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How can I create a proposal for my nonfiction book that agents and publishers won’t be able to resist?
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Question: How can I create a proposal for my nonfiction book that agents and publishers won’t be able to resist? Answer: A nonfiction book proposal can be the ultimate selling tool when pursing a traditional publishing path. It serves as a business...
over 1 year ago
Author Learning Center
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Book Fairs: Standing Out From the Crowd - video
Frances Frost
As an author, selling your book at a book fair is exciting, but it's also challenging. There's a lot of competition at book fairs. So how do you rise above the competition? Author Frances Frost discusses how to stand out at a book fair. She says that...
over 8 years ago
Events
Book Fairs
Becoming An Audiobook Narrator - video
Joel Fotinos
Joel Fotinos, vice president and publisher at Tarcher-Penguin, explains how he became an audio book narrator. He simply asked for more information about an audio book that was going to be produced and he was offered an audition. He explains that the...
over 8 years ago
Formats
Audiobooks
Becoming An Audiobook Narrator - podcast
Joel Fotinos
Joel Fotinos, vice president and publisher at Tarcher-Penguin, explains how he became an audio book narrator. He simply asked for more information about an audio book that was going to be produced and he was offered an audition. He explains that the...
over 8 years ago
Formats
Audiobooks
Book Fairs: Standing Out From the Crowd - podcast
Frances Frost
As an author, selling your book at a book fair is exciting, but it's also challenging. There's a lot of competition at book fairs. So how do you rise above the competition? Author Frances Frost discusses how to stand out at a book fair. She says that...
over 8 years ago
Events
Book Fairs
Tips for Writing Children's Picture Books - video
Eddie Gamarra
Are you getting ready to write a children's book? Do you intend to both write and illustrate it? Eddie Gamarra, literary manager and producer at The Gotham Group, warns that may not be the wisest course. Unless you're a visual artist, Gamarra says,...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
Tips for Writing Children's Picture Books - podcast
Eddie Gamarra
Are you getting ready to write a children's book? Do you intend to both write and illustrate it? Eddie Gamarra, literary manager and producer at The Gotham Group, warns that may not be the wisest course. Unless you're a visual artist, Gamarra says,...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
Advice for Writers on Getting Started on Their Nonfiction Book
Lakisha Baker
Author and writing coach Lakisha Baker believes the best place to start when you have a book idea, is to think about for whom you are writing. Next, make sure you understand what you want to write about and why. The answers to these important questions...
over 2 years ago
Nonfiction
Reason for Writing
Media Tour: How to Organize a Virtual Media Tour - article
Molly Blaisdell
Listen, like Bob Dylan’s song says, “Times they are a’changin’.” Readers have flocked online in droves. You may hold your real life events, but your readers may stay home to surf the Web. How do you reach these untapped book-buying masses? Book readers...
over 8 years ago
Events
Book Tours
How Monitoring Book Genre Trends Can Be Beneficial to Authors
Mark Gottlieb
While understanding a book's genre and its associated market is important for authors, it shouldn't be the driving force behind the story or writing, as Trident Media Group literary agent Mark Gottlieb explains. He does recommend that authors at least...
over 7 years ago
Fiction
Finding Your Voice
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