Here's another sample query letter. At the time of writing, I haven't sent out this letter.
Again however, you can see that it's short, to the point, and contains nothing irrelevant.
Over the years, I've found that if I'm pitching (selling) nonfiction or fiction, I've had
the best responses to query letters which were less than one page in length.
Remember that nothing is set in stone. It's all an experiment. Write your query letter at
whatever length seems best to you. Your motto should be: "whatever works."
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[DATE]
Dear XX
My name is [ Author's Name ]. I'm seeking representation for my book: Writing To
Sell In the Internet Age. The target audience is writers, and aspiring writers, who want to
be paid for their skill with words.
Writing To Sell In the Internet Age discusses the new earning power that Internet
technology gives writers. Many writers are comfortable using the Internet for email and
research, but most are unaware that they now have many new opportunities, including:
• Clever new ways to market their work and services with tools like autoresponders,
email mini-courses, ebooks, and promotional ezines;
• The opportunity to develop a loyal following of readers. They can write and publish
instantly, to a worldwide audience millions strong, with tools like Web logs (blogs);
• The ability to target specific niches, and to garner an income much faster than they
can via traditional publishing routes. A writer can write an ebook or report this month, and
sell it forever.
I've been selling this material as an ebook and as an e-course on my Web site
(http://www.mywebsite.com/ ) for several months. It has been well received, and now I'd
like to take the material and use it as the basis for a book.
My credentials for writing the book: I've been an author, writer and copywriter over
25 years. I've been online since 1993, and know the online world well. (I've included a
brief bio below.)
As far as I'm aware, there's no other book currently on the market which presents this
material. The few Internet-related books for writers currently available came out around
2000, during the height of the dot com boom, and focus on online markets for writers.
Please let me know if you'd like to see a proposal for the book.
Sincerely,
Author
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