Chris Webb

The Book Proposal: Tips for Writing a Winning Book Proposal

You 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 [...]

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Book Marketing for Authors: The Author Questionnaire

One of the global complaints I hear about the Publishing industry revolves around book marketing – or the perceived lack of it. This issue deserves a post of it’s own and this one is not it. There also seems to be a general consensus that publishers want to shut authors out of the marketing process, [...]

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The Care and Feeding of Your Book Editor – Tips For Success

Writers often work with a variety of people during the publishing process, but the real nuts and bolts of your work is done in collaboration with your editor. I asked Wiley Senior Development Editor Kevin Kent to share his tips for working effectively with your editor. Working with an editor is too often seen as an [...]

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