BOOK PROPOSALS THAT WORKED! Real Book Proposals That Landed $10K - $100K Publishing Contracts - SECOND EDITION

by Angela Hoy

288 pages

In these pages, you'll find real book proposals that landed contracts with these publishing houses: Simon & Schuster, Random House, Prentice Hall, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, MIRA Books, Music Sales Corporation, Berkeley Books and many more!

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About the Book
Peek over the shoulders of highly successful, published authors to see how they landed publishing contracts worth $10,000 to $100,000! An enticing yet professional book proposal is the key! In these pages, you'll find real book proposals that landed these publishing contracts: Simon and Schuster - $100,000 MIRA Books – “Six-Figure Advance” Ghostwriting Former CEO’s Memoirs - $50,000 Ghostwriting Business Book for CEO - $40,000 Five Separate Publishing Contracts from One Proposal - $37,694.00 Music Sales Corporation - $25,000 Berkeley Books - $20,000 Osborne/McGraw-Hill - $19,500 Kensington Publishing Corp. - $17,500 Billboard Books - $17,500 Confidential Ghostwriting Contract - $15,000 Random House - $15,000 Que Publishers - $12,500 Prentice Hall - $11,000 The Vegetarian Resource - $10,000 Da Capo Press - $10,000 Adams Media - $10,000 Genres of the books featured range from fiction to celebrity biographies, business, medical, memoirs, nutrition/cooking, sports, true crime, freelance writing, and more! From a "pitch sheet" distributed by an author at a writer's conference, to a professional "manuscript evaluation" by a ghostwriter, to full-blown book proposals that look like books in themselves, you’ll find it all right here - everything you need to write and/or polish your own book proposal to perfection! BONUS! Successful ghostwriter, Anton Marco, shares his secret for landing ghostwriting clients. Don’t miss Anton’s real ghostwriting contract at the end of this book! It provides an example of what he charges and the payment terms he requires from each client. REVIEWS "I've been reading through your book. I'm going to recommend it everywhere I can. There's nothing on the market like this. Also, the book -- physically -- looks fantastic. Congratulations." -Doug Clegg Author of more than 20 novels and winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Shocker Award In Angela’s work, Book Proposals That Work, I have found a wealth of information, guidance and direction only a true friend and master of the craft can provide. I am engaged in a work that may very well change the course of my career because of this book she has complied. I want to thank Angela Hoy for her endearing fortitude and unwavering commitment to the craft. And I want to encourage all of you to read Angela. She is formidable if not the best I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing. RJ Peters Rules of THUM, The Human User’s Manual
Reviews
"I've been reading through your book. I'm going to recommend it everywhere I can. There's nothing on the market like this. Also, the book -- physically -- looks fantastic. Congratulations." - Doug Clegg, author of more than 20 novels and winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Shocker Award "A wealth of information, guidance and direction only a true friend and master of the craft can provide. I am engaged in a work that may very well change the course of my career because of this book she has complied. "I want to thank Angela Hoy for her endearing fortitude and unwavering commitment to the craft. And, I want to encourage all of you to read Angela. She is formidable, if not the best I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing." - RJ Peters, author of Rules of THUM: The Human User’s Manual
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About the Author

Angela Hoy is the publisher of WritersWeekly.com and co-owner of BookLocker.com.

WritersWeekly.com is a free online publication that features new freelance jobs and paying markets every Wednesday via email, as well as feature articles, freelance success stories, warnings about naughty publishers and editors, and more.

BookLocker.com is a print-on-demand (POD) and e-book publisher that pays high royalties while offering low setup fees. Angela evaluates all incoming proposals and manuscripts and must, unfortunately, reject the vast majority of them. After seeing so many poorly-written and disorganized book proposals, she decided to create this guide for authors.