Breaking Your Topics into Chapters

Creating a Winning Outline

In this post, I am going to focus on helping you create the best book outline possible. In my four years with SAS Press, I've had many outlines cross my desk. Most of them leave me wanting more. I find I often have to go back to the author and ask for more details. Here are a few tips.

The Importance of the Sample Chapter

As part of the proposal packet, we ask for a sample chapter. This is one of the most important pieces of your proposal. Here's what you need to know before submitting this key piece of your proposal.

Writing Tips & Techniques
Writing Style

We assume that you know what you’re writing about. The question now is, how do you write about it?

Writing Tips & Techniques
Permissions in 5 Easy Steps (or Less)

If you plan to use copyrighted material in your book, you must obtain permission to use that material. You can make things easier if you begin the permissions process when you begin developing your sample chapters. Learn more.