Shannon Muir’s Take on the Animation World

Just like the book before it, GARDNER’S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION offers a selection of Spotlight Interviews from people in all aspects of the animation business.  The book is more than just my telling how it can be done, but gives the chance to hear from people in their own words how it has been done.

Look for spotlight interviews from:

* HEATHER KENYON, former development executive at Cartoon Network
* GREG WEISMAN, producer of SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN and many other credits
* LOUISE NEMSCHOFF, entertainment attorney (please note her information is general and does not constitute specific legal advice for any situation)
* STAN BERKOWITZ, writer of the animated JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER and many other credits
* MARV WOLFMAN, with numerous credits in animation, video games, comics and more
* JYMN MAGON, Story Editor for numerous series including many for Walt Disney Television Animation
* VIC COOK, director for SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN and many other credits
* JENNIFER UPTON, Producer at HIT Entertainment London
* BETSY MCGOWEN, former executive for KidsWB!
* KEVIN PAUL SHAW BRODEN, show developer and narrative illustrator
* ADAM BEECHEN, Story Editor for HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI and other animation and comics credits
* CHRISTOPHER KEENAN, former development executive for Warner Bros. TV Animation and animation development consultant
* STEPHANIE GRAZIANO, owner of Building Your Own Business and former animation studio executive

Get GARDNER’S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION now from various e-book retailers (who are mentioned in prior blog posts)!  Selected sites also provide a sample of part of Chapter One, which includes the Heather Kenyon interview.  Check it out now!

I’m finding even more ebook retailers offering GARDNER’S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION in Adobe PDF.   At any favorite book site you want to check, be sure to look it up by title not author as many places have it mis-listed by Garth Gardner as the author, who is only the publisher.

My latest find offering the book and a preview of Chapter 1 is:

http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=400844

GARDNER’S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION was apparently released to Adobe PDF e-book without much fanfare in DECEMBER 2008. Places I’ve found selling it so far:

http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/cgi-bin/item/1589650581/Gardner’s-Guide-to-Pitching-and-Selling-Animation-eBook.html

http://www.dedicatedteacher.com/estore/product/GGC9781589650589

http://www.lybrary.com/gardners-guide-pitching-selling-animation-p-5326.html

… and (ahem) on an erotic book site I will not repeat the link for.

Dedicated Teacher in particular will show you a free sample of Chapter 1 and the Table of Contents.

Hey, it’s half the price of the first book for double the pages! What are you waiting for?

P.S. A number of the sites - including those that list the never released paperback from last September - have Garth Gardner as the author, NOT me, though my name is clearly on the cover and inside. It’s a genuine Shannon Muir-only book, for sure!

 People have asked how they can order GARDNER’S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION.  Major online retailers have it, as does anyone who can get it from Ingram (last I heard).  But also if you have a favorite bookstore who deals directly with this distributor that is the primary handler of all titles by the Garth Gardner Company (GGC, Inc) that’s even better.

Independent Publishers Group
Order Department
814 North Franklin Street
Chicago IL 60610

Phone: 800 888-4741
General Phone: 312 337 0747
Fax: 312 337-5985
email: orders@ipgbook.com
web: www.ipgbook.com
GARDNER’S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION

by Shannon Muir
Published by Garth Gardner Company

I’ve disappeared from all the Amazon lists now, because being out for 3 months one’s no longer a “new release”. But I’m been pleased with the response to date.
I’d love to hear from people who have read the book, and what they think.

In all the information that’s gone out about GARDNER’S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION, one thing that hasn’t been emphasized enough is the Spotlight Interviews from professionals throughout the industry.  These people were gracious enough to give their time and expertise and I want to publicly thank each of them for their time.

 The full list of interviewees, in alphabetical order, is:

* Jack Angel, Voice Actor
* Monique Beatty, Line Producer
* Jerry Beck, Producer/Animation Historian
* Larry DiTillio, Story Editor/Writer
* Michael Donovan, Voice Director
* John Grusd, Director
* Marc Handler, ADR Story Editor/Writer
* Carl Johnson, Composer
* Bill Koepnik, co-owner of audio post house Advantage Audio
* Christy Marx, Story Editor/Writer
* Jan Nagel, Marketing Diva
* Josh Prikryl, Overseas Supervisor
* Sander Schwartz, Studio Executive
* Tad Stones, Producer
* Brooks Wachtel, Story Editor/Writer
* Greg Weisman, Producer/ Story Editor/Writer
* Robert Winthrop, Producer
* Tim Yoon, Production Manager

Again, thank you all for your contributions!

Just also brought to my attention that I am now in the Entertainment> Movies> Screenwriting section of Amazon’s Hot New Releases where I now rank at #10!  Wow…
http://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books/4500

If you’ve wanted to know more about the book than Amazon offers, check out the publisher’s site where I’m now the front page feature (with the final cover shown, FYI, Amazon is wrong):

http://www.ggcinc.com/

If you click on the list of the featured books, you’ll have to scroll down to find the full writeup which includes reviews by several people of the book (also found on the back of the book). Check out what they have to say!

I may have slipped back under 500,000 and down the new release rankings and that’s ok.  To even be briefly where I was on Amazon in the US was stunning.

But this is too much.

Granted, I do NOT know how much Amazon stocks at a given time.  But it is not quite September and since the book came out the last week in JULY they are REORDERING FOR A SECOND TIME with “1 left in stock”.   That’s at best 30 days for what is arguably a niche book.

I am just flat out gratefully stunned.

From Amazon.com, as of right now:

#451,493 in Books

That’s out of ALL Books on Amazon.  ALL BOOKS.

I am over the 500,000 mark.

Oh my…