Hey everyone - got a question for ya regarding my goal of getting a book published by next summer - in time for the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
To date, I have submitted a QL to about 50 agents in Feb and no one expressed an interest in seeing the proposal about this popular olympic sport w/ very few books on the market. My full-time, non writing job has kept me busy this Spring, and I am now able to rekindle the pitch (revising my QL and fully developing my proposal (about 70% complete) in June/July.
Question: Assuming I get a contract (!), do the typical publishing time-frames for a non-fiction sports book coincide with my plans to publish via the publisher route in time for next summer? As a fall-back, I am strongly considering self-publishing - given my goal.
Any advice is most welcome!
To date, I have submitted a QL to about 50 agents in Feb and no one expressed an interest in seeing the proposal about this popular olympic sport w/ very few books on the market. My full-time, non writing job has kept me busy this Spring, and I am now able to rekindle the pitch (revising my QL and fully developing my proposal (about 70% complete) in June/July.
Question: Assuming I get a contract (!), do the typical publishing time-frames for a non-fiction sports book coincide with my plans to publish via the publisher route in time for next summer? As a fall-back, I am strongly considering self-publishing - given my goal.
Any advice is most welcome!