This is a nice comprehensive but accessible guide to the publishing industry. Great for those just starting out. Included are articles by published authors giving advice on a variety of pertinent topics. The thing I feel with this rather thick book in my hands is that writing as a career is really possible. Lists of agents and publishers round out the offering. A new one is published each year, and their website is also helpful, but a good deal of the info in the 2012 edition is still relevant.

Got it for a gift for my dad who collects, he loves it. Says how nice it is but says its something hard to get the coins in place.