Book Proposal Services Announcement

Dear Friends,

Good news! I am re-starting my consulting business Book Proposal Services!

IF YOU HAVE NO INTEREST IN EVER HAVING A BOOK PROPOSAL CRITIQUED, YOU CAN STOP READING HERE. However, if you, or a writer friend, would like to learn more about Book Proposal Services, keep reading . . .

My consulting business was one I enjoyed a great deal, but had to discontinue two years ago when five books came out in a 10-month period! Two things have changed since then: (1) I don’t want to travel and promote a lot of books—I want to be home more; and (2) I have two excellent assistants who have been a tremendous help to me with my own book proposals. They write well, research well, and have excellent ideas.

So, we’re ready to take on clients the third week of October on a first come, first served basis.

With Book Proposal Services, we offer three levels of service:

1) Book Concept Analysis - $85. Please let me know if you would like to receive a four-page form that requests specific information about your unpublished nonfiction project. Your completion of this form, accompanied with a check for $85, will allow me to analyze your project and offer suggestions about the next steps you should take. For example, I will tell you whether I think a large, New York publisher would be interested in your project, whether a small to mid-sized publisher would be your best option, or whether you should consider self-publication.

2) Book Proposal Evaluation - $250. We provide a thorough, 21-point evaluation of any nonfiction proposal. This evaluation will rate and consider 107 items covering areas such as the following:

• Have you made the right pitch for the book?
• Do you offer compelling reasons why your book should be published?
• Is your competitive books analysis correctly done?
• Have you documented the need for your book?
• Have you shown how you are going to make your book successful?

3) Book Proposal In-depth Revision - $700-$1,000 (average cost). If I feel you have a saleable project to one of the top six publishers and if you would like more help with your proposal, I will provide you with an estimate of how much Book Proposal Services would charge to strengthen and augment your proposal to get it in top shape. This service would come after the completion of your $250 book proposal evaluation. Typically, we find the audience, marketing, promotion, publicity, and competitive books selections of proposals are weak. Or perhaps the author isn’t making the right pitch for the book in the overview section. We can make great improvements in these sections. Publishers need to feel completely confident about investing their money in the author’s proposed book project.

If you, or someone you know, might be interested in one or more of our services sometime between now and the end of 2003, I’d like to receive an email from you. Please use “Yes-BPS” as your subject line and tell me the approximate date you would like me to review your proposal or book idea. Please let me know whether you want us to email you the Book Concept Analysis form or a list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Book Proposal Services.

I look forward to hearing from you!

www.junecotner.com

P. O. Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370

TEL 360-697-9497   FAX 360-697-9496