Chris Webb's Publishing Blog » published http://ckwebb.com Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Book Proposal: Tips for Writing a Winning Book Proposal http://ckwebb.com/publishing/books-and-writing/the-book-proposal-tips-for-writing-a-winning-book-proposal/ http://ckwebb.com/publishing/books-and-writing/the-book-proposal-tips-for-writing-a-winning-book-proposal/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:34:59 +0000 Chris http://ckwebb.com/writing/the-book-proposal-tips-for-writing-a-winning-book-proposal/ Books about booksYou will find quite a bit about writing winning book proposals on this site – but you wont find them all in one place. All the posts are tagged book-proposal, but I thought it would be a good idea to group them together. Keep in mind I work in technology publishing, so some of these will be specific to computer book publishing. But much of what I have written will be useful for any type of non-fiction book.

Here are 9 tips for writing a book proposal that will get attention.

  1. The Sell Before the Sale
  2. Writing a Good Book Proposal: Introduction
  3. Pitching Your Book
  4. Knowing Your Competition
  5. Manuscript Details
  6. Writing Great Author Biographies
  7. Writing Great Book Outlines
  8. Understanding Your Book’s Audience
  9. 5 (Sarcastic) Ways to Get Me to Reject Your Book Proposal

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