Bulletproof Book Proposals

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 296 pages
• Published by: Writers Digest Books November 10, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1582973679
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1582973678
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Book Description
Write the proposal that gets you published

Is writing a book proposal actually harder than writing the book itself? Not if you have Bulletproof Book Proposals. Agent Pam Brodowsky and author Eric Neuhaus guide you through the process in ten easy steps. In the first part of the book, they simplify the process with clear instructions and exercises that will help you start and finish your own book proposal.

In addition to providing step-by-step instruction, Brodowsky and Neuhaus have also included twelve sample proposals that successfully sold book projects. Each of these proposals accomplished what it set out to do--sell a book to a publisher. Not only are there twelve great proposals for you to model yours after, but there are also comments from the author, agent, and editor for each proposal. You'll get the inside scoop as to how these authors wrote their proposals and why agents and editors were hooked by them. Brodowsky and Neuhaus also provide comments on the proposals, pointing out what details make these proposals effective and how you can emulate their success.

Bulletproof Book Proposals leaves you with no excuses. Now there is nothing stopping you from selling your book!

Reader Reviews
Over the years, I've written dozens of book proposals. For the last five, years, I've been a book acquisitions editor and reviewed hundreds of book proposals. You may wonder why I'd need to read this book. I did. There is always something new to learn and there is not ONE way to create a book proposal. Literary Agent Pam Brodowsky and Eric Neuhaus have created a well-crafted ten step plan for proposal creation. In each section, they have included the particular portion of their proposal for BULLETPROOF BOOK PROPOSALS. The reader goes from defining the idea to packaging the proposal. For the second section of the book, they include a dozen sample nonfiction book proposals on different topics, with different publisherss (some of them the same publisher) and different literary agents (some proposals don't have an agent and a number of them were from Pam Brodowsky--where she would have had the greatest access to this material). Each proposal includes insightful comments about why it is shaped in a particular way. The overall result of BULLETPROOF BOOK PROPOSALS is to provide the reader with more insight into this crucial process to selling a nonfiction book. I recommend this title. Comment | | (Report this)