eBook: Writing a Winning Book Proposal
Now available for immediate download!
Trust me: neither publishers nor agents want to see your book manuscript. Instead, they want to see a carefully-crafted book proposal that follows a specific format. In this eBook, I share what I have discovered in more than 25 years in the publishing industry. I show you what it takes to secure a book publishing contract.
Specifically, I reveal how to:
- Get the publisher’s attention in the first paragraph.
- Answer the three questions every publisher asks next.
- Write a killer premise that identifies the prospective reader’s need and your proposed solution.
- Create a unique selling proposition that explains what the reader will gain by reading the book and how the book will deliver it.
- Distinguish between benefits and features—and why it is essential that you do so.
- Identify your target market in such a way that the publisher can visualize the exact opportunity your proposal represents.
- Understand the difference between demographics and psychographics and why both are important.
- Identify specific affinity groups that will help you—and the ultimate publisher—maximize the sales potential of your book.
- Assess your competition and explain how your book will be different.
- Explain why you are qualified to write this book—even if you are a first-time author.
- Demonstrate what you are prepared to do to help market your book.
In addition, I explain how to write a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of your book and six elements that should be part of any sample chapter you include.
I wrote the first version of this eBook several years ago. It has become the de facto standard in the publishing industry. However, I have now revised it, based on the feedback I have received from hundreds of readers.
Some colleagues suggested that I should charge $30–50 for this eBook—not based on the page count (afterall, it’s only 30 pages), but on the specialized information it contains and the results it has produced for so many authors. “It’s a minuscule investment,” they argued, ”compared to the results it produces.”
However, I decided to offer the eBook for just $19.97. I may raise the price later, but for right now, I would rather make the eBook available to as many people as possible at an affordable price.
Yes, you could probably find similar information for free on the Internet. You could likely distill it from two or three books on the topic. But why wade through all of that? What’s your time worth? I have already done the heavy lifting for you. Your time is better spent crafting your actual proposal!
I have personally read through thousands of book proposals in my career as a publisher and agent. I know what these professionals are looking for—and what they are not looking for. If my experience is worth $19.97 to you, then click on the buy button below and let’s get started!
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