How to Get a Book Deal

Date: June 6, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Speaker: Emily Loose, Emily Loose Literary
Location: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029

Are you considering writing a book?  The process of getting a book deal with a publisher can be mystifying. And it's very different depending upon whether you want an academic publisher or one for the mass public.  Hear from an experienced senior editor for both major academic and general interest publishers, the ins and outs of landing the deal you want.  Emily will cover:
•    The art of the deal – Why are some books signed for six or seven figure advances while others are turned down by everyone?
•    The proposal – Do you need to write a proposal?  What comprises a good proposal?
•    The agent – Should you work with an agent?  What should an agent do for you?  What are the terms? How can you pick a good one?  
•    The publisher – What do publishers want to know from you?  What should you know from them?
•    Q & A – What questions do you have that haven’t been addressed?

About the Speaker

Emily Loose has worked as a senior acquisitions editor at three of the big five general trade publishing houses:  Crown Publishers of Random House, The Penguin Press of Penguin Books, and Free Press of Simon & Schuster.  She has also worked for John Wiley & Sons and the Cambridge University Press.  Specializing in science, history current affairs, popular social science, narrative nonfiction and business, she signed and published seventeen New York Times bestsellers including books by George Soros, Arianna Huffington, and Ross Douthat, and has edited science books that include Alex Bellos’s Here’s Looking at Euclid and Nicholas Wade’s Before the Dawn, which won the National Association of Science Writer’s Science in Society award.  In addition, she has worked with many academics on award-winning and ground-breaking books, including works by two Noble Prize-winning economists, Douglass North and Elinor Ostrom. 

Registration information

Cost: Fellows and Members - Free, but advance registration is required.  Others: $15 with advance registration/$20 at the door*

*Refunds will not be given on cancellations of less than 24 hours prior the program.

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