Sell your book the easy way --- sell a proposal
You can get paid to write a book. Its easily possible to make a fast $10,000, or even a
six figure amount. You could even make seven figures --- over a million dollars for
twenty pages of text. It sounds incredible, but a fast seven figures is certainly
possible if you have a HOT, hot idea or have had an experience that hundreds of
thousands of people want to read about. In his 2001 book about writing non-fiction,
Damn! Why Didnt I Write That?, author Marc McCutcheon says that its not hard to
make a good income: you can learn the trade and begin making a respectable income
much faster than most people think possible.
The good part is that you dont need to write your book before you get some
money. You write a proposal, and a publisher will give you an advance, which you
can live on while you write the book.
Writing a proposal is the smart way to write a book. Its the way professional
writers sell non-fiction. Selling a book on a proposal is much easier than selling a
book that youve already written. A book proposal is a complete description of your
book. It contains the title, an explanation of what the books about, an outline of
chapters, a market and competition survey, and a sample chapter.
A book proposal functions in the same way as any business proposal does:
youre making an offer to someone you hope to do business with. It will be treated by
publishers in the same way that any business treats a proposal. A publisher will read
your proposal, assess its feasibility, cost it, and if it looks as if the publisher will make
money, the publisher will pay you to write the book. When youve sold your proposed
book to a publisher, your role doesnt end with writing your book. Youre in
partnership with your publisher to ensure the books success. If you do your part, both
you and your publisher will make money.