book Publishing Industry, by Albert N. Greco (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003) Every Writer's Guide to Copyright and Publishing Law, by Ellen M. Kozak (Owl Books, 2004)
• Another Life: A Memoir of Other People, by Michael Korda (Random House, 1999)

You can find most of these books at your local bookstore or at Amazon.com or other online retailers. For a few of the out-of-print titles you will have to go to eBay or a used book store.

(For additional recommendations, see this list at Amazon.
--Mike
http://www.michaelabanks.com