Key Steps suggfested by Prtwood-Stacer<\h3>
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 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
16: Assemble your prospectus
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)
