book proposal
Publisher submission document
A book proposal is a document pitching a book to publishers or agents, typically for nonfiction.
It outlines the book's concept, target audience, market analysis, chapter summaries, and author credentials—everything needed to sell the project before it's fully written.
Her agent said the book proposal needed a stronger hook.
Fiction writers usually submit completed manuscripts instead.
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- pitchFrequency of sound
- query letterManuscript pitch to agents
- queryRequest for information
- literary agentAuthor's publishing intermediary
agent · publisher · publishing house · synopsis · chapter · outline · submission · editor · contract · sample · platform · advance · rejection · nonfiction · memoir · audience · target audience · market
- proposalsRFP, bid, letter of intent, betrothal, tender
- academic correspondencerecommendation letter, reference letter, acceptance letter, rejection letter, letter to editor
- prepublicationgalley, galley proof, galleys, proofs, advance copy