Larsen - How to Write a Book Proposal

Now is the most amazing time ever to be alive and the best time ever to be a writer. If luck is ability meeting opportunity, you are one of the luckiest writers who ever lived. Here's why you should commit your life to being a writer:

1. You are the most important person in the publishing process because you make it possible. If it weren't for writers, agents and publishers would have to do something else for a living.
2. You have more options for getting your books published, some of which e-books, print-on-demand, podcasting, blogs, and websites cost little or nothing.
3. You can publish or distribute your work as an e-book, podcast, or print-on-demand book for free or a small cost. If your book costs you nothing to write and publish, and only one person buys it, it's making money.
4. There are more ways to profit from your books, including spin-off products, speaking, and subsidiary rights. Books in English, the international language of culture and commerce, and in translation are selling in more countries. E-book sales are an additional revenue stream, and with links to content on the Web that already exists or that you or your publisher create, they explode the potential for enriching how readers experience your book.
5. You have more models books and authors to help guide your writing and your career. You don't have to figure out how to write a how-to book or build a career; you can use your favorite books and authors as models.
6. There are more subjects for you to write about.
7. You can sell your book by writing a proposal. A writer's first novel usually must be completed before she can sell it, but 90 percent of nonfiction is sold with proposals. These proposals usually contain just one chapter or 10 percent of the manuscript, information about the book, an outline, and how you'll promote the book and yourself.
8. Finding an agent is easier. If you have a salable book, it's easy to acquire an agent and new agencies are springing up all the time.
9. Selling your book yourself is easier. Most writers sell their books themselves without the help of agents. Chapter thirty-seven tells you how.
10. If you come up with an idea for a series of books you are passionate about writing and promoting, you can create a career out of it. You can practice niche craft and build your career book by book.