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April 1, 2010 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Promotion: This Means Getting Social

For a blogged book, promotion means, “What are you going to do to tell the cyber world your blog exists?” How will you sell your blog? This is where you add your social hat to your business hat, because to gain readers you must promote yourself and your blog via social networking. Otherwise, how will […]

Filed Under: Parts of the Proposal, Promotion, The Proposal Tagged With: blog roll, comments, followers, forums, friends, linking, ping, Promotion, publicity, tweeple, websites

March 31, 2010 by ninaamir 1 Comment

Subsidiary Rights and Spin-Offs

If you were submitting to an agent or publisher, the next part of a proposal you would write would be the one called subsidiary rights. When you sell your book to a publishing house, the publisher acquires primary rights. This enables them to sell the book as is or in adapted or condensed form. To […]

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March 26, 2010 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Markets: Who Will Read Your Blogged Book?

  On to the next proposal section included under the “Introduction” heading: Markets. As I mentioned in my last post, you now need to make sure you are wearing your business person hat. No writer’s hats allowed. It’s time to meet your readers or to discover how many readers your blog might be able to […]

Filed Under: Markets, Parts of the Proposal, The Proposal Tagged With: Markets, readers, unique visitors

March 22, 2010 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Overview: The Features and Benefits of Your Book

Now that you have a pitch, it’s time to actually write the overview of your book. Typically, an overview begins with a paragraph or two that hook the reader. This isn’t much different from an article; the beginning of the overview could be considered your “lead.” Next, insert your pitch. This is followed by a […]

Filed Under: Overview, Parts of the Proposal, The Proposal Tagged With: benefits, features, number of pages, number of posts, pitch, synopsis

March 18, 2010 by ninaamir 4 Comments

Overview: Write a Pitch for Your Book

Now that you have a title for your book and you know what your book is about, it’s time to write a pitch. This is your “elevator speech,” the one you’d give to an agent or an acquisition editor if you happened to meet them in an elevator or at a conference. Writing a pitch […]

Filed Under: Overview, Parts of the Proposal, The Proposal Tagged With: acquisition editor, agent, elevator speech, marketing tool, pitch

March 16, 2010 by ninaamir 1 Comment

Overview: Create a Title for Your Book

Your blogged book (or any book) needs a title, and possibly a subtitle, that entices readers into its pages or posts. Sometimes books have creative titles; however, many nonfiction books have tell-it-like-it-is titles that let readers know exactly what they will find within a book’s pages. To come up with a great title, you need […]

Filed Under: Overview, Parts of the Proposal, The Proposal Tagged With: nonfiction, Overview, title

March 12, 2010 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

Overview: Why You Want to Write This Book

This may seem like a silly question, but why do you want to blog a book? Think about it…What’s your purpose? You see, your book must share that purpose. It must have a reason to exist. If it doesn’t, no one will show up at your blog to read the posts day after day (the […]

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March 10, 2010 by ninaamir 1 Comment

The Overview: Your Book’s Message

The first section of your book proposal, your overview, includes a lot of information. If you actually write the proposal and submit it to an agent, this section will have a hook (like the lead to an article), a pitch, details about page numbers, illustrations, etc., and a possibly a brief look at your markets. […]

Filed Under: Parts of the Proposal, The Proposal Tagged With: book proposal, message, Overview

March 7, 2010 by ninaamir 3 Comments

The Parts of a Proposal

You can find many books on how to write a book proposal. Lots of information exists on the Internet as well. In my experience, the following list, which is divided into two sections—Introduction and Outline, includes the fourteen vital sections of a book proposal Sometimes these sections are included in a different order; some books […]

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March 6, 2010 by ninaamir 2 Comments

How to Begin Blogging Your Book: Start with a Business Plan or Book Proposal (part 5)

Now that you have a pretty good sense about your book’s theme and what you want to write about, we are going to get serious. Really serious. Yesterday was just a taste of what’s to come… As I mentioned, everyone who wants to write a book—blogged or otherwise—needs to go through the proposal process. You […]

Filed Under: How to Begin Blogging a Book Tagged With: book proposal, business plan, market, Promotion, readers, synopsis, table of contents, traditional publishing

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