GAIN THE COMPETITIVE EDGE WHEN YOU PITCH YOUR BOOK TO A LITERARY AGENT OR PUBLISHER

by Randy Peyser | Dec 6, 2016 | Literary Agent, Publisher

by Randy Peyser, www.AuthorOneStop.com

I’ve just returned from Book Expo America. This was my 16th year of pitching manuscripts to help my clients find a literary agent or publisher at this annual “feeding frenzy” for the publishing industry in the U.S.

I sold a memoir to a publisher right on the show floor. Last year, four out of five projects I pitched at this show were awarded contracts – two got book deals with publishers and two got contracts with agents.

At the book show, I had one publisher tell me he gets 10,000 submissions a year. That’s roughly 860 queries a month. I was on a panel with an agent, who told me she gets 1000 submissions a month.

So, how do YOU get your book noticed in this giant sea?

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