I just finished a book on proposals called "Book Proposals that Sell" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932124640/002-4305987-5675206?ie=UTF8&tag=advanwebamazocom&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1932124640
and in the annexes there is an article called "The Thomas Nelson Guide to Writing a Winning Book Proposal" (http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/Downloads/WritingABookProposal.pdf)
Right away I really liked this proposal format because it's very structured and it seems you can just fill in the information one item at a time instead of trying to write pages and pages of text. It seems really succinct. It just made total sense to me.
I started thinking about it and I had a suspicion that the author had an engineering background. Searching his name on amazon shows he has written several books on Y2k computer topics. I mention this because I'm an engineer and I think that's why I like this proposal format so well. But I'm curious if publishers and agents like it? I searched here but didn't find much if anything.
If you haven't seen it, take a look and let me know what you think. Maybe it could help you as well.
and in the annexes there is an article called "The Thomas Nelson Guide to Writing a Winning Book Proposal" (http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/Downloads/WritingABookProposal.pdf)
Right away I really liked this proposal format because it's very structured and it seems you can just fill in the information one item at a time instead of trying to write pages and pages of text. It seems really succinct. It just made total sense to me.
I started thinking about it and I had a suspicion that the author had an engineering background. Searching his name on amazon shows he has written several books on Y2k computer topics. I mention this because I'm an engineer and I think that's why I like this proposal format so well. But I'm curious if publishers and agents like it? I searched here but didn't find much if anything.
If you haven't seen it, take a look and let me know what you think. Maybe it could help you as well.