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What Do Book Editors Really Want?

Put a stop to rejections with these pointers from the pros

By Jeff Rivera – July 21, 2008
Book editors receive thousands of submissions each week, yet just a small percentage of them make the cut. If you've been on the sending end of submissions, then you've probably experienced the heartbreak and disappointment caused by an editor's rejection of your book proposal. What did I do wrong? I spent years writing and rewriting this ...
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