Book Proposal Creation
Want to pursue traditional publishing for your manuscript?
You need a book proposal.
What’s included?
A custom book proposal you can use to query agents
A query letter template you can customize for each agent
Tips on how to customize your query letters for each agent
You come away with a proposal you can proudly show to agents as well as the knowledge on how to do so.
Manuscript not included—but if you’d like to combine manuscript writing services with a book proposal, send me a message. We’ll create a custom package of services based on your needs.
What is a book proposal?
It’s everything an agent needs to know to sell it to a publisher, and an amuse-bouche for a publisher about what your book can do for them—a roadmap of you and your book, where it fits in the market, who will read it (who did you set out to help), and how it can help them.
There are different styles and formats for book proposals, but they all have the same main sections:
A hook to entice the agent and publisher
A market analysis of both your ideal reader and comparable books
An introduction to you and why you’re the one who can write this book
Your personal marketing plan—the publisher needs to know you’re going to put in some work to move the book if they’re going to take a chance on you.
A complete list of chapter summaries
Two sample chapters
Typically, people will write proposals to obtain an advance to carry them through the writing of the book; however, if you’ve already written the book and are just now looking at publishing paths, you still need one to get an agent and a publisher. You’ve simply done the hard part first.
Whether you have the seed of an idea you’d like to sell and then write the book or you’ve written the book and now want to get it published, I can write an enticing proposal to launch your project to the next step.
Scope of Services
Development of your content from idea into a full book proposal
Length of project typically lasts two to four months
Custom proposal and pricing