How to Get a Book Contract: The Simple Truth
Allison Lane
I help women turn their knowledge into bestselling books that inspire and educate. Host - Author's Edge podcast >>>??lanelit.com/blog
The bad news: You've been misled about how to get a book deal. Or maybe there's been a misunderstanding.
The good news: To get a book deal, you don't need to know somebody.
You don't need to ask anybody for a favor.
That's not how Publishing works. It's not some secret society led by the Literati.
Most importantly - for the love - you do not write your book first when you want to get a nonfiction book deal.
So set that advice aside.
I'm sure you've already written plenty. It's not wasted. It's usable for later, but ...
Right now all you need in order to get a nonfiction book deal is this. A compelling book proposal and two sample chapters.
That's it.
Don't spend months writing your whole book. Agents and publishers buy nonfiction books on "spec." So don't do that.
Instead, just write your book proposal and two sample chapters.
And that is the simple truth.