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

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.

this Guide Concentrates On The Details Of Presenting An Idea To A Publisher And Maximizing The Chances Of Success, Giving Little If Any Attention To The Actual Process Of Writing. It Also Offers Specific Advice On Controlling The Project, Negotiating Contracts, Marketing, And Self-publishing. Brown Is A Much-published Nonfiction Author, And A Former Editor For business Week. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

april 2004 - New Business Today

starts Where All The Other How-to-write A Book Books Leave Off.

In Publishing Confidential, best-selling author Paul B. Brown guides you step by step through the otherwise difficult process of getting a publisher to say "Yes." He does it with real-life examples, including a fully annotated sample proposal so you know what to include (and what to leave out), and practical advice about reaching the right editors and agents. Plus, you'll learn valuable lessons about contract language and negotiations, and how to become an integral part of your publisher's marketing efforts. 1. An introduction of sorts 2. "What do you have; why should I care?" Ask your potential publisher 3. Making contact 4. Market test : the second best answer is no 5. Creating the proposal 6. Trying to hold on to control 7. You've finished the manuscript Now what? 8. Helping your publisher to help you 9. Going your own way nontraditional approaches to being published, or "Publisher? We don't need no stinkin' publisher." There are many books that show you how to write a book, but far fewer that concentrate on strategies for getting your book published. 'Getting Published' goes well beyond the standard "get an agent advice" to reveal how to distinguish your work from countless others, and it offers the author's own proven steps for maximizing your book's chances. Presents a guide to presenting a book idea to a publisher and maximizing the chances of success, with advice on controlling the project, negotiating contracts, marketing, and self-publishing