Prepare and Present Your Work Like a Pro! Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript, 3rd edition, gives you all the information you need to craft a winning submission. Fully updated, this comprehensive resource now features more than 100 sample letters and manuscript pages, expanded instruction for electronic submissions, updated formatting and submitting guidelines, and new insider tips from top agents and editors. With strong and weak sample query letters, novel synopses, articles, nonfiction book proposals, manuscript pages, scripts, and more, you'll see exactly what works and what doesn't. Plus, each sample page features individual callouts to clearly identify and explain critical elements so that you don't miss a thing. With this all-encompassing guide, you'll discover everything you need to make your work look professional, polished, and publishable.
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Prepare and Present Your Work Like a Pro! Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript, 3rd edition, gives you all the information you need to craft a winning submission. Fully updated, this comprehensive resource now features more than 100 sample letters and manuscript pages, expanded instruction for electronic submissions, updated formatting and submitting guidelines, and new insider tips from top agents and editors. With strong and weak sample query letters, novel synopses, articles, nonfiction book proposals, manuscript pages, scripts, and more, you'll see exactly what works and what doesn't. Plus, each sample page features individual callouts to clearly identify and explain critical elements so that you don't miss a thing. With this all-encompassing guide, you'll discover everything you need to make your work look professional, polished, and publishable.
A guide to the structure of manuscript submissions. The discussion includes the formatting of query letters, book proposal, novels, articles, screenplays, poetry, children's picture books, and greeting cards. Visual examples are included throughout. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Find all of the ANSWERS you need to create NOTABLE submissions! &break;&break;Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript provides the comprehensive information you need to create an effective submission that gets noticed. This fully updated 2nd edition features both good and bad sample submissions for: &break; Manuscripts&break; Query Letters&break; Proposals&break; Cover Letters&break; Outlines&break; Synopses&break; And more! &break;&break;Each selection uses callouts to clearly identify and explain critical elements. In addition, you'll find new information on specific genres, electronic submissions, and more. &break;&break;With sound advice from the most trusted name in writing, this is your definitive guide to crafting a successful manuscript and getting published.
Are you ready to turn your writing dreams into a reality? Whether you're a first-time author or a seasoned writer, this comprehensive guide will take you from idea to publication. With practical tips and advice, you'll learn how to craft a compelling manuscript, navigate the publishing process, and market your book for success. From brainstorming to editing to designing your cover, this book is your roadmap to becoming a published author. Get ready to share your story with the world!
Once a novel or short story is complete and is finally ready to submit to a publisher or agent, a writer can take one final step to ensure the manuscript gets the attention it deserves. Formatting Manuscripts for Submission to Publishers and Agents is a concise easy-to-read guide that explains step by step how to correctly format a document according to publisher's guidelines.
You're ready to upload your masterpiece onto Kindle. You have no pictures, no bells and whistles - why does it seem so complicated? For Text only Books - Everything you need to know for Taking Your Manuscript and Making it Kindle Compatible in Seven Easy Steps! Great for beginners overwhelmed with information, invaluable for the pro who needs a quick checklist. Learning ebooks was a challenge, especially for those of us who were at the very start of this huge revolution. We had no idea that it would bring in the revenue it has, grow as quickly at it has, and be as exciting as it is. We only knew that we owed it to our authors to cover every possible market and we were determined to do so, even if it meant learning a whole new skill set. During the course of this learning curve, I learned a simple truth: formatting an ebook for Kindle was nearly identical to formatting an ebook for Smashwords. The only real difference was that Smashwords required an ISBN (easily attainable from them for free or a small fee, depending on whether you wish them or yourself as the holder of record) and Kindle did not. To expedite the process, I came up with a bulleted list on my computer that boiled down to seven simple steps. It guaranteed acceptance into Kindle and into the Smashwords Premium Catalog the first time every time (making our ebooks available to just about every reading device known to mankind at any given time, including Nook and iBooks). About a year ago, after running across numerous complaints of frustration from independent authors over how to format their work and have it accepted for both Kindle and Smashwords, I fleshed out my bulleted list and offered it on the market as The Smashwords Style Guide for Idjits: Taking Your Manuscript and Making it Smashwords Compatible in Seven Easy Steps. I was surprised and gratified at the response it received. Every rating was five stars with numerous in-depth, humorous reviews where more than one reader now proudly claimed the title of 'one happy idjit' after successfully and easily formatting their work and having it accepted on the first submission. What I didn't realize, and should have, was that because of the title of the book, those independents most interested in submitting to Kindle were passing the book over, even though it had everything they needed to know to format their work and submit it successfully to Kindle. With these entrepreneurial spirited people in mind, I now present the revised version, geared specifically for submitting your work to Kindle with the bonus option of also submitting to Smashwords. I hope you find as much value in it as did those readers of the original.
Written by a quality assurance engineer, web developer, businessman and author of a dozen books. Get your books into print and selling in the marketplace now, at the lowest cost to you with maximum sales and profits! Whether you are a veteran or new to writing and publishing, this checklist will provide you with methods for getting the most out of conventional or self-publishing, and help you decide which is best for you. Checklist is a comprehensive and detailed guide for the author who wants to get their book into print immediately and sell as many copies as possible, with methods and tools for publishing and marketing. Includes details about how to get exta benefits, advantages and sales boosts from online inbound marketing and social networking media. Basics and advanced methods for low-cost marketing with maximum return for the author. Includes submission guidelines for conventional and self-publishing, with many tips and techniques for getting low-cost or free exposure.
An improperly formatted manuscript is probably the first reason for rejection by many acquiring editors at a publishing house, as well as literary agents. They see the physical look of your manuscript as soon as they take it out of the envelope, before they even read one word of your story. If they see common beginning writer mistakes, you manuscript will go into the rejection pile, unread. Proper formatting separates the professional writer from the amateur. Yes, there is an industry standard which acquiring editors and literary agents expect writers to know before they submit their manuscript for perusal.
