Description:
PUBLISHING SECRETS-REVEALED!
"This is a 'must read' for anyone who wants to get a book published."
-Lois Duncan
Author of I Know What You Did Last Summer
Brief description: Mike "Mikey" Nappa is an award-winning novelist, and Chief Agent at Nappaland Literary Agency. He's also a former acquisitions editor for both nonfiction and fiction, and a prolific author of more than 70 books published in several categories such as self-help, memoir, suspense fiction, children's books, and theology. There are more than 2 million copies of Mikey's books in print, in many translations, sold worldwide. Plus, Mikey once met Stan Lee for about 45 seconds, so you know, he's got that going for him. Want more? Google his name, or visit Nappaland.com
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PRAISE FOR
77 Reasons Why Your Book was Rejected
Midwest Book Review
By following Nappa's sage and insightful commentary any author can learn how to avoid rejection letters for any and all of these common areas of literary proposal rejection and significantly enhance their chances of becoming published -- and published profitably! Simply stated, 77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected should be considered mandatory reading for any and all aspiring authors yearning to break into print and launch themselves into successful careers as published writers.
---Bookpleasures.com
The author's advice is sharp, at times hard hitting, brutal, a little cocky, and certainly straight to the point. This is no surprise considering that Mr. Nappa has worked on all sides of the fence and has plenty of experience as a successfully published author, agent and book publisher. The contents contain more than enough reasons to consider whether you are really cut out to become an author - but the author counteracts each reason for rejection with some suggestions to avoid the pitfalls.
---New Pages Blog
Nappa addresses reasons for rejection from three main perspectives: editorial, marketing, and sales. Some of the examples he provides from his years of experience are shockingly funny (as in, someone really did that?) ... While it seems like this book focuses on the goal of writers who want to run with the big dogs in publishing, that might just be because of Nappa's work experience in the more cut-throat levels of the industry ... Solid advice for ALL writers to consider!
---Bookviews
77 Reasons Why Your Book was Rejected is often brutally honest, but this is made more palatable by the humor Mike Nappa brings to this awful task ... I suspect Nappa grew tired of explaining over and over again why a book was rejected. Now he need only hand them his new book and, if you have a book you want published, you should read it!