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"So you have a great idea for a nonfiction book, but you don't know a thing about getting it published. Where do you start? What should you send? Are some book publishers better than others? So many questions - but where do you find the answers? The fact is that most budding writers are in the dark when it comes to the publishing world - as are many published authors. HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR NONFICTION BOOK was written to provide you with an insider's knowledge of how publishing companies operate. It shows you where to find the publishers best suited to handle your book and, even better, it provides a proven step-by-step system designed to make those editors sit up and take notice of you and your project. HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR NONFICTION BOOK starts off by helping you define your book's category, audience and marketplace so that you know exactly where your book ""fits in."" Following this, you are shown how to choose the best publishing houses for your book and how to write a winning proposal. Then the Square One System tells you exactly how to submit your package so that you optimise success, while minimising your time, cost and effort. Also included is a special section on contracts that will turn legalese into plain English, allowing you to be a savvy player in the contract game. Most important, this book will help you avoid the most common errors that so often prevent writers from reaching their goal. Dreaming of seeing your book in print is easy. Getting it published can take some work. With HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR NONFICTION BOOK in hand, you have a tried and tested system for getting your book from the desk drawer to the bookshop."

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[Author and publisher] Rudy Shur draws upon his years of experience and expertise to provide aspiring writers--who may have a great idea for a nonfiction book, but often don't know a thing about getting it published--with practical answers to such questions as: Where do you start?; What should you send?; and Are some book publishers better than others?, in the pages of How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes . . . help(s) writers define their book's category, audience, and marketplace so that you know exactly where your book 'fits in' . . . Most importantly, How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book will help neophyte writers to avoid the most common errors that so often prevent them from reaching their publishing goals. Impressively written, organized and presented, How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book is extraordinarily 'user friendly' and an absolute 'must' for anyone wanting to write (and have published!) a nonfiction book -- and an essential, core addition personal, professional, community, and academic library Writing/Publishing instructional reference collections. -- Midwest Book Review ( Library Bookwatch )

[Author and publisher] Rudy Shur draws upon his years of experience and expertise to provide aspiring writers--who may have a great idea for a nonfiction book, but often don't know a thing about getting it published--with practical answers to such questions as: Where do you start?; What should you send?; and Are some book publishers better than others?, in the pages of How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes . . . help(s) writers define their book's category, audience, and marketplace so that you know exactly where your book 'fits in' . . . Most importantly, How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book will help neophyte writers to avoid the most common errors that so often prevent them from reaching their publishing goals. Impressively written, organized and presented, How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book is extraordinarily 'user friendly' and an absolute 'must' for anyone wanting to write (and have published!) a nonfiction book -- and an essential, core addition personal, professional, community, and academic library Writing/Publishing instructional reference collections. -- Midwest Book Review (Library Bookwatch)

"""[Author and publisher] Rudy Shur draws upon his years of experience and expertise to provide aspiring writers--who may have a great idea for a nonfiction book, but often don't know a thing about getting it published--with practical answers to such questions as: Where do you start?; What should you send?; and Are some book publishers better than others?, in the pages of How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book A Complete Guide to Making the Right Publisher Say Yes . . . help(s) writers define their book's category, audience, and marketplace so that you know exactly where your book 'fits in' . . . Most importantly, How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book will help neophyte writers to avoid the most common errors that so often prevent them from reaching their publishing goals. Impressively written, organized and presented, How to Publish Your Nonfiction Book is extraordinarily 'user friendly' and an absolute 'must' for anyone wanting to write (and have published!) a nonfiction book -- and an essential, core addition personal, professional, community, and academic library Writing/Publishing instructional reference collections."" -- ""Midwest Book Review (""Library Bookwatch"")"""

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Rudy Shur began his work in publishing as a sales representative for Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company and William C. Brown Publishing Company. He later founded Avery Publishing Group, where he was responsible for the acquisition of over 1,000 titles, many of which became bestsellers. Currently, Mr. Shur is the publisher at Square One in New York.

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