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Pitching Your Book to an Editor at an Academic Conference 1. Have a one-sentence summary of the book that gives the person you are talking to an idea of WHO/WHAT/WHEN/WHERE/WHY and SO WHAT. Spend some time sketching this out, practice telling it. 2. REMEMBER YOUR AUDIENCE: interested and knowledgeable but (probably*) not an expert, so make your pitch interesting to that audience. *It could be the person you are pitching to IS an expert but don’t assume it when planning your pitch. 3. Have 2-3 examples of specifics (anecdotes, examples, situations, people) but DO NOT GET INTO THE WEEDS. This is the biggest mistake people make and it suggests that you are so deep inside your head that it will be difficult for you to communicate with others about your work. 4. LOOK AT YOUR INTERLOCUTOR while you’re speaking! It will keep you from getting lost in the arcane details. You are having a conversation that is meant to explain your work and also convince the other person that you are able to communicate your work to others. 5. ASK QUESTIONS and KEEP IT BRIEF ENOUGH FOR THE OTHER PERSON TO HAVE QUESTIONS. Again, this is supposed to be a conversation.

Q: Should I pitch my book idea to editors at conferences? How?

A: Yes! Contact editors about 6 weeks ahead of the meeting with a short email describing your book and asking to meet. Then, PREPARE a short intro that an serve as the start of a CONVERSATION, like so 👇🗃️

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A worm (Lowly Worm) driving an apple car, by children’t book author Richard Scarry.

”I was married but I’m not married anymore. Women don’t like the car.”

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5/5. ASK QUESTIONS and KEEP IT BRIEF ENOUGH FOR THE OTHER PERSON TO HAVE QUESTIONS. Again, this is supposed to be a conversation.

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4/5. LOOK AT YOUR INTERLOCUTOR. You are having a conversation that is meant to explain your work and also convince the other person that you are able to communicate your work to others.

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3/5. Have 2-3 examples of specifics (anecdotes, examples, situations, people) but DO NOT GET INTO THE WEEDS. This is the biggest mistake people make and it suggests that you are so deep inside your head that it will be difficult for you to communicate with others about your work.

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2/5. REMEMBER YOUR AUDIENCE: interested and knowledgeable but (probably*) not an expert, so make your pitch interesting to that audience.

*It could be the person you are pitching to IS an expert but don’t assume it when planning your pitch.

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Schaufenster eines Buchladens mit der Aufschrift „Fuck Social Media. Marry books. Kill AI.“

einzig legitime fuck marry kill mmn

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B&W cartoon showing a campus almost entirely destroyed by bombs with two academics standing in the foreground wearing helmets and holding rifles saying “How’s your book going?” “Great! I’m working on the index and planning the book tour.”

Every single professional conversation these days

h/t @pardoguerra.bsky.social

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