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From Book Deal to Book Contract
The most important clauses to scrutinize in your hopefully wonderful and totally fair book contract
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Jeff Shreve
From Hook to Book Deal
What actually happens when a literary agent pitches publishers
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Jeff Shreve
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How to Vet a Literary Agent
What to ask your partner-in-principle before they are your partner-on-paper
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Jeff Shreve
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How to get a literary agent
Where to find them, how to pitch them—and how to get them to come to you
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Jeff Shreve
Do you need a literary agent?
In which I gently question my (professional) existence
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Jeff Shreve
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Book Proposal Mountain: Bonus Camp
Whether to add “toppings” to your book proposal
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Jeff Shreve
Book Proposal Mountain: Camp Five
How to (constructively) unleash your ego in the author bio of your book proposal
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Hook to Book
Hook to Book
A step-by-step guide for nonfiction authors to pitching, writing, and publishing your book, by literary agent Jeff Shreve
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