Submission
Guidelines
Please contact Andrea
Reynolds first by email with a query
letter that includes a brief
description of your book and your bio. (If you don't know
how to write a query letter, there is a huge Internet out
there for you to search.)
If we are interested in your book idea we will ask you for
a complete proposal and sample chapters or the entire
manuscript.
We will
consider:
Self-help
books
How-to books
Guidebooks
Directories
Handbooks
Manuals
Tips booklets
Problem-solving books
Mini-books
Personal experience books (maybe)
We
prefer not to publish:
Story
books
Novels
Poetry
Science Fiction
Coffee table books
Books that are already selling online or in chain stores
What do
we expect from authors?
1.
Know how to write well. If you don't write well, you should
first take a writing class before submitting anything to
us.
2. Give us a statement describing your book's purpose and
message. Tell Andrea what you want the reader to do or
learn from you.
3. Send us a book that is a book, and not a 200-page
article or booklet. Know the difference.
4. Send us a PDF of your book, not printed pages, or a Word
document.
5. Tell us why you are the best person to write this book.
6. Tell us what you have published before this, and been
paid for.
7. Learn all you can about book publishing. The more you
know the more we will like you.
8. Be our working "partner" in this project. Leave your ego
at the door.
9. Be realistic about your expectations. Not everyone will
have a bestseller.
10. Send us books that are not already selling online or in
chain stores.
11. Tell us what you will do to help make your book
successful.
12. Be a good communicator and speaker who can express
her/himself well in interviews and in front of audiences.
13. Learn all you can about book marketing.
14. Show us your written marketing plan for this book.
15. Be willing to travel to promote your book.
16. Tell us where you would like to see your book sold.
17. Tell us for whom you are writing and 10 ways to reach
them.
18. Show us how you're already connecting with your
audience.
19. Tell us if you would like Andrea to represent you as
your speaker
advocate.
20. Tell us if you are willing to teach classes online
through our ReynoldsUniversity.com
web site.
BOOK
INDEX
Activity Ideas | Article Reprints | Clearance | Dating, Love
Extra Income | Kindness | Overcome Crises | Paid Consulting
Paid Speaking | Paid Writing | Raise Capital | Recipes
Self-Promotion | Sell Your Home | Writer Novelties
