The Book Proposal Book

A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal¿and seeing your book through to successful publication

The scholarly book proposal may be academia¿s most mysterious genre. You have to write one to get published, but most scholars receive no training on how to do so¿and you may have never even seen a proposal before you¿re expected to produce your own. The Book Proposal Book cuts through the mystery and guides prospective authors step by step through the process of crafting a compelling proposal and pitching it to university presses and other academic publishers.

Laura Portwood-Stacer, an experienced developmental editor and publishing consultant for academic authors, shows how to select the right presses to target, identify audiences and competing titles, and write a project description that will grab the attention of editors¿breaking the entire process into discrete, manageable tasks. The book features over fifty time-tested tips to