2008 WRITER’S MARKET
Small Press Publishing
Self published and seasoned writers often had their work published in the market through agents and publishing companies. However, aspiring writers who have the talent, but lacks the basic information on how their work can be published may refer to the 2008 Writer’s Market book for essentials tips and bits of getting written work gets published including a list of small and large press publishing.
An example for listing for 2008 Writer’s Market is the Tricycle Press, which is a Berkeley-based publishing house that features children’s books. Tricycle Press is a former subsidiary of Random House Publishing operating for 18 years with an address at 2625 Alcatraz Avenue, PO Box 505, Berkeley CA, 94705, United States. The company can also be reached through phone at 510-285-3000. Moreover, writer’s can also contact the Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Ms. Nicole Geiger. Illustrators can also send their samples on the same address directing the samples to the Art Department. Tricycle Press have already published fiction and non-fiction titles such as the following:
- An Edible Alphabet: 26 Reasons to Love the Farm
- Artsy Babies Wear Paint
- The Bravest Woman in America
- Chicken, Chicken, Duck
- If Rocks Could Sing: A Discovered Alphabet
- Buglette the Messy Sleeper
- Brand-new Emily
- A Curious Collection of Cats
- Shifty
- Pumpkin Circle: The Story of Garden
- Hugging the Rock
Tricycle Press is a local publishing company that puts its interest to publishing books with children themes. The common characteristic of their books is the encompassing encouragement for kids to think out of the box. The mix of educational, fun and activity based books allow children to not only read the words in the books, but also engage them to apply what they have red from the book into practical learning activities.
The publishing company can be listed in the 2008 Writer’s Market as potential agent and press publishing service provider for children’s book writers. Once the publishing company’s information was listed in the 2008 Writer’s Market, writers and readers alike would be able to know that there is a press publishing company that focuses on children’s need for learning and reading. Writers can use the directory to do inquiries on how their work can be published and the specifications of work that the publishing house accepts. In addition, readers of the 2008 Writer’s Market can use the directory information to determine which local and small press companies such as Tricycle that publish children’s books. Such information can also be useful for educators to have a variety of children’s material that they can be used in their classroom.
About 2008 Writer’s Market
The book is considered as the bible for writers that are in search for submission guidelines, tips for aspiring writers seeking to be published and offers a market listing for small and large publishing companies. The listing in the book covers literary, trade, fiction and non-fiction publishers and agents. The entry also includes 600 existing publishers with contact information and submission guidelines for each publisher. There are numerous examples of bad and good forms of submission letters that writers can use in contacting publishers to propose their work. Other important information that writers can find in the book is payment arrangements and numbers of manuscripts that press companies publish each year. In addition, chapters such as “Freelance Newspaper Writing 101”, “Publishing poetry” and “Query Letter Clinic” all of which serves the purpose of providing self-help to new writers.
Publishers on the other hand can use the book as an gateway into finding potential writers, by having been listed in its publisher directory, publishing companies will have the chance of finding potential writers that will bring in their work. Small publishing companies tend to have a hard time finding good materials and writers to publish because most of them have already signed contract with larger publishing companies. However, the book is an opportunity much like a privilege for a free advertising of their services and a way to acquire great materials from emerging nest generation of best-selling authors.
Bibliography
Hortz, R A. "2008 Writer's Market, edited by Robert Lee Brewer." The Worlds of R. A. Hortz. Accessed September 4, 2013. http://www.rahortz.com/write_market.html.
Jacketflap.com. "Tricycle Press - Publisher Contact Information." JacketFlap.com. Accessed September 4, 2013. http://www.jacketflap.com/tricycle-press-publisher-6896.
Yabookscentral.com. "Books published by Tricycle Press." New Young Adult Book Releases and Reviews. Accessed September 4, 2013. http://www.yabookscentral.com/component/jreviews/tag/publisher/tricycle-press/.
