Writing book proposals (I): 4 things NOT to do

Anthony Haynes writes: Welcome back to the Grey Lit Café for this, the first episode in our second season. Engy Moussa and I begin the new season with an extended treatment of one specific form of grey literature, namely book proposals. We've decided to devote three episodes to this topic.We begin with a consideration of why this topic falls into the category of grey literature.We then outline four pitfalls that are very common and need to be avoided.Further listeningIf you enjoyed listening to this episode, you might enjoy listening to our episode on blogging.Support the showAbout the publisherThis episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoringediting and writingtrainingand work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.