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Q&A How can I make a collection of essays / arguments more attractive to publishers?

Keep in mind that "attractive to publishers" means "readers will pay money for it". That and only that. What you will need to do is prove that there is a market for this (when we can already read m...

posted 12y ago by MGOwen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:15:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/5247
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar MGOwen‭ · 2019-12-08T02:15:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Keep in mind that "attractive to publishers" means "readers will pay money for it". That and only that. What you will need to do is prove that there is a _market_ for this (when we can already read megawords about people's views on "topics ranging from Scientology to Piracy to Democracy" for free online). Not that it can't be done: look at Freakonomics. You have to make it new, unheard-of, fresh.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-03-14T03:08:20Z (over 12 years ago)
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