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The Insider's Guide to What It Really Takes to Land a Nonfiction Book Deal

By: Paul B. Brown, Britton Payne (Illustrator), Ellen Kadin (Commentaries by)

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Paperback | 17 October 2008

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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, dont 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 publishers marketing and sales efforts. The book also gives pointers on nontraditional arrangements such as self- and subsidy-based publishing. The books 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.

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Foreword	p. xi
An Introduction of Sorts	p. 1
"What Do You Have; Why Should I Care?" Asks Your Potential Publisher	p. 9
Making Contact	p. 25
Market Test: The Second-Best Answer Is No	p. 44
Creating the Proposal	p. 61
Trying to Hold on to Control	p. 91
You've Finished the Manuscript--Now What?	p. 118
Helping Your Publisher to Help You (Or Why You Must Be an Integral Part of Your Publisher's Marketing/P.R./Sales Process, Even if You Hate the Idea and Couldn't Sell a Box of Girl Scout Cookies to Your Mother if Your Life Depended on It)	p. 136
Going Your Own Way--Nontraditional Approaches to Being Published, or "Publisher? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Publisher"	p. 154
Does This Describe You?	p. 168
Index	p. 175
About the Author, Illustrator, and Editor	p. 179
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