📗 Libro en inglés THINKING LIKE YOUR EDITOR: HOW TO WRITE GREAT SERIOUS NONFICTION AND GET IT PUBLISHED

From a highly respected editor turned agent and her husband, a freelance writer, comes one of the most forthright books you will find on the publishing industry. Though concentrating on serious nonfiction, this book should be of interest to anyone who wonders how the publishing industry really works. For example, along with guidelines on how to write a proposal, the authors explain why proposals are so important, even beyond getting an editor''s interest. It could be shown to a foreign rights person for projected income, for example, and later to a copywriter for the publisher''s catalogue. What do agents do, anyway? How to superstore buyers decide which titles to stock? Should you be upset if your book gets only minimal editing?