TY - BOOK AU - Shapiro,Susan TI - The book bible: how to sell your manuscript - no matter what genre - without going broke or insane SN - 9781510762701 PY - 2022///] CY - New York PB - Skyhorse Publishing KW - Authorship KW - Marketing KW - Authors and publishers KW - Publishers and publishing N1 - Includes index; Introduction - Nonfiction. Memoir/autobiography ; Biographies ; How-to books/self-help ; Nonfiction book proposals -- Shorter books. Poetry ; Anthologizing ; Humor and graphics -- Fictionalizing. Adult fiction ; Genre fiction -- Children's lit. Picture books ; Middle-grade ; Young adult - Selling your book. Figuring out genre ; Querying literary agents N2 - A guide for aspiring writers on all aspects of getting published; Hundreds of thousands of books come out every year worldwide, so why not yours? Shapiro reveals the best and fastest ways to break into a mainstream publishing house. She maps out the rules of all the sought-after, sellable categories and explains the differences in making each kind of book. Shapiro includes information on crafting a winning proposal or cover letter to get your work considered. -- adapted from back cover ER -