Summary: In this episode we are going to talk about how to get a publishing board to buy your book. Or better said, how do you get a pub board to choose your book over the other ten proposals they’ll be pursuing at the same time they’re looking at yours?<br> Show Notes<br> <br> Talking Points:<br> <br> What is Pub Board?<br> <br> * The committee of decision makers at a publisher that decide on which books to publish.<br> <br> <br> Who is there? <br> <br> * Your editor/your champion<br> * Other editors<br> * Sales<br> * Marketing<br> * Accounting<br> * Suit: Operations / Publisher / CEO<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.christianpublishingshow.com/015/">Christian Publishing Show: 015 Behind the Publishing Curtain: Director of Operations</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> What are their roles?<br> <br> * Your editor/your champion<br> * Other editors<br> * Sales<br> * Marketing<br> * Accounting<br> * The publisher<br> <br> <br> How does the meeting go? <br> <br> * You’re just one of a number of books being considered<br> * Your editor might or might not be good at pitching your book<br> * Odds are HIGH that no one at the table other than your editor has read the proposal thoroughly.<br> * The voting process<br> <br> <br> The crucial elements of your pitch if people are only going to skim it<br> <br> * Your hook<br> * Your elevator pitch<br> <br> * Make it crisp and quick<br> <br> <br> * What will impress sales?<br> * What will impress marketing?<br> * What is going to impress accounting?<br> * What will impress the publisher?<br> * Give the editor a special video.<br> <br> <br> Why you need to start watching Shark Tank if you want to be trad pubbbed<br> <br> * Idea<br> * Numbers<br> * Platform<br> * Passion<br> <br> Featured Patron<br> Lucia’s Renaissance by CL Peterson<br> “A Novel of 16th-century Italy, by C.L.R. Peterson. “Heresy is fatal in late Renaissance Italy, so only a suicidal zealot would so much as whisper the name of Martin Luther. But after Luther’s ideas ignite a young girl’s faith, she must choose–abandon her beliefs or risk her life in the turbulent world of late sixteenth-century Italy.”<br> Sponsor:<br> <br> <a href="https://training.authormedia.com/p/5-year-plan">5 Year Plan to Become a Bestselling Author</a><br> This plan was crafted by Thomas & Jim to be step by step guide through the first five years of your writing career. Learn each quarter what to do to succeed and avoid the mistakes that hijack the success of most authors. Learn more at NovelMarketing.com/courses.<br>
