Book Proposal Depot

Your stop for book proposal, manuscript, and publishing success.

Book Proposal, Manuscript, and Publishing Help: Nonfiction and Fiction

We help authors at all stages of the book proposal process with free articles, publishing resources, best-seller lists, a book proposal library, and services tailored to the author's needs, but we also help the author beyond the proposal process itself. If you need book editing or critiques, query letters, or research regarding the best literary agents for you, we can assist with each step.

Free Articles About Proposals and Editing

To get you started, feel free to browse the free articles on book proposals and book editing listed to the left. There you'll find the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about these stages in the publishing process, like why nearly every book should have a book proposal, what elements are found in a book proposal (fiction and nonfiction), best-seller lists for researching your competitive books section, and criteria to look for in a book editor.

Publishing Resources:
Nonfiction and Fiction Authors

You'll also find pages with ongoing news stories in the publishing industry about books and book publishers, resources about literary agents and signings, and lists of book fairs in the United States. The more informed an author is about what's going on the publishing world, the stronger his or her ability to create a solid proposal—and thus his or her chances of planning a successful manuscript project.
  

How To Write A Book Proposal Library

The How To Write A Book Proposal Library contains informational and instructional reports on how to write some of the more challenging sections of the book proposal (coming soon). If you are seeking to write as much of the proposal as possible yourself, then you will find resources to begin doing so there. These resources can be especially helpful when used in conjunction with our coaching service.

Our Services

Our services are designed to help authors through much of the publishing process: from creating a polished book proposal, to editing a manuscript, to writing a query letter and finding an agent. For more information about each service, please explore the links below:

• Coaching
  (guides you through writing it yourself)
   
• Writing
  (designs and writes it for you)
   
• Critiquing
  (provides feedback at any stage of the process)
   
• Book Editing
   
• Book Critiques
   
• Query Letters
   
• Literary Agents Research
   
• Find Literary Agents and
  Book Publishers at BookExpo America
  

Our Testimonials

Want to know a little bit about us? Please review our Testimonials page for comments from past clients. Some even have their own websites that you can review in order to learn more about what they've accomplished in the publishing industry and beyond. Also, feel free to read Lori Lisi's bio at our About Us page and download her CV at the bottom of that page (in PDF format) for a complete listing of her past projects and publishing experience.

Our Literary Agents Research service was featured in a an hour-long podcast interview with client, Jerry Manas, at The Project Managment Podcast website. The entire interview focuses on issues Jerry learned through the publishing process and project management lessons for authors. Though our services were cited a couple of times, the Literary Agents Research service is specifically referenced beginning with the 38:00 minute mark to the 40:00 minute mark.

Free Proposal Consultation or Sample Edit

After reading the articles (or even before, if you'd like), I'd be happy to provide you with a free initial consultation or provide a sample edit for a manuscript. To set up either, simply:

1. Fill out the Contact Form to request a phone appointment (from Lori Lisi).
    
2. Include the status of your manuscript and any submission materials.
    
3. Include several possible time frames to set up a phone appointment.
    
4. If you have a draft of your proposal and/or the first two chapters of your manuscript, please upload that into the form as well.
    

You will be contacted within 24 to 72 hours. This will allow me the time to review the materials and information you might send before we set up the phone appointment. Please be sure to include times you might be available to set up the appointment.

I'll look forward to speaking with you!