Book Proposals The Marketing Study
A major part of a book proposal is the Marketing Study. The goal is to convince the prospective publisher that there really is a market for your book. So two things are needed:
- A survey of existing books and how well theyre doing
- Detail why your book is different from existing books, and how it will appeal to the existing market.
I start with a search on Amazon. First I search for the working title of my book. This lets me know if theres already a book out there with that title. Although titles cant be copyrighted, I really dont want a duplicate title if I can avoid it.
Next I do a search on the key words or basic concept of my proposed book. When I find a book that addresses my market, I list it, including the title, author, publisher, date published and Amazon sales rank. If I know the book, or can figure it out based on the book description, and reviews, I do a brief description and show how my book is different and needed.
I continue this until I have several books listed six to ten seems about right. I then order them by popularity, usually based on Amazons ranking.
Its really that simple.
Write well, and often,
How to Write a Non-Fiction Book Proposal that $ells! is an eBook that tells you exactly how to put together a book proposal. The system works for me and its worked for others.
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