An
"author questionnaire" is a set of questions given to a writer or author. It helps gather information about the author, their work, or their opinions in order to better understand them or their writing.
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* Personal review by Mark Malatesta of my completed
Author Questionnaire as well as any / all of the following that I have available: first 50 pages of my book, agent query, synopsis, book proposal, website, and social media links ($ 497 value)
IMPORTANT: After I register, I'll get access to the bonus mp3 and the
detailed Author Questionnaire to help me prepare for my Query Letter Critique session (so I can get more value out of my call).
Part 4: Appendix 4.1: A Self - Publisher's Guide To Creating A Powerful Sell Sheet (Infographic) 4.2: Sell Sheet Template Questionnaire 4.3: Sell Sheet Samples 4.4: About The Author
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The
completed author questionnaire is disseminated to the various publishing departments, from editorial to publicity to sales, each of which uses it for their own purposes.
Before your conversation, Mark will send you a
detailed author questionnaire and review any / all of the following that you have available: your query letter, book idea, sample chapters, book synopsis, book proposal, etc..
Most publishers request authors to do this using
the Author Questionnaire, a tool that assists in assembling the resources that a writer will use for marketing and publicity.
The Author Questionnaire will guide you on how to make use of your family and friends for marketing purposes.
After you send
me your author questionnaire and supporting material, I'll take detailed notes about what you need to do (exactly) to get the attention of top literary agents... so you can get a top publisher and book deal.
After you register for a coaching session, you'll get
an author questionnaire with important questions that will allow me to serve you better during our time together.
Publishers ask authors to do this with a tool called
the Author Questionnaire, which helps gather together all the resources an author brings to the marketing and publicity campaign.
The most valuable part of the coaching process for me was answering all of Mark's questions in
his author questionnaire and on the phone.
Alert your social media network, as well as the «offline» network contacts you've earmarked with
your author questionnaire (use your email list and / or those postcards!).
You will also receive
our Author Questionnaire seeking information about your book.
Your publicist (or another member of the department) will develop and write a press kit, which generally consists of a press release and (with input likely drawn from
your author questionnaire) a bio page, and perhaps some supporting materials such as an «Author Q&A» or sample questions for the press.
Author Photo — While not technically part of the «questionnaire,»
the author questionnaire will often reference and / or ask you to attach your author photo, which will then be included in the press materials that publicity sends out.
The answers on
an author questionnaire form the basis by which these departments make strategic choices about the author's publicity or marketing plan.
The self - published author will find
the author questionnaire useful as a brainstorming and strategic tool that will help to craft a marketing and publicity plan.The questionnaire will help him / her:
While that may be so,
the author questionnaire provides a one - stop repository for all the information pertinent to your book sales and promotion efforts.
While every publisher has a different format for
their author questionnaire, there are a number of areas that will be standard, though they won't necessarily appear in this order:
For help with figuring out who might be willing and / or able to help spread the word about your book, learn about
the author questionnaire marketing tool that's used in some form or another by most traditional publishers, and take the time to fill one out yourself.
Before your call, you'll complete
an author questionnaire giving your consultant time to research and tailor ideas specific to your book, genre, and goals.
If there are awards for which your book might be a strong candidate, please let us know if you have not already in
the Author Questionnaire.
If there are specific media you would like us to contact - journals, magazines, or newspapers in which reviews should be solicited - that you haven't yet indicated in
the Author Questionnaire, please let us know.
If you have contact preferences and / or have relationships with contacts and have not yet submitted them in
your Author Questionnaire please let Publicity know.
If not already indicated in
the Author Questionnaire, please tell us of specific foreign content, foreign affiliations of authors contributing to the book, centers of unusually strong foreign interest in your area of research, and notable competing books from English - language publishers outside the US.
When your campaign is ready to kick - off, we will need copies of your book — between 50 and 150 depending on the campaign — a signed agreement, payment, and a completed
author questionnaire.