title: Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents 2017: Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over
author:  Jeff Herman 
description: <div>&#147;When you get to the &#145;finding the agent&#8217; stage, check out <I>Jeff Herman&#8217;s Guide</I>. I found it very useful because it gives more background on agents. Keep in mind that publishing is very personality driven.&#8221;<BR><B>&#151; Emily Giffin, <I>New York Times</I>&#150;bestselling author of <I>First Comes Love<BR></I></B><BR>&#147;I sent my proposal and sample pages to ten agents selected from <I>Jeff Herman&#8217;s Guide</I> and was shocked to receive interest from three of them. I celebrated when I signed with an agent and again when my first book was sold.&#8221;<BR><B>&#151; Jacqueline Winspear, <I>New York Times</I>&#150;bestselling author of <I>Maisie Dobbs</I><BR></B><BR>&#147;Here&#8217;s my two cents: I used <I>Jeff Herman&#8217;s Guide</I>. It includes a huge list of agents, interviews about what they are looking for, and useful info on big and small presses.&#8221;<BR><B>&#151; Kristy Woodson Harvey, author of <I>Lies and Other Acts of Love</I></B><BR><BR>&#147;If you are only going to get one book on this subject, <I>Jeff Herman&#8217;s Guide</I> is the one I recommend. When I was looking for an agent, this was the book that showed me how. The only thing is, you have to do what it says.&#8221;<BR><B>&#151; Marie Bostwick, author of <I>Between Heaven and Texas</I></B><BR><BR>&#147;I got my agent by using this guide!&#8221;<BR><B>&#151; Meg Cabot, New York Times&#150;bestselling author of <I>The Princess Diaries</I><BR></B><BR>&#147;I highly recommend <I>Jeff Herman&#8217;s Guide</I>. It was the most helpful book I bought about how to get published.&#8221;<BR><B>&#151; Nicholas Sparks, <I>New York Times</I>&#150;bestselling author of <I>The Notebook</I></B><BR></div>
zlib_text: Contents
  About the Book
  About the Author
  Also by James Patterson
  Title Page
  Part 1
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Part 2
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Part 3
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
  Chapter 21
  Chapter 22
  Chapter 23
  Chapter 24
  Part 4
  Chapter 25
  Chapter 26
  Chapter 27
  Chapter 28
  
  Chapter 29
  Chapter 30
  Chapter 31
  Chapter 32
  Part 5
  Chapter 33
  Chapter 34
  Chapter 35
  Chapter 36
  Chapter 37
  Chapter 38
  Chapter 39
  Chapter 40
  Copyright
  
  About the Book
  PLEASE HELP BEFORE HE KILLS ME.
  Travelling home for the festive season, Jon Roscoe receives a desperate cry for help.
  This year, Christmas with his family isn’t quite as he had planned…
  
  About the Author
  JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold
  in excess of 325 million copies worldwide and he has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries
  for the past nine years in