Published: Feb. 04, 2010
Words: 34123 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

At last! A New York publishing agent reveals secrets that every aspiring author needs to know to break into the publishing scene. "Hilarious!" Publishers Weekly "Highly recommended… for the experienced writer looking to enjoy a good…laugh…should be required reading for aspiring best-selling authors…" Midwest Book Review

Extended description

At last! A New York publishing agent reveals secrets that every aspiring author needs to know to break into the publishing scene. "Hilarious!" Publishers Weekly

"Bitingly satirical…serves up a bigger dose of truth than any gross of the usual how-to-be-published books." -- Puyallup Mercury Dispatch, December 5, 2000

"Highly recommended… for the experienced writer looking to enjoy a good…laugh…should be required reading for aspiring best-selling authors…" -- Midwest Book Review (August 2002)

"…topples publishing from its pedestal and into the gutter where it belongs." -- René Philipe Laucaste—author, Angles Of Repose

"…vicious as it is nasty! Rovenhauer bites not only the hand that feeds her, but every hand within reach." -- Capistrano Intelligencer News, January 2, 2001

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Review by: Sarah Williams on Feb. 18, 2010 :
This will offend everyone equally---from writers, to editors, to publishers, to agents---their oxen are all gored here. Couldn't happen to better folks.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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