Master the Art of Selling Your Manuscript
with Holly Bellebuono
Learn everything you need to craft a compelling sales pitch -- or book proposal -- to get your manuscript sold to a publishing house!
Too many authors make these mistakes--do they sound familiar?
"I just need to write the book, marketing is overrated."
"I can hire someone to market and make materials... it has nothing to do with me."
"I'm self-publishing so I don't need to write a proposal."
"My book is self-explanatory, people will immediately see what it's about."
Have you ever had these thoughts?
Many writers fail to get out of that luscious, innovative, and safe "creativity mode" and into the necessary sales mode, which is essential to sell your book. Writers ignore the need to describe their book's features, and they fear comparing their book to others'. This leads to people not understanding what your book is about or whether it's for them.
And what's more... many writers can't clearly explain their book when someone asks them. They offer a vague pitch that is soft or unclear, leaving their potential readers in the dark.
Why would someone pick up your book, buy it, and read it if they aren't sure what it is? Or how it will benefit them? Or how it compares to others they've loved?
Because of these mistakes, far too many great books end up on the shelf never opened, never purchased, and never enjoyed. Or they remain as manuscripts lost in slush piles and never make it through the process.
There is a better way!
Learn how to craft a compelling pitch, how to get into sales mode, and how to clearly describe your book to move your book's sales forward faster than anything.
Book Proposal Bootcamp
Multiple award-winning international 8x author Holly Bellebuono provides the mindset for sales (without sacrificing creativity), gives you plenty of templates and examples, and walks you through the critical four-step process you need to place your book in front of an agent, editor, or potential reader.
Expert Guidance
Learn from published author Holly Bellebuono, leveraging her experience and insights from publishing 8 books, including 5 with major publishing houses in 3 languages.
Practical Skills
Learn how to craft a compelling book proposal and other promo materials that get prompt attention, so that you SELL that manuscript you've been working on for so long.
Comprehensive Training
Learn how to combine the best details into a solid single document that editors will rely on when pitching your book.
Imagine Your Manuscript Landing in the Hands of Top Publishers
Learn how to approach an editor or agent with confidence.
This course teaches you how to create THE MOST successful book proposal
Find the Sweet Spot
Learn how to identify what's unique and special about you and your book, and how to SELL it
Capture Their Attention
Learn the most important things to say and summarize so the agent or editor grabs your manuscript first
Behind the Scenes
Learn how to give an editor what they want, which will help them--and YOU--market your book when the time comes
Think Outside the Box
Learn how to position your title and project in the wider market, whether for fiction or non-fiction
Author Bio
Learn how to share about yourself so that others are compelled to know more... and to purchase your work
Proposal Promises
Learn how to develop a successful media campaign, sales plan, and marketing strategy once the book comes out.
Real-Life Examples
You'll see inside actual book proposals and hear the feedback and insights that come from working with an agent and editors and multiple publishing houses.
What does this course include?
- Real-life insights, advice, feedback and guidance from an award-winning international author at three top international publishing houses -- Shambhala, Llewellyn, and SkyHorse.
- 4 hours of video instruction plus 4 hours of homework to guide you step-by-step
- easy exercises and brainstorming activities to create the narrative and wording that will set you apart
- a fillable and printable Student Workbook to use with every project you create
- samples from successful book proposals to model what the outcome could look like for you and your project
- expert guidance for marketing, building your platform, identifying your strengths
- support to help you write a powerful, accurate and appealing About the Author section, with tips on voice, tone, and content
- opportunities for 1:1 customized coaching at an additional fee to review and evaluate your materials and help you build your proposal with confidence
Did you know that between 70-82% of queries to agents end up in the slush pile?
You'll lose customers and sales if you can't successfully vividly describe (in other words--market) your book.
Even if you're self-publishing and you plan to market via podcasts or radio programs, you'll need to clearly summarize the best parts of your book and explain why people will absolutely need it or love it. Can you do that? You don't want to be a "dud" on podcasts and lose people's interest. Not being able to clearly define your market and pitch your hook is worse than not being a guest on a program at all.
Instead, through our Book Proposal Bootcamp, you'll develop confidence in your ability to describe and sell your book. You'll build word and phrase banks for easy and quick reference. You'll feel comfortable speaking on podcasts with the ability to summarize and describe your book so that it is irresistable to listeners.
It doesn't matter whether you're pursuing an agent or editor to invest in your project, or if you plan to self-publish. The process is the same--to be clear and utterly compelling, you must learn to sell your book.
Who is this course for?
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About Your Instructor
Holly Bellebuono is a published and award-winning author, international speaker, herb school director, business course instructor, and director of The Selle Entrepreneur Network. She has published 8 books in 3 languages with her 8th due for release in spring 2025. Her publishers include international publishing houses Llewellyn Publishers, Roost Books/Shambhala Publishers, and SkyHorse Publishers. She has also self-published books and supports authors no matter how they publish.
Holly's work has been featured in scores of magazines and journals, including Parabola, SageWoman, Juno, Taproot, and Mother Nature Network, and she has spoken for conferences and associations around the world for 30 years. Holly also coaches and consults for businesses and companies who wish to strengthen their mission and purpose.
Everything You Need To Craft A Compelling & Successful Book Proposal
Enroll now to get this comprehensive online course and move your book to the next stage. Develop your confidence in promoting and marketing your book with clear materials, words and phrases, comparisons with other books, a solid author bio, and a compelling hook and pitch.
