If you want a traditional publishing contract for your nonfiction book, one of the first steps you must take to…
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How to Fill a “Hole” on the Bookstore Shelf
Maybe you’ve heard the adage that if you’ve been searching for a particular book and haven’t found it, that’s the…
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How to Put Creativity Into Writing a Business Plan for Your Book
The more often I write about how to write book proposals and business plans for books, the more often I…
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18 Essential Parts to a Successful Start-Up Indie Publisher’s Business Plan
The idea of becoming a published author is an exciting one. Even if you are planning to produce an ebook,…
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Business Plan Essentials: What You Need for Traditional Publishers and Why
Today, you can choose from a variety of ways to publish your nonfiction book. You can produce a print book…
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How a Business Plans Helps Your Book Get Read
After months or years spent writing a nonfiction book, the worst thing that could happen after release is for no…
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8 Reasons You Need a Business Plan for Your Book
Every book needs a business plan. I don’t care if you write nonfiction or fiction, if you plan on self-publishing…
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How to Write an Overview for Your Book’s Business Plan or Proposal
This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous…
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Sheree Bykofsky on Agents, Proposals & What it Takes to Get Published
When I wrote my first book proposal, I relied on three books about how to actually write the all-important document…
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