A short book blurb: As tempting as it might be to offer a 500 -
word synopsis of your book, keep it short (100 words) and succinct.
Not exact matches
In your email request for the 2000
word trial critique, please include a short paragraph overview — or
synopsis —
of your project; the
word count
of the completed manuscript or material to date; and note one or more successful
books to which you would compare the market / readership
of your work.
Accepting that the
synopsis is a critical piece
of marketing material for your
book, how should you go about writing one that will hook readers, convey the message
of your
book, and only take up 400 - 500
words (about one printed page)
of text?
Cover Letter (in body
of email): include a
synopsis of your
book, proposed title, approximate
word count (we prefer no less than 50,000), and your author bio.
A couple wanted a
synopsis of the entire
book so their length varied between two to three hundred and several thousand
words.
Who wouldn't benefit from an objective consideration
of their story that results in a polished and compelling pitch for it like the 600
word synopsis featured on a
book's Amazon sales page?