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I've got an idea for a technology-related business book that I think O'Reilly would be the perfect publisher for. Who should I contact about this, and what's the process for deciding if it's a good fit?
It's a book about restructuring organizational practices, but it's also related to the Internet. I think it would appeal to both O'Reilly's core audience but also to a much broader audience as well, much like Scott Berkun's "The Myths of Innovation."
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Inappropriate?http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ is the "So You Want To Be An O'Reilly Author" page. It shows what they want in proposals, and what the lifetime of a book is like for the author. I used to be an editor, so I can say that the proposal is where you do a lot of work to prove your concept: tell us what books your book will sell like (so we can estimate sales), which books it'll compete with (so we know whether book stores will stock it), why you know the area (so we know your book won't suck), what reader pain your book will solve (so we know you'll have an audience), and how you'll be a great marketer for your book through your blog and speaking gigs (because the author is the most effective marketer a book can have).
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Inappropriate?thanks, gnat! that's exactly what i was wondering. i should really get on doing all that -- if only there weren't this startup tha was taking up all of my time...
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Inappropriate?This may not be the perfect place for this question. What I have is a book suggestion. Said book would be written by anybody in the world - except me, that is. I, and I am sure, many others will rush to buy it.
What the world needs is a book about OpenOffice for *developers*.
-RFH
