Getting Published - The Insider Guide to What it Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal - Softcover

Brown, Paul B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814472265 ISBN 13: 9780814472262

Publisher: Amacom, 2004

Synopsis

"Any number of books explain ""how to write a book,"" but getting a book published is the hard part. Aside from talent, writers need a strategy for distinguishing their efforts from countless others. (No, don’t use pink paper.) Paul B. Brown has been an author on a dozen books with sales totaling more than 2 million copies. So you could say he knows what it takes. In Getting Published, Brown offers a straightforward approach to test-marketing book ideas, creating strong proposals, reaching the right editors and agent, and more.

Equally important, he provides inside tips for how to become an integral part of the publisher’s marketing and sales efforts. The book also gives pointers on nontraditional arrangements such as self- and subsidy-based publishing.

The book’s many valuable tools include sample contract language, a fully annotated book proposal, and exercises to help authors identify what they may be doing right and wrong. With abundant humor and unparalleled insight, Brown debunks the myths and misconceptions in favor of trustworthy and effective advice."

About this title

About the Author

Paul B. Brown (Duxbury, MA, and Glen Rock, NJ) is an author of Customers for Life, Lessons from the Top, and many others. He is a former reporter and editor for BusinessWeek, Forbes, Financial World, and <Inc. magazines.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amacom
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814472265
• ISBN 13: 9780814472262
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160