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: **The Well of Ascension**
  
  Mistborn Volume 2
  
  Brandon Sanderson
  
    
    
  
  FOR PHYLLIS CALL,
  
   _Who may never understand my fantasy books,_
  
   _yet who taught me more about life_
  
   _—and therefore writing—_
  
   _than she can probably ever know_
  
   __
  
  _(Thanks, Grandma!)_
  
    
  
  **ACKNOWLEDGMENTS**
  
  First off, as always, my excellent agent, Joshua Bilmes, and editor, Moshe
  Feder, deserve high praise for their efforts. This book in particular required
  some thoughtful drafting, and they were up to the task. They have my thanks,
  as do their assistants, Steve Mancino (an excellent agent in his own right)
  and Denis Wong.
  
  There are some other fine folks at Tor who deserve my thanks. Larry Yoder (the
  best sales rep in the nation) did a wonderful job selling the book. Seth
  Lerner, Tor’s mass-market art director, is a genius at matching books to
  artists. And, speaking of artists, I think the amazing Christian McGrath did a
  brilliant job with this cover. More can be seen at christianmcgrath.com. Isaac
  S