Book Proposal or Self-Publishing Plan

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If your manuscript is already edited and ready to meet the world, awesome! You're at the stage where you likely know which publishing option you'd like to take and now need a blueprint for your marketing and promotional efforts.  

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Traditional publishing: This requires a query letter and book proposal submitted to agents or acquisition editors. With so many examples and templates out on the web, creating these documents can be confusing. I will clear it up for you by helping you write an engaging query letter and an industry-standard book proposal.

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Self-publishing: A self-publishing plan follows the same outline as a book proposal and will point you in the right direction. It is designed to be a business plan for your book and is used to show wholesalers, distributors, and booksellers you have a solid strategy to promote your book; it also quickly identifies your book's selling points to bloggers, podcasters, and book reviewers. A thorough self-publishing plan shows your professionalism as an author and reflects your book as a serious product. 

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Book proposals and self-publishing plans are designed to help guide you during the launch phase of your book. They are not a substitute for a professional book marketer or publicist. I recommend seeking out trusted book marketing experts as well to give your book its best chance at success.

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Estimated turnaround time

Nonfiction: 3 months

Fiction/memoir: 2 months

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Investment

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Book proposals:

Nonfiction: $10,000  

Fiction/memoir: $5,000

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Self-publishing plan:

Nonfiction and fiction/memoir: $5,000

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Why is the fee lower for fiction and memoir proposals? Unlike nonfiction, fiction and memoir manuscripts need to be 100% completed before you send the proposal. Thus, the proposals take less time to create since we are not working with fluid ideas—your story is already set!