reading assignment due for contracts week

Please read for next week, that is, this tuesday

The Editor as Negotiator, p. 110 - Editors on Editing.

Thank you...

different genres | class. 02-.03

the more genres you can fit your book into, the better chance it has of selling in a bookstore because now, bookstores are divided into sections - which wasn't always the case. Now that they are, it behooves you to have more than one section for your book to give it the most "saleability'. Here are some genres for you. If you think of others, write them in the comments section;

• women's literature
• philosophy
• theology
• judaica (why is this separate from other theology?)
• poetry
• religion in general
• general non-fiction
• general fiction
• mystery
• mass-market
• romance
• horror
• science fiction
• childrens
• young adult - y/a
• how to
• self-help
• comic/illustrated books
• illustrated | art books
• coffee table books
• psychology | psychiatry
• occult
• crafts
• biography
• sports
• cooking
• foreign | translation
• lifestyle
• memoir
• business
• audio and e-books
  

That was what I came up with. Can you think of others? Go to Barnes and Noble and see what categories you find and what types of books are in those sections and check the back of the book to see what genres are listed. As an experiment, you might want to see if the book is stocked in all three genres, though I would doubt it. The chain factor tells me it is likely stored in only one and the primary section.