Melissa A Rosati
How Publishers Use Reader Reports to Make Contract Offers
Congratulations!Youve cleared the first hurdle in commercial publishing. Whether through an agent or your own submission, the editor is interested in your book proposal (a package that included your proposal, one or two sample chapters, and...
Date Posted: January 28, 2006
Article Banks and Google Alerts Harness Your Publishing Power
Content is the currency fueling the Internet. Yet, article banks, repositories for authors to promote their content, are still the Internets best-kept secret. I learned about article banks through a casual chat at a networking event.
Date Posted: November 04, 2005
Writer's Voice: Five Places to Find Meaning
Have you seen my voice? Odd question, I know. Voice is associated with sound not sight. Still, Ive been looking for it everywhere: writers retreats, a bedroom converted into a chic writing studio, the refrigerator, which is filled with...
Date Posted: March 27, 2005
Five Secrets of Winning Book Proposals
Working in the publishing industry comes with a high expectation, especially from complete strangers. After the causal hello progresses to what do you do, and my answer is I am a publisher, the words, like fairy...
Date Posted: March 17, 2005