At this point in the proposal process you must write down all the reasons why you are the best person to write your book. This section is called “About the Author.” It, again, falls under the Introduction. Sounds pretty simply, right? It actually is. Write a biography of your expertise and experience in the third person tense. Include the most…
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Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: Necessary Resources
The next section in the Introduction is called “Resources Needed to Complete the Book.” Here you will detail all costs related to completing your book and discuss when you will complete your book. Here are a few resources you might consider including : Photos Art Permissions Foreword by a celebrity In this section of a book proposal you also reveal…
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Looking for a Retreat to Inspire Your Writing?
I’ve recently received several emails asking me when I might be teaching a workshop or teleseminar. My schedule’s been a bit crazy this past year, but I’ll have more time this coming school year to schedule both teleseminars and local retreats. Or, if you want to hire me to come to your neck of the woods, please give me a…
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Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: Complementary Books
Sorry I didn’t post the next part in my series on writing a nonfiction book proposal last Friday. I’m in New York for the whole month of August with my son, the dancer, and things got a bit crazy. (For the last two weeks I thought I might actually be moving to NYC for 10-11 months, and I’ve been apartment…
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Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: Competiting Books
Now we come to the Competing Books section of a book proposal. This is still part of the Introduction. Here you take a long hard look at what books already have been written on your topic and how your book compares to them. The reason for this is simple. You want to convince a publisher that the book you are…
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Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: Promotion
The fourth section in the first part of the proposal, the Introduction, is the Promotion section. This part of the proposal can make or break your chance to get your book published by a traditional publisher. The Promotion section constitutes a huge part of any book proposal. The Promotion section of your proposal equates to your strategy for selling your…
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Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: Spin-offs
The next section in a nonfiction book proposal is Spin-offs. This also falls under the Introduction and includes Subsidiary Rights. This sections helps make you, the author, more enticing to the publisher by showing you have more to sell than one basic idea. When you sell your book to a publishing house, the publisher acquires primary book rights. As Mike…
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