2000 Writers Market 8000 Editors Who Books

Pros: LOTS of markets and publishers; help for beginning writers
Cons: Goes out of date quickly in this business

If you're a writer who wants to sell some work, pick up a copy of this book. I can't say it much more plainly than that.

Every year a new version of the Writer's Market comes out. In it you'll find submission guidelines for magazines,...

Pros: gives more information that any other book I've seen
Cons: none found

Searching the Internet can be great, but it can also be quite a chore if you don't know where to begin. That's why this book has become the bible of my "mad room".

First of all, I'll briefly explain the "mad room". In the mid-70s, Stella...

Pros: Informative, interesting to read through, a necessity for freelance writers
Cons: Outdated quickly, inspired me to use an overused title

Imagine, if you would, a thick book that lists magazines, book publishers, agents and contests, all who want to pay you to write. This book would have listings for each, coded with icons that say how well they pay, if it is an online market, and if they...

Pros: Valuable writing advice, markets
Cons: Should be updated frequently

The world is full of writers, published and unpublished. Not surprisingly, many of the unpublished would like to be published, and many of the marginally published would like to improve their marketing skills and opportunities. Where to start? Go...

Pros: Most comprehensive list of writer's markets, details on each
Cons: In publishing, information becomes outdated quickly, Internet markets not listed

Have you thought of writing for a living? It can be a tremendously satisfying career that provides flexibility as well as the opportunity to meet interesting people, explore new places and become fascinated by subjects you never would encounter...

Pros: Lots of listings with useful info of the type you really NEED, and how-to articles & interviews
Cons: Rather pricey. Listings need to be verified, since this is an annual.

Once again (as with my review of Writer's Digest magazine), I must preface this review with a disclaimer. I have written extensively for WD, and several 1980s and early 1990s editions of Writer's Market contain my contributions (as do some...

Pros: over 8000 opportunities to sell your work
Cons: contacts change rapidly-double check info

You would never find a lawyer without his law books. You would never find a doctor without her medical books. You should never be able to find a writer or an aspiring writer without their current issue of the "Writer's Market".

If...

Pros: Very comprehensive source of information; very thorough listings.
Cons: Information is outdated quickly, or listings are wrong to start.

I've purchased copies of Writer's Market since the late 1980s, and the general format of the book has been the same. It was, and still is, a massive, encyclopaediac source of publishing houses, literary agencies, writing firms, agents,...

Pros: great tips, great examples, thousands of listings
Cons: places and people change quickly so you have to buy this early in the year

I was browsing through Border's today, when I happened to set my eye's upon the most beautiful sight any seasoned or rookie writer could ever want to see. That's right, I swear I could hear the lord speaking to me, "thou shall have to buy this...

Pros: Tons of good information for writers
Cons: The information is bound to go bad sooner or later, and very little information on electronic magazines

For some reason the original opinion posted here has disappeared, so I'm posting it again. Hope you didn't come here looking for it earlier and find nada.

Anyway, what I had to say about Writer's Market 2000 is mostly positive. The negatives...

Pros: The first step to getting published after actually writing something
Cons: None

If you want to be published, if you already are published but would like to see what other opportunities are out there, if you loaned your copy to a friend and they won't give it back--you need to buy The Writer's Market.

This is the...

Pros: easy to read, tons of hints and markets
Cons: none

Every year that I purchase this amazing reference book, it just gets better. The 2000 Writer's Market is definitely the best book for the newby freelancer and the well-seasoned prize winners and household name writers alike. If you've seen it sitting on...

Pros: lots of info
Cons: outdated quickly

Most writers know of this book already. It is the ultimate in market guides for writers, and I can't think of a reason a beginning or intermediate writer shouldn't have this.

A few points. Always try to get the most recent edition, it does...

Pros: Great information
Cons: Becomes quickly outdated

The Writer's Market is the ultimate resource for writer's to find markets to sell their work to. It has guidelines to over 8,000 editors from book publishers, magazines and ezines that are looking to buy your work. You can find markets to sell all...

Pros: Visually tasty; nicely organized; pure motivation for writers. Lots of info well presented.
Cons: Like the Yellow Pages, just listings.

For a new writer (and by "new" I mean more or less unpublished), this book contains all the information you need to get started on printing out all your juicy short stories, your naughty novellas, your poignant poems. This book will give you names and...