附註:Includes bibliographical references (page 249 and index.
PART 1 GREAT EXPECTATIONS: IN WHICH YOU BEGIN TO WRITE -- Chapter 1 So, Why Write? -- Chapter 2 Write What? -- Chapter 3 If You Need an Idea, Stalk the Bestseller List. -- Chapter 4 Super-Stealth Market Research Techniques -- Chapter 5 What's Hot, What's Not. -- PART 2 GONE WITH THE WIND: SUBMITTING TO PUBLISHERS. -- Chapter 6 Submit What? -- Chapter 7 Query Letters That Sell Nonfiction -- Chapter 8 Bullet-Proof Nonfiction Book Proposals -- Chapter 9 Fun with Fiction -- PART 3 ROMANCING THE STONE: HOW TO GET A BOOK CONTRACT -- Chapter 10 What's an Agent For, Anyway? -- Chapter 11 Finding and Working with an Agent -- Chapter 12 What You Can Expect From an Agent. -- Chapter 13 Submitting Without an Agent -- Chapter 14 Behind Closed Doors -- Chapter 15 The Party of the First Part -- PART 4 WAR AND PEACE: WORKING WITH A PUBLISHER -- Chapter 16 I Signed a Contract -- Now What? -- Chapter 17 Saying Goodbye to Your Baby -- Chapter 18 Welcome to the Home Team! -- Chapter 19 Proper Care and Feeding of Your Editor -- Chapter 20 So How Does My Book Get Into the Stores? -- Chapter 21 Maximum Publicity for Maximum Sales -- Chapter 22 Television and Online Publicity. -- Chapter 23 Real-Life Publicity and Marketing Ideas -- PART 5 MY BRILLIANT CAREER: CONTINUING YOUR CAREER AS AN AUTHOR -- Chapter 24 After the Party Is Over -- Chapter 25 Writing for Money -- Chapter 26 Working with Book Packagers
