To stand out from the slush pile, a book proposal needs an edge—writers need to know the publishing secrets that will propel their proposal to the top of the pile. For the first time ever, Bullet-Proof Book Proposals brings together three unique perspectives in the publishing process—agent, author, and editor—to deliver publishing trade secrets on how each of these people view a book proposal. Readers will find a simple 10-step game plan to transform book ideas into a blockbuster proposals, plus gain insight from 10-15 actual proposals that succeeded, with point-of-view comments from agent, author, and publisher.
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