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05.31.08, 14:35 PM General Topics
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Has anyone submitted a book proposal to an agent? If so, how many agents should one submit to? I don't know the ropes- like how long to expect to wait to hear a response. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.31.08, 02:35 PM Flag
 

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Yes! and four years and many revisions later, I got an agent and a book contract. You know you have to submit a query letter first right? you then have about a 1 in 100 chance of them wanting to see the proposal. I'd send a lot [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.31.08, 02:36 PM Flag
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I submitted a proposal to Levine Greenberg Literary Agency- they have a proposal form on their website which required a bit of work & preparation. Congrats on your book- is it fiction or nonfiction? Are you writing it now? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.31.08, 02:40 PM Flag
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thanks, I just got the contract last week so I'm starting soon. It's non-fiction, education field. I recommend contacting a lot of agents--maybe 20 at a time. With my book, I contacted about 40 agents, 5 were interested at first, and in the end it was just one. If I hadn't contacted her... Is your book non-fiction? What area? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.31.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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Wow, sounds like a process! My book is a biography on an amazing, undiscovered woman- sort of a biography wrapped in some history [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.31.08, 02:48 PM Flag
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