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Report #2

How To Write The Competitive Books Section

Report #2 (in the How To Write A Book Proposal Library) takes the author through a sample competitive books research process for a potential manuscript, while detailing how to research competitive books, examining and providing the sources available to do so, and then wrapping the process up with an example of a Competitive Books section in a book proposal.

The sample competitive books research process related in this report proposes a novel-editing book titled, The Book-Editing Book and Other Redundancies.

In this 20-page report, you'll find:

• Which sources to use when researching the competition
   
• How to determine if the market may be receptive to your proposed book
   
• Why an author should visit local bookstores
   
• What information an author should gather in local bookstores
   
• How to gather such information from local bookstores
   
• Sources and instructions for using online bookstores for research
   
• Information about how to use best-seller lists for research
   
• A comprehensive list of best-seller lists
   
• Which source is the most definitive for researching sales histories and what information is available to authors
   
• How to analyze sales records and why
   
• How to analyze and compile the competitive books research for a book proposal
   
• What information should be in the competitive books section
   
• A sample Competitive Books section of a proposal
   

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To purchase Report #2 in the How To Write A Book Proposal Series: How To Research The Competitive Books Section, visit The Book Proposal Depot Store. It is available for download in PDF format for only $20. If you don't already have the free Adobe Reader software for viewing PDF files, click on the Adobe Reader image below for downloading instructions.

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2. Include the status of your manuscript and any submission materials.
    
3. Include several possible time frames to set up a phone appointment.
    
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