The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing

by Mike Resnick, Barry N. Malzberg

Overview

Two prolific and award-winning science fiction writers, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg, have been publishing a "Dialogue" in every issue of the SFWA Bulletin, official publication of the Science Fiction Writers of America, for more than a decade. These collected columns explore every aspect of the literary genre, from writing to marketing to publishing, combining wit and insight with decades of experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786456802
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/24/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	275
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Mike Resnick, was named Locus magazine’s all-time leading award winner for short science fiction, was the author of 61 novels, 225 short stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 48 anthologies. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Barry N. Malzberg is the author of more than 90 books and has edited science fiction anthologies and magazines. He won the first John Campbell Memorial Award, has won two Locus Awards for essay collections, and is a Hugo and Nebula Award nominee.
The late Mike Resnick, was named Locus magazine's all-time leading award winner for short science fiction, was the author of 61 novels, 225 short stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 48 anthologies. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Barry N. Malzberg is the author of more than 90 books and has edited science fiction anthologies and magazines. He won the first John Campbell Memorial Award, has won two Locus Awards for essay collections, and is a Hugo and Nebula Award nominee.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

Section 1: Writing and Selling
1. The Specialty Press     
2. Foreign Sales     
3. Awards     
4. The Marketplace     
5. Anthologies     
6. Conventions     
7. Works for Hire     
8. Promotion     
9. e-Publishing Revisited     
10. Collaborations—Theory     
11. Collaborations—Practice     

Section 2: The Business
12. Agents     
13. Money     
14. Pseudonyms     
15. Print-on-Demand     
16. Professionalism     
17. Myths     
18. Really Dumb Ideas     
19. Abuses     
20. False Doctrines     

Section 3: The Field
21. Magazines     
22. The Clueless (Part 1)     
23. The Clueless (Part 2)     
24. Change     
25. Tailspinning     
26. Google     

Index     

Editorial Reviews

a valuable and entertaining read”—SFRA Review; “very good...readers will thoroughly enjoy this journey”—Science Fiction Studies.

From the Publisher

"very good...readers will thoroughly enjoy this journey"

Science Fiction Studies

a valuable and entertaining read

SFRA Review

02/01/2016
Originally published in the SFWA Bulletin published by the Science Fiction Writers of America, these honest and insightful conversations between Resnick and Malzberg cover writing, marketing, agents, ebooks, and much more.

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