Most hopeful authors think that the query letter is purely a means of letting a publisher know that their book exists. It\u2019s their way of introducing and describing their books to publishers. But a query letter is so much more. <\/p>\n
It is your sales pitch<\/strong>. <\/p>\n It is through your carefully written, thoroughly researched, precisely organized query letter that you will capture the attention of a publisher. <\/p>\n Here\u2019s what the publisher probably doesn\u2019t<\/em> want to know:<\/p>\n \u2022\tYour complete educational background. What does the publisher want to know?<\/p>\n \u2022\tThat this is a viable product\u2014it\u2019s up to you to prove that it is. Are you in the process of writing a weak query letter? Are you struggling to give it more strength? Maybe you\u2019ve already studied Chapter Eight in my book, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book <\/em><\/strong>and you\u2019re still having trouble writing your query letter. Or you have written one, but it isn\u2019t landing you a publishing contract. For the rest of March, 2009, I\u2019ll open up my offices to your query letters on a one-time evaluation basis.<\/p>\n Send me your query letter after giving it your best effort and let me see if I can help you to give it more strength and power.<\/p>\n If you want to read about query letters and see examples of query letters, order The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book <\/em><\/strong>today. http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/rightway.html<\/a> <\/p>\n Send your query letters for evaluation to PLFry620@yahoo.com. This offer is good through March 31, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most hopeful authors think that the query letter is purely a means of letting a publisher know that their book exists. It\u2019s their way of introducing and describing their books to publishers. But a query letter is so much more. It is your sales pitch. It is through your carefully written, thoroughly researched, precisely organized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"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
\n\u2022\tHow many of your friends love your book.
\n\u2022\tHow long it took you to complete your book.
\n\u2022\tThat there are no other books like this one.
\n\u2022\tThat this book is for everyone.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\tThat it is a good investment\u2014what\u2019s in it for him?
\n\u2022\tWho comprises the audience for this book and how many people does that include?
\n\u2022\tThe purpose of your book. (For nonfiction.)
\n\u2022\tThe reason why you wrote this book. (For nonfiction.)
\n\u2022\tExactly what your book is about and what it is designed to accomplish.
\n\u2022\tWhy are you the person to write this book?<\/p>\n