77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected
Discover the tips and tricks to avoiding the rejection pile. You've done it! You've written the next "must have" book and everyone you know who reads your manuscript agrees – it's guaranteed to be a bestseller. So why can't you find a publisher for it? For some reason (maybe even more than one)...
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Discover the tips and tricks to avoiding the rejection pile. You've done it! You've written the next "must have" book and everyone you know who reads your manuscript agrees – it's guaranteed to be a bestseller. So why can't you find a publisher for it? For some reason (maybe even more than one) editors and agents alike keep rejecting your proposal. So what are you doing wrong? Discover 77 of the most common reasons why thousands of book proposals are rejected every year, and find out what you can do to make your proposal stand out from the rest. Working as an author, editor, and agent from more than 20 years, publishing industry veteran Mike Nappa knows the most frequent mistakes authors make in their proposals and then simple steps you can take to avoid catching a ride on the train to Rejection-ville.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402254123 (1402254121)
Publish date: July 1st 2011
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
This is not a bad reference, but I wouldn't recommend reading it cover to cover. Maybe hit the table of contents and view the topics that seem worthy of your time. There were many topics that address issues beyond my control, and many others just aren't relevant to me personally.
In their youth, various polite forms of "REJECTED" are shouted at would-be writers with the frequency of "NO!" shouted at an infant. Mike Nappa's 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected aims to change that. Writers, read this now, regardless of whether you haven't published, submitted or even written ...