By Lanee’ Blunt
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| Research your market--pear83 |
Writing your first
non-fiction book or novel is very rewarding. It is a great feeling to have a
completed 60,000 or 80,000 word manuscript in your hand. Getting a book
published is very challenging. If you are a new writer and want to break into
the publishing market, you must have a book proposal. Most publishing houses
want to see only a proposal and not the full manuscript until they request it. The
first thing you must do is to research your market.
Know the market
If you are writing a
non-fiction proposal or book you must know your market. You must know what has
been done on your topic and if you can add a new spin to it. Find out what the
editor has bought recently. If you are a fiction writer stick to your genre for
example, don’t send a romance that has a mystery sub-plot to a mystery publisher.
Read on your subject
Read at least 6 to 10 books
in the genre that you are writing. A horror writer should read every horror
book that has just come to the market. Don’t just read it, but read it like a
writer taking notes on what worked and what doesn’t work.
Read books similar to yours
Visit book stores and read
books from the publishing house that you want to send a query to. How has your
subject been covered and can you add something fresh?
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