Peek over the shoulders of highly successful, published authors to see how they landed publishing contracts worth $10,000 to $100,000! An enticing yet professional book proposal is the key! In these pages, you'll find real book proposals that landed these publishing contracts: Simon and Schuster - $100,000; MIRA Books - "Six-Figure Advance"; Ghostwriting Former CEO's Memoirs - $50,000; Ghostwriting Business Book for CEO - $40,000; Five Separate Publishing Contracts from One Proposal - $37,694.00; Music Sales Corporation - $25,000; Berkeley Books - $20,000; Osborne/McGraw-Hill - $19,500; Kensington Publishing Corp. - $17,500; Billboard Books - $17,500; Confidential Ghostwriting Contract - $15,000; Random House - $15,000; Que Publishers - $12,500; Prentice Hall - $11,000; The Vegetarian Resource - $10,000; Da Capo Press - $10,000; and Adams Media - $10,000. Genres of the books featured range from fiction to celebrity biographies, business, medical, memoirs, nutrition/cooking, sports, true crime, freelance writing, and more!From a "pitch sheet" distributed by an author at a writer's conference, to a professional "manuscript evaluation" by a ghostwriter, to full-blown book proposals that look like books in themselves, you'll find it all right here - everything you need to write and/or polish your own book proposal to perfection! BONUS! Successful ghostwriter, Anton Marco, shares his secret for landing ghostwriting clients. Don't miss Anton's real ghostwriting contract at the end of this book! It provides an example of what he charges and the payment terms he requires from each client.