Your baby has gone through several drafts and multiple revisions. You’ve had trusted readers pore through it and you’ve applied all their best suggestions. You’re confident your book is ready to go to print. What next? These sixeen articles will help you find a home for your book.

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• Do you want a traditional publisher, or would you rather self-publish? Pros and cons.
• Attending writers’ conferences is an excellent way to network with other writers and meet agents and editors. Here are some good ones.
• You chances of landing a book contract are much better with representation. How do you get a literary agent?
• Tips for effective elevator pitches.
• Four questions agents ask at pitch sessions. Maybe you want to think up answers for these in advance.
• Here’s what your literary agent’s contract should spell out.
• How to write back cover copy as good as Harry Potter and Hunger Games.
• Write a book synopsis.
• How to write a nonfiction book proposal.
• How to write a fiction book proposal.
• No agent? Strategies for finding a publisher.
• What your book contract should address: read the fine print.
• What kind of advance and royalties should you expect?
• What you need to know about self-publishing.
• Self-publishing through Amazon.
• An alternative to Kindle.