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How to Write a Book Proposal
by Michael Larsen
Very thorough look at how to write a book proposal:
* I love the "hot tips" scattered through the book -- lots of good hints for the book proposal process.
* It's about more than just the proposal. It addresses various business-of-publishing aspects, like what's involved in promoting your book and whether you should get an agent.
* It's a fairly long book, and I felt like it could have been better-organized. I read this one just after [author: Jeff Herman]'s [book: Write the Perfect Book Proposal], which I felt addressed each element of the proposal in a more structured way.
* Nice writing style with bits of humor mixed in. Inspirational, too... by the time I finished, I was eager to start on my proposal!
I read this with a specific book proposal in mind, so I made notes from the book on one page & notes about how it applied to *my* idea on another. I felt like reading it sparked enough ideas for promotion, etc. that it'd probably be worthwhile to re-read it if I write another proposal. I definitely intend to keep this book handy as a reference while I'm working on my current proposal.
* I love the "hot tips" scattered through the book -- lots of good hints for the book proposal process.
* It's about more than just the proposal. It addresses various business-of-publishing aspects, like what's involved in promoting your book and whether you should get an agent.
* It's a fairly long book, and I felt like it could have been better-organized. I read this one just after [author: Jeff Herman]'s [book: Write the Perfect Book Proposal], which I felt addressed each element of the proposal in a more structured way.
* Nice writing style with bits of humor mixed in. Inspirational, too... by the time I finished, I was eager to start on my proposal!
I read this with a specific book proposal in mind, so I made notes from the book on one page & notes about how it applied to *my* idea on another. I felt like reading it sparked enough ideas for promotion, etc. that it'd probably be worthwhile to re-read it if I write another proposal. I definitely intend to keep this book handy as a reference while I'm working on my current proposal.