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Nonfiction book proposals anybody can write : how to get a contract and advance before writing your book / Elizabeth Lyon.
Record details
- ISBN: 039952827X
- ISBN: 9780399528279
- Physical Description: xviii, 293 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st Perigee ed.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Perigee Book, 2002.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Revised and updated.""Previously published by Blue Heron"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Chapter 1 Book Proposals: What Are They? Why Use Them? 1 -- Chapter 2 Evaluating and Refining Your Ideas: Preparing to Write Your Book 13 -- Chapter 3 Research Made Easy: What Data Will You Need? 33 -- Chapter 4 About the Competition: What's Already in Print? 42 -- Chapter 5 About the Author: Selling Yourself 63 -- Chapter 6 The Concept Statement: Tell Me Why I Should Buy Your Book 84 -- Chapter 7 About the Market: Defining Your Reader 97 -- Chapter 8 About the Book: Inform, Dazzle, Persuade 115 -- Chapter 9 Table of Contents and Chapter Summaries: Organizing Your Book 140 -- Chapter 10 The Heart of Your Proposal: Sample Chapters 158 -- Chapter 11 Production Details: If You Had Your Way 168 -- Chapter 12 About Promotion: Good Morning, Springfield. Good Morning, America 184 -- Chapter 13 Last But Not Least: The Appendix 199 -- Chapter 14 Marketing Strategies: Queries and Responses, Agents and Editors 205 -- Chapter 15 The Perfect Proposal: From Final Edit to Contract Offer 235.
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | PN 161 .L96 2002 | 289933 | Stacks | Available | - |
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