Improve Your Book Proposal

Each year thousands of book proposals are rejected by agents and publishers. The sad truth is that the reason that many of these ideas are never turned into books is that the initial query letter and synopsis were not strong enough to be worthy of further consideration. We can help to make sure that this does not happen to your book.

In 2001 I [Gary Smailes] wanted to be a writer. I was working for author Terry Deary (of Horrible Histories fame), as a researcher, at the time. I showed him some of my work and he encouraged me to get it published. However, a bucket full of rejection letters later I was disillusioned and ready to give up. I went back to Terry and asked him what was the key to his success. It turns out there was no secret, just hard work and (here it comes) a great book proposal.

Today I have an agent, have had books published by three separate publishers. I have ten books in print, four books for publication this year with Franklin Watts and a handful of proposals currently sitting on my agent’s desk.

So what was the secret?

Well, Terry Deary was right – a great book proposal goes a very long way to kick starting a writing career. I became obsessed with decoding the book proposal, both fiction and non-fiction. and over the years I talked to literally hundreds of writers, publishers and agents about what makes a great book pitch. This book proposal service is the accumulation of the knowledge that has seen me published time after time.

We offer two different packages for three different territories:

Submission Package

This package sees one of our professional editors providing an in-depth edit and support of your query letter, synopsis and fifty page extract (double spaced and 12pt font).

The cost of this package is £125.

Synopsis Clinic

This package sees one of our professional editors providing an in-depth edit and support of your query letter and synopsis.

The cost of this package is £50.

How it works

You simply fill out the form below and either paste in your query letter, synopsis and extract (if using the Submission Package). Needless to say these will be treated with the utmost confidence and never be shared beyond BubbleCow without your permission.

You will be taken to our secure PayPal page where you can make payment.

We will then assign an editor and contact you to discuss your book pitch. This is often a back and to process in the first couple of days with editors often asking for extra information and clarification of important points.

If you have any questions you can contact BubbleCow con-founder Gary Smailes directly using gary@bubblecow.co.uk.