Andrew Lownie outlines the ingredients that go into the creation and selling of book proposals.
There are three elements to selling books to publishers. An agency needs to have saleable books in the first place; the proposals need to be the best they can be; and one needs to know the right editors to approach and not give up too easily. Read more
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