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<h1>The Digital Campus</h1> | <h1>The Digital Campus</h1> | ||
<h3>Key Steps | <h3>Key Steps suggested by Portwood-Stacer</h3> | ||
1: Identify your target presses | 1: Identify your [[TDC/target presses|target presses]] | ||
2: Research and evaluate your target presses | 2: Research and evaluate your target presses | ||
3: Gather submission information for your target presses and summarize your book’s fit | 3: Gather [[TDC/submission information|submission information]] for your target presses and summarize your book’s fit | ||
* Examine proposal templates and submission requirements | * Examine [[TDC/proposal templates|proposal templates]] and submission requirements | ||
* Identify appropriate acquisitions editors (and series editors if applicable) | * Identify appropriate [[TDC/acquisitions editors|TDC/acquisitions editors]] (and series editors if applicable) | ||
* Write up paragraphs summarizing the fit between your book and each target press | * Write up paragraphs summarizing the fit between your book and each target press | ||
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4: Generate raw material for your proposal package | 4: Generate raw material for your proposal package | ||
5: Draft a letter of inquiry to introduce your project to editors | 5: Draft a [[TDC/letter of inquiry|letter of inquiry]] to introduce your project to editors | ||
6: Collect a list of comp titles | 6: Collect a [[TDC/list of comp titles|list of comp titles]] | ||
7: Articulate your book’s audience | 7: Articulate your [[TDC/book audience|book’s audience]] | ||
* Answer some typical questions from an author questionnaire | * Answer some typical questions from an [[TDC/author questionnaire|author questionnaire]] | ||
* Write up a paragraph or two about your target audience | * Write up a paragraph or two about your target audience | ||
8: State your book’s thesis | 8: State your [[TDC/Book thesis|book’s thesis]] | ||
* Look at your written materials for statements of argument | * Look at your written materials for statements of argument | ||
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* Write up a one-paragraph summary of the book’s core argument | * Write up a one-paragraph summary of the book’s core argument | ||
9: Distill a one-liner for your project | 9: Distill [[TDC/a one-liner|a one-liner]] for your project | ||
10: Draft a project description | 10: Draft a [[TDC/project description|project description]] | ||
11: Summarize your book’s chapters | 11: [[TDC/summarize book chapters|Summarize your book’s chapters]] | ||
12: Come up with working titles for your book and its chapters | 12: Come up with [[TDC/working chapter titles|working titles]] for your book and its chapters | ||
13: Revise your proposal materials for style and voice | 13: Revise your proposal materials [[TDC/revise for style and voice|for style and voice]] | ||
14: Write an author biography | 14: Write an [[TDC/author biography|author biography]] | ||
15: Create an author CV from your full CV | 15: Create an [[TD/author CV|author CV]] from your full CV | ||
16: Assemble your prospectus | 16: [[TDC/Assemble your prospectus|Assemble your prospectus]] | ||
17: Prepare to connect with editors | 17: Prepare to [[TDC/connect with editors|connect with editors]] | ||
* Draft an email asking to meet | * Draft an email asking to meet | ||
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* Practice your oral quick pitch | * Practice your oral quick pitch | ||
18: Submit your proposal | 18: [[TDC/Submit|Submit]] your proposal | ||
POST-SUBMISSION STEPS | POST-SUBMISSION STEPS | ||
19: Respond to your reader reports | 19: Respond to your [[TDC/reader reports|reader reports]] | ||
20: Get a head start on your promotion efforts | 20: Get a head start on your [[TDC/promotion efforts|promotion efforts]] | ||
From: Laura Portwood-Stacer, <i>The Book Proposal Book: A Guide fopr | From: Laura Portwood-Stacer, <i>The Book Proposal Book: A Guide fopr | ||
Scholarly Authors</i>, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, (pp 151-2) | Scholarly Authors</i>, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, (pp 151-2) | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 24 January 2025
The Digital Campus
Key Steps suggested by Portwood-Stacer
1: Identify your target presses
2: Research and evaluate your target presses
3: Gather submission information for your target presses and summarize your book’s fit
- Examine proposal templates and submission requirements
- Identify appropriate TDC/acquisitions editors (and series editors if applicable)
- Write up paragraphs summarizing the fit between your book and each target press
4: Generate raw material for your proposal package
5: Draft a letter of inquiry to introduce your project to editors
6: Collect a list of comp titles
7: Articulate your book’s audience
- Answer some typical questions from an author questionnaire
- Write up a paragraph or two about your target audience
8: State your book’s thesis
- Look at your written materials for statements of argument
- Write up a one-paragraph summary of the book’s core argument
9: Distill a one-liner for your project
10: Draft a project description
11: Summarize your book’s chapters
12: Come up with working titles for your book and its chapters
13: Revise your proposal materials for style and voice
14: Write an author biography
15: Create an author CV from your full CV
17: Prepare to connect with editors
- Draft an email asking to meet
- Practice your oral quick pitch
18: Submit your proposal
POST-SUBMISSION STEPS
19: Respond to your reader reports
20: Get a head start on your promotion efforts
From: Laura Portwood-Stacer, The Book Proposal Book: A Guide fopr
Scholarly Authors, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, (pp 151-2)