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Let Us Help You Get Published...
Daniel Bial has been helping authors get published for over 25 years. For 14 years he was an editor at HarperCollins, Holt and Longmeadow Press. During this time, he developed numerous areas of expertise, including:
- biography
- business
- cooking
- current events
- entertainment
- gift
- health
- history
- humor
- Judaica
- language
- literary fiction
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- memoir
- multicultural
- mysteries
- new age
- psychology
- reference
- science
- self-help
- sports
- thrillers
- travel
- young adult
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During his 10 years at HarperCollins, Dan worked with four Pulitzer-Prize winning authors and acquired several New York Times bestsellers, including Hank Aaron's autobiography, I HAD A HAMMER.
For the past 17 years, Dan has worked as a literary agent, book packager, and book doctor (both for publishers and authors). He has sold projects to publishers big and small across the United States. Dan was the agent for OSAMA BIN LADEN: THE MAN WHO DECLARED WAR ON AMERICA, a New York Times #1 bestseller.
In addition, Dan has written four books (published by Holt, Scholastic, and Chelsea House) and translated one (published by Grove-Atlantic).
| Dan offers the following services: |
| Manuscript Critique* |
$250 (up to 100,000 words) |
| Book Doctoring** |
$1,000 - $5,000+, depending on size of manuscript and amount of editing needed |
| Line-by-Line Editing |
$75/hour |
| Contract Negotiation |
$100/hour, 2 hr minimum |
| Book Proposal Consultation |
$75/hour, 2 hr minimum |
| Research |
$75/hour, 2 hr minimum |
| Please contact me before sending any material. |
*With manuscript critiques, I read the full manuscript, and give a 2-3 page report analyzing its strengths, weaknesses, and market potential.
**With book doctoring, I prepare a line-by-line editorial report (often 10 pages or more), making a wide range of suggestions on how to make the manuscript ready for submission to publishers.
EMAIL : danielbial@danielbialagency.com
PHONE : (212) 721-1786, Monday-Friday, 9-5, Eastern Time.
ADDRESS:
41 W. 83rd St., Suite 5C,
New York, NY 10024
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WHAT AUTHORS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT DANIEL BIAL |
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"We are indebted…to Daniel Bial, our editor, whose assiduousness and close attention to detail were enormously helpful. Dan has an excellent sense of humor, which means that he usually agreed with us as to what was funny. When he didn't he was generally convincing, especially when it came to the difficult task of bringing this book down to its current size."
- William Novak and Moshe Waldoks,
THE BIG BOOK OF NEW AMERICAN HUMOR
(Novak is the famed ghostwriter, author of books with Nancy Reagan, Lee Iacocca, Oliver North, and many others) |
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"In Daniel Bial I have had a…skilled editor—experienced, exacting, and patient. He too has made important suggestions and has exacted more from me than I knew I could deliver. For this faith and concern, I am deeply grateful."
- Rev. Ralph David Abernathy,
AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
(Abernathy was Martin Luther King's second-in-command during the Civil Rights movement.) |
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"Special and most grateful thanks to…a comparatively new friend and associate who influenced me enormously, Daniel Bial, my editor at Harper & Row. Dan was always there when I needed him. He helped me constantly with valuable suggestions. But most of all, I'm thankful to him for doing the most meaningful cutting job on me since I was eight days old."
- Milt Josefsberg,
COMEDY WRITING
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head writer for "All in the Family," plus producer, writer, or executive consultant for "LaVerne and Shirley," "Happy Days," and "Mork and Mindy."
He spent seven years writing for Bob Hope, eight for Lucille Ball and 12 for Jack Benny.) |
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"You have been great to work with, helpful and always available. But it doesn't stop there. A letter you wrote to me—I'm sure you remember the one—raised the quality of the book several levels. Looking back on the difficulty I experienced in confronting that letter, I see now the difference it has made in the finished edition, as well as in my life.
I want to thank you for your honesty. I know it took courage for you to be up front with me, but it is just such bravery that builds greatness. I thank you for enriching my life."
- Bob Hayes, author of RUN, BULLET, RUN
(Hayes is still the only person to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 meter dash and a Super Bowl ring. He played for the Dallas Cowboys when they were "America's team." After retiring, he served time for a drug sale -- an event he wasn't proud of, and which led to the quote above.) |
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"Thank you, Dan. You've been the best friend an editor can be and the best editor a writer could hope for."
- Will Klingaman, Ph.D., author of many books including 1929: THE YEAR OF THE GREAT CRASH) |
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