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Martin P. Levin has spent more than half a century in the publishing business. At age sixty-five, he passed the bar and joined an intellectual property firm. He is an adjunct professor at the New York Law School, a teaching fellow at the Stanford Professional Publishing Course, and the 1999 näytä lisää Association of American Publishers winner of the Curtis Benjamin Award for lifetime achievement in publishing näytä vähemmän

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AT LAST! Finally, I can take this one off my "currently reading" list. After several false starts, and a too-long hiatus that meant I had to start over, I have finally devoted the time necessary to read this one from start to finish.

This was one of several books I picked up for myself during my first trip to California back in 2009. It was this and a copy of Literary Market Place that I grabbed from a small bookstore frequented by actors (I don't want to name drop, but a former SNL cast member was at the register when we walked in).

There is so much useful information here, written by a lawyer who used to work in publishing. Levin has seen both sides of the process, both as publisher and as representative of the author, so he knows a thing or two about the process of getting a book into the hands of the right editor and getting your book published. Some of the most interesting chapters for me were those that dealt with contract negotiation and exactly what to include when first contacting an editor about publishing.

Along with sample contracts, cover letters, and bios, Levin also includes several appendices that cover terminology, examples from LMP, and a few "best bet" publishing houses to consider contacting.

Definitely a handy guide that I'll be coming back to when I reach the point of trying to publish my first book.
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regularguy5mb | Apr 29, 2015 |
Rating: 3.5* of five

The Publisher Says: When 91-year-old legendary management guru Martin Levin decided to adopt a dog by the name of Angel, he thought he was in for an interesting experience, yet not a challenging one. It didn’t take long for him to learn that he was wrong. Very wrong. Following one of the guiding mantras of his life to never stop learning, Levin found that each day with his dog brought new insights. Through interacting with Angel, he began to recall some personal adventures that added to this insight. And as it turned out, his journey led him toward realizing the Four Golden Rules of Management:

Rule 1: Trust and Leadership
Rule 2: Communication
Rule 3: Problem Solving and Decision Making
Rule 4: Perseverance

In the end, Levin found that his Four Golden Rules of Management were so simple that even Angel understood them. Thus, if a manager can develop trust, it will lead to corporate excellence, provided he or she is able to communicate effectively, make the right strategic decisions, and, above all, persevere. Levin’s book is one to entertain, inspire, and educate business executives (and dog lovers).

I RECEIVED THIS BOOK FROM THE PUBLISHER IN A TWITTER GIVEAWAY

My Review: Martin Levin lost his wife of sixty-eight years, so he went and got a dog. The dog needed to be coaxed into a relationship with him, as she had been abused by a man before coming to a local shelter. Levin's seventy-plus years of business acumen got a sharp workout in the process of leading his dog Angel into her new life as his Service Dog.

Okay, them's the bones. The meat is, do you love dogs, and do you like Levin's personable, guy-in-the-next booth personality? You know the answer to the first one already, but let me tell you about the ninety-something Mr. Levin: If you don't like him, I doubt seriously you have a sense of humor.

Levin takes his cogent and credible four maxims lightly, telling stories on himself and his late-life love Angel the dog that relate to the facets of his principles. These stories are amusing, in that way that the modest and elderly raconteur learns is going to keep his audience attentive. No belly laughs (well, one if you're willing to be a little mean-spirited, involving a wheelchair) but a sense that the man regaling you is entertaining you on more than one level.

I'm compelled by my curmudgeonly perfectionism to complain about the use of the possessive for the plural, the strange comma usage...not in places it would help clarity, used in places not necessary...and other punctuation foibles, and some deeply picky referential infelicities (eg, short story titles are enclosed in quotation marks, not italicized). I noticed them, and even winced a bit, but kept reading.

It's impossible to live a full and rich life for over ninety years and not come away from it with many a story, and luckily Levin has shared a few of his choice ones in a brief, informative, and very useful package. I'd say it's most useful to an entrepreneur with a young business, or a post-entry-level management candidate.


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