How to Negotiate Anything: A Freelancer's Survival Guide Short Book

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Most people hate negotiating. Instead of learning it themselves, they hire someone—an agent, a lawyer, a manager—to negotiate for them. But negotiators often do not have their clients’ best interests at heart. In this short book, international bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch shows you how to negotiate anything from buying a car to buying a house, from handling a book contract to handling a negotiator. If you have ever negotiated anything—and who hasn’t?—then this book is for you.Award-winning, bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has published books under many names and in many genres. She has owned several businesses, and has worked for herself for more than thirty years. For more information on her work, go to you found this section of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s The Freelancer’s Survival Guide helpful, you might want these short books as StartedGoals and DreamsHow To Make MoneyNetworking in Person And OnlineTime ManagementThe Secrets of SuccessTurning Setbacks into OpportunityWhen to Quit Your Day Job

Genres: Nonfiction

94 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 17, 2010

About the author

Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists –even in London– and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages.

Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction.

In addition, she's written a number of nonfiction articles over the years, with her latest being the book "A Freelancer's Survival Guide".

She has also published as:
Sandy Schofield (collaborations with husband Dean Wesley Smith)
Kristine Grayson - romances
Kathryn Wesley (collaborations with husband Dean Wesley Smith)
Kris Nelscott - mysteries
Kris Rusch - historical fiction
Kris DeLake - romances

Reviews

[Val Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. I used what I learned to negotiate a car purchase; I got exactly what I wanted at a price both sides considered fair. Good stuff.

[Natalie K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I mean, it's a short, decent book about contracts. On the other hand, all the info in here is available on her website kriswrites.com. Just saying.

[Margery Bayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all of Kristine Kathryn Rusch nonfiction (whether book or blog form) about the intersection of writing and business, I felt like I came away with some gritty-nitty know how. Kris Rusch is an advocate for writers learning their business and controlling it, and she delivers this information from her personal business success (and failures) as well with supportive anecdotes from others. She doesn't dictate one way to do things, but rather gives you the principals of negotiating and understanding contracts from the perspective of a business laywoman that can be applicable in the long run.

[Miguel Ángel Alonso Pulido · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro conciso y directo al grano, en el que podrás aprender qué necesitas para ser un buen negociador. Me gusta el estilo de Kristine Kathryn Rusch, muy didáctico y no exento de cierta socarronería, y este título es una buena muestra de cómo afronta un tema en principio complicado, como es el arte de la negociación, y lo resuelve de manera notable. Desde luego, a mí me ha servido en una negociación reciente sobre una licencia para uno de mis libros, así que puedo atestiguar que funciona.