{"id":1656,"date":"2012-01-16T06:15:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2012-01-16T06:15:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T14:15:40","slug":"excerpt-from-publish-your-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1656","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt from Publish Your Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is excerpted from my latest book, Publish Your Book, Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author<\/em> (Allworth Press, 2012)<\/p>\n

These are things to think about while you are developing the marketing section for your book proposal. Ask yourself:
\n\u2022\tWho is my target audience?<\/p>\n

\u2022\tWhat do they need or want from a book like this\u2014information, tools, entertainment, inspiration?<\/p>\n

\u2022\tDo they have a problem? Do they want to make a lot of money? Do they need help understanding digital cameras, rose gardening, death?<\/p>\n

\u2022\tWhat do they worry about? What do they want to know?<\/p>\n

\u2022\tWhy would they care about what I have to say?<\/p>\n

Can you see you should consider the answers to these questions before you launch out to write the book of your dreams? If any of the questions stop you, or you aren\u2019t sure how to answer them, perhaps you should reconsider either the topic or slant of your book or reevaluate your author\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n

The section on writing a book proposal encompasses over 50 pages and includes samples from real book proposals. You\u2019ll find a nonfiction synopsis sample, a sample of a synopsis for fiction, samples for the \u201cAbout the Author\u201d section, sample market analyses for a children\u2019s book and a nonfiction book, sample marketing strategies and sample chapter outline for a book proposal. All of these are fresh and are written by contributing authors.<\/p>\n

This book is available at the publisher\u2019s website as well as at Amazon.com.
\n http:\/\/www.allworth.com<\/a> Put the title of the book or my name in the search prompt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is excerpted from my latest book, Publish Your Book, Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author (Allworth Press, 2012) These are things to think about while you are developing the marketing section for your book proposal. Ask yourself: \u2022 Who is my target audience? \u2022 What do they need or want from a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t