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5 Ways To Give Your Proposal A Winning Edge

Published on November 16, 2011 By Nina Amir

Earlier this month, here on the WNFIN blog, we discussed going through the “proposal process” when evaluating your book idea for its potential of success. This process helps you accumulate the information necessary to fill the pages of your nonfiction book proposal as well. This week, you’ve been offered an Author Questionnaire, once again assisting [...]

How to Sell a Book by Answering the Essential Questions

Published on November 14, 2011 By Nina Amir

More often than not, aspiring authors who send me nonfiction book proposals for editing haven’t included all the information required. They think they know what should be in the document’s pages. They may have read books on how to write a book proposal or found helpful articles on the Internet, but they still don’t understand [...]

Why are Some Book Proposals Better than Others?

Published on November 14, 2010 By Nina Amir

Any aspiring author who has every written a book proposal—or considered writing a book proposal—has wondered what might set theirs apart from the hundreds that show up on an agent’s or acquisition editor’s desk each day. I’ve heard about all sorts of new tactics used to gain attention; most agents tell me they prefer the [...]