The Book Proposal Book A Guide for Scholarly Authors
A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal—and seeing your book through to successful publication The scholarly book proposal may be academia’s most mysterious genre. You have to write one to get published, but most scholars receive no training on how to do so—and you may...
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Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford
Princeton University Press
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| Series: | Skills for Scholars
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Know the Process: Your Readers and the Importance of Fit
- Step 1: Identify Your Target Presses
- Step 2: Research and Evaluate Your Target Presses
- Step 3: Gather Submission Information for Your Target Presses and Summarize Your Book's Fit
- 2. Write for Publication: What Presses Value in Your Scholarly Book Project
- Step 4: Generate Raw Material for Your Proposal Package
- Step 5: Draft a Letter of Inquiry to Introduce Your Project to Editors
- 3. Find Your Place: Competing and Comparable Works
- Step 6: Collect a List of Comp Titles
- 4. Identify Your Audiences and Market: Who Is Your Book Really For?
- Step 7: Articulate Your Book's Audience
- 5. Showcase Your Core Thesis: Strong Arguments Make Strong Books
- Step 8: State Your Book's Thesis
- Step 9: Distill a One-Liner for Your Project
- 6. Give an Overview: A Template for Project Descriptions
- Step 10: Draft a Project Description
- 7. Expose the Structure: Effective Chapter Summaries
- Step 11: Summarize Your Book's Chapters
- 8. Invite Readers In: Book and Chapter Titles
- Step 12: Come Up with Working Titles for Your Book and Its Chapters
- 9. Put Yourself on the Page: Style and Voice
- Step 13: Revise Your Proposal Materials for Style and Voice
- 10. Really Put Yourself On the Page: Your Author Biography and CV
- Step 14: Write an Author Biography
- Step 15: Create an Author CV from Your Full CV
- 11. Don't Forget the Details: Specs, Status, and Other Elements of a Complete Proposal Package
- Step 16: Assemble Your Prospectus
- 12. Make the Connection: When and How to Reach Out to Publishers
- Step 17: Prepare to Connect with Editors
- Step 18: Submit Your Proposal
- 13. Keep Your Cool: Navigating Reader Reports, Contracts, and Other Decision Points
- Step 19: Respond to Your Reader Reports