Author 101 The Insider's Guide to Publishing From Proposal to Bestseller [Paperback]

Are you ready to get out of the slush piles? With the expert tutelage of Frishman and Spizman, an author can increase his/her chances of publication many times over.  John Kremer, author, 1001 Ways to Market Your Books

Ive got a great idea for a book!

But a great idea is not enough---what you need is a killer book proposal. With publishing gurus Rick Frishman and Robyn Spizman as your guides, you can create a proposal that makes your idea sing---and appeals to the right publishers. And once you secure that coveted book deal, Frishman and Spizman give you all you need to know to conceptualize, write, market, and turn your powerful message into a bestseller. We all need a guide on the journey through the publishing world and these experts take you by the hand and help navigate the hypercompetitive book industry. We all have an amazing message within. Now is the time to share it with the world to change your life and the lives of your audience.Why Books?Matter

Bill Gladstone, author?of several bestselling novels and non-fiction titles as well as the literary agent for such luminaries as Eckhart Tolle, Neale Donald Walsch, Thom Hartmann, Jean Huston and Dr. Ervin Laszlo, discusses why books matter. He said, I have always encouraged those who approach me to explore and develop their own writing talents. Sometimes this may lead to publication by a major publishing house, sometimes to?an opportunity?to self-publish and sometimes to a realization that the book that one is writing might be just for?a private audience of one. Even if no one but you reads your book, you may have changed?your own life in taking on and completing a book. Writing a book?can be a cathartic experience that puts you in touch with a greater?self-awareness than you could achieve any other way.

But the personal benefits aside, books matter a great deal and here are the reasons why:

(1) Books can be shared; (2) Books can crealƒ,