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Successful Syndication: A Guide for Writers and Cartoonists

Name: Successful Syndication: A Guide for Writers and Cartoonists
Author: Michael Sedge
ISBN: 9781581150513

by Michael Sedge

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Overview

Chock full of insiders' information, this is the first book devoted to providing complete information about the syndication business, systematically detailing how writers and cartoonists can turn dreams of having work syndicated into reality. Tell-all text addresses every aspect of syndication: creating columns, comics, and features most likely to sell; finding a syndication agency; working with people at a syndicateor setting up self-syndication; marketing through the Internet or direct mail; attracting international sales; pricing; and invoicing. Extensive resource lists are included, as are ample documents and a clause-by-clause review of a syndicated contract by the nation's top syndication lawyer.

Synopsis

Syndicated author Sedge offers advice on turning a column or cartoon into a money-making enterprise by syndicating it nation-wide, internationally, and on the internet. Chapters discuss both the creative process and the business of promotions and sales. Specific topics include defining the audience, finding a syndicate, submission guidelines, cover letters and proposals, and signing a contract. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Writers and cartoonists who envision syndicating their productions will find Successful Syndication an essential guide to the process, with chapters telling how to locate and work with syndicates, how to create marketable materials and identify audiences, using the Internet to appeal, and submitting pieces for consideration. Essential for any seeking to syndicate work.

About the Author, Michael Sedge

Michael H. Sedge is owner of the Strawberry Media Agency in Naples, Italy, a company that produces editorial packages (articles, photos, illustrations) for more than forty publications around the world and syndicates in Canada, Holland, and Asia. He is the author of more than 2,600 articles that have appeared in publications throughout the world, the novels Death Watch and The Oracle, the screenplay The Vatican Diary, and several nonfiction books, including Ascent to Failure. He publishes the quarterly Markets Abroad newsletter, where he shares his knowledge with readers about international newspapers, magazines, and book publishers.

Sedge is a foreign correspondent for Armed Forces Journal, Diplomat (UK), International Travel World, and the syndication agency Articles International. His recent assignments have included work for Newsweek, Robb Report, the in-flight magazines for Singapore, Philippine, and Japan Airlines, as well as The Discovery Channel.

A native of Flint, Michigan, Sedge has been married for 22 years to Gabriella Giugliano, and together they have two lovely children: Amanda and Daniele. He maintains his U.S. citizenship, but has been legal resident of southern Italy for more than 24 years, where he lives in Naples.