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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Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: The Markets
The second section in the first part of the proposal, the Introduction, is the Markets section. This part of the proposal describes large groups of average readers—actual markets. In this section you ask: Who would be interested in my topic? Who will buy my book? As you answer these questions, include demographic information if you can. Do your research! To…
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Demystifying the Nonfiction Book Proposal: The Overview
I work with a lot of aspiring authors and authors on their nonfiction book proposals. Despite the many great books written on how to write a book proposal, I’m always amazed at how little these clients know about how to write a book proposal. Most proposals I see contain little or nothing of what they need to sell the great…
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How an Accountability Partner Helps Get Your Book Written
Are you having trouble getting your book written? If so, you might want to find an accountability partner—someone you report to on a regular basis on your progress. A book coach serves this purpose for a lot of aspiring authors. However, you can also use a fellow writing friend or anyone who will be there on a weekly basis to…
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When Do You Know You’re Done Editing Your Work?
Many writers never finish their work and send it off to an editor, agent or publisher simply because they never feel it’s finished. So when do you know when your work is actually done? You don’t. But you have to decide it’s done. Here’s how I do it. Typically, I either have a deadline someone else has given me, like…
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