As I mentioned in the Sell Before the Sale, over the course of the next several posts, I’ll be discussing and providing advice on the book proposal process. Specifically, I’ll be referencing my experience in computer and technology publishing but the basic premise should be applicable to many types of non-fiction book proposals.
The proposal is the basis your editor uses to champion the book within the publishing house, so it’s important that you give him or her everything you can to work with to ensure the highest chance of success.
Although each publisher or agent may have a slightly different format for a proposal, all generally include some combination of the following sections:
- Book Description/About the Book
- Manuscript Details
- Author Bio/Information
- Target Readership
- Competition
- Marketing and Promotions
- Outline/Table of Contents
Ill be covering each section in a separate post, and all of these posts can be found easily by the site tag book proposal.
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May 11th, 2007
Books and Writing, Publishing and Business