Edelweiss - The Secret Tool to Getting Inside the Industry Mindset Webinar - Susan Chang
Created March 28, 2025 by Tanja Bauerle
What’s the first image that comes to mind when someone mentions the word “edelweiss”? If it’s Christopher Plummer strumming his guitar in The Sound of Music or the star-shaped alpine flower, you’re not alone. But what if I were to tell you that Edelweiss is also the name of a free—and shockingly underused—online platform that will give you valuable insight into the mindset of publishing industry insiders? In this webinar, freelance developmental editor Susan Chang (former acquisitions editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and Macmillan/Tor Publishing) will demonstrate how to utilize Edelweiss to reverse engineer your query letter pitch, identify potential comparable titles, stay abreast of market trends, and much more!
Edelweiss - The Secret Tool To Getting Inside the Industry Mindset
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What’s the first image that comes to mind when someone mentions the word “edelweiss”? If it’s Christopher Plummer strumming his guitar in The Sound of Music or the star-shaped alpine flower, you’re not alone.
But what if I were to tell you that Edelweiss is also the name of a free — and shockingly underused — online platform that will give you valuable insight into the mindset of publishing industry insiders? In this webinar, freelance developmental editor Susan Chang (former acquisitions editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and Macmillan/Tor Publishing) will demonstrate how to utilize Edelweiss to reverse engineer your query letter pitch, identify potential comparable titles, stay abreast of market trends, and much more!
Don't miss out on the limited number of critiques
Susan has agreed to take on 10 query letter critiques from webinar attendees available for purchase at the time of registration. She will accept the following types of critiques:
- Query Letter Critiques - submit a one-page Word document, double-spaced, with no more than 400 words. Susan will electronically edit the query letter after the webinar so you can implement what you have learned.
Cost
Member Cost: $25.00
Non-Member Cost: $45.00
Time and Date
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Arizona Time)
Virtual webinar
Online Zoom Platform
If you are unable to attend the program live, a recording will be made available within a week after the event concludes. The recording will be available to registered attendees for 30 days after the recording link has been posted.
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Presenter Information
Susan Chang
Susan Chang is a freelance developmental editor with thirty years of experience acquiring books at Big Five publishers. She began her publishing career at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where she worked for nine years before moving on to shorter stints at Hyperion Books for Children (a former imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide) and Parachute Publishing, a book packager. She was a senior editor at Tor Books (Macmillan Publishers) for seventeen years before launching Susan Chang Editorial LLC in 2022. She lives in Queens, the most diverse borough of New York City.