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 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.
- The Sell Before the Sale
- Writing a Good Book Proposal: Introduction
- Pitching Your Book
- Knowing Your Competition
- Manuscript Details
- Writing Great Author Biographies
- Writing Great Book Outlines
- Understanding Your Book’s Audience
- 5 (Sarcastic) Ways to Get Me to Reject Your Book Proposal
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- The Book Proposal: Introduction
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- The Book Proposal: Tips for Writing Your Outline
- The Book Proposal: Know Your Competition
- The Book Proposal: Target Readership
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Comments
[...] an insider’s look at book proposals, visit Chris Webb’s blog. Chris is a editor at Wiley. Chris deals with proposals every day; he represents the market [...]
People love stories and especially stories which they can relate to. I found that if you can provide a rags-to-riches story or some other success story, people will relate to it. It builds trust.
Dear Chris:
Invaluable information here, and at other points. Thank you for sharing. Your blog’s organization is also very helpful.
Roger C. Parker