How To Write A Non-Fiction Book Proposal With Alison Jones

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

Joanna Penn

Self-improvement, Arts, Books, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.8 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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What makes a non-fiction book stand out from the crowd? What are the essential elements of a non-fiction book proposal if you want to pitch agents and/or publishers, or if you want to prepare for effective self-publishing? In this interview, Alison Jones goes into detail on these things and how the publishing industry has changed […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur,
0:09.0	bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing, publishing options and marketing ideas for your book.
0:17.0	You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint and lots more information at
0:23.0	TheCreativepen.com. And that's Penn with a double N. And here's the show.
0:30.5	Hello creatives. I'm Joanna Penn. And this is episode number 533 of the podcast. And it is Sunday the 14th of February 2021 as I record this.
0:41.5	In today's show, I'm talking to Alison Jones about the changes in publishing during the pandemic
0:46.2	and how to write a non-fiction proposal. And this is relevant if you want to pitch traditional
0:51.3	publishers or agents, but it's also a good idea if you're going indie
0:54.9	with your book. If you spend the time up front working out all the bits of a proposal, it can help
1:00.9	you be better positioned for success. So that is coming up in the interview segment.
1:08.2	In publishing news, there's a breakdown of how audiobook authors and narrators are paid by Audible ACX, we think.
1:17.1	Colleen Cross has posted on the Alliance of Independent Authors blog, going into detail on the various categories on the Royalty Statement Report, and how the percentages look like they are calculated.
1:28.9	So an investigative piece there on royalties.
1:32.5	A really interesting report and of course, HASH, Audiblegate continues.
1:38.3	So in book marketing news, we've been hearing about this for a while now,
1:41.5	but Facebook sent an email this week.
1:44.1	Apple has announced
1:44.8	changes that will adversely affect the way our ad systems work and may impact your ability
1:49.6	to reach people with personalised ads. These changes are expected to be introduced with an
1:54.2	update to iOS 14 in early 2021. This disruption may significantly affect advertisers using Pixel, as well as iOS 14 app developers and publishers.
2:05.6	So this is essentially people having to opt in to get ads and this is possibly the first of what will be a lot of changes.
2:14.7	I mean, the ad blockers are nothing new in that sense.
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