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Landing an agent or publisher for your non-fiction book
by, Jill Swenson
December 27, 2011

You might think you have a non-fiction book concept worth publishing, but in order to convince an agent or publisher of that you will need a winning query letter and full proposal. Writers tend to focus too narrowly on the ideas and content of their manuscript and lose perspective on the purpose of a book proposal. Think of it as a business plan. If you wanted… [Read More]

Filed Under: Acquisition Editors, agents, Book Development Editor, copyedit, non-fiction book proposal, Publishing, Query letter
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Listen to Blog Talk Radio Books
by, Danielle Sherwood
June 23, 2011

If you are an author who wants to get published, you need a website, blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media platforms. Publishers expect the author to play the primary role in social media marketing. You can hem and haw, but most book professionals are going to insist you build your author brand online. Luckily, Swenson Book Development, LLC assists authors with their… [Read More]

Filed Under: Acquisition Editors, Arielle Ford, audience, author self-sabotage, Authors, Blog Talk Radio, Books, branding, Listen, Publishing Insiders, query, radio, review, selling more books, SEO, Seth Godin, shows, social media platforms
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How Authors Can Overcome the 10 Mistakes Big Publishers Make
by, Jill Swenson
February 18, 2011

So you want to get your book published, but your chances of securing a contract with a big publisher continue to diminish and they bleed financially. Amazon undercuts the publishers’ price; making it increasingly difficult to recover production costs. Borders files for bankruptcy this week while the small and independent bookstores of Main Street continue to close up shop. J.E. Fishman of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Acquisition Editors, advances, Amazon, Authors, Borders, Business, Copyright, J.E. Fishman, Publishers, Readers, Story Business
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