It should include at least three or four
complete sample chapters.
- A «hook» cover letter - Table of contents - A market analysis (why the book will be successful based on marketing aspects)- Author bio and platform - Outline (brief summary of each chapter)-
Completed sample chapters (submit the number of chapters the guidelines require)
Not exact matches
too quickly... to any agent that requests an exclusive look at
sample chapters, a book proposal, and / or a
complete manuscript.
If your query letter is successful, top literary agents will be intrigued and want to see more: book synopsis, book proposal,
sample chapters, and / or your
complete manuscript.
If the agency is interested, you'll be asked to send more material like a synopsis, book proposal,
sample chapters,
complete manuscript, etc..
To get an agent you need a 1 - 2 page query letter asking permission to send a book proposal,
sample chapters, and / or a
complete manuscript.
Nearly two dozen literary agencies requested
sample chapters and / or her
complete manuscript over the course of several months.
One asks for
sample chapters and the other asks for the
complete manuscript.
Get Agents Responding Faster: If you have multiple agents reviewing your
sample chapters or
complete manuscript at one time (and they know it), you'll get faster responses.
Ask if they want
sample chapters or a
complete manuscript.
Now I already have 5 top literary agents who've requested my
complete manuscript or
sample chapters!
Most writers are not inclined or financially able to
complete a whole book without knowing they have secured a publisher — so writing a book proposal and
sample chapters can be an effective way of clinching an advance.
Once BBShas received Customer's changes and Customer has approved the
sample chapter, BBS will present the
complete interior layout within fifteen to twenty (15 - 20) business days.
When you should contact her: Please query me when you have a
complete manuscript or proposal with a
sample chapter.
For memoirs, I will consider a proposal with a
sample chapter or the
complete manuscript.
Author hopefuls create a profile and submit their book idea, usually with a
sample chapter (the more the better, but a
completed manuscript isn't required).
HINT: Line / Copy editing will work with excerpts;
sample text should be a
complete chapter or section of 15 + manuscript pages.
Most literary agencies will only accept your book synopsis,
sample chapters,
complete manuscript, etc. in one of two different file formats.
In addition, include one or two
sample chapters, a brief bio, and your schedule to
complete the manuscript.
Consider sending a
sample chapter complete with endnotes and references along with your proposal and your CV.
By next week I hope to add a unique Marco Polo Didn't Go There page at RolfPotts.com,
complete with reviews,
sample chapters, and a finalized book - tour event listing.
The effects of this uneven
sampling are being investigated and quantified in several ways, for example by estimating «true» global - mean temperatures from the
complete fields generated by satellite observations, blends of satellite and in situ data, or climate models, and then
sampling these fields using the actual (incomplete) observed data coverage (see
chapter 9).