How to Write a Book Proposal
- ISBN-10
- 1582972516
- ISBN-13
- 9781582972510
- Series
- How to Write a Book Proposal
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-15
- Publisher
- Writer's Digest Books
- Author
- Michael Larsen
Description
In this valuable handbook, writers learn how to market the potential of a book idea and effectively communicate that potential in a proposal that publishers will read.
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- 2017-09
- 328 pages
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- 2017-09-05
- 328 pages
- Ebook
- Penguin
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