Selling Your Memoir: How to Shape, Position & Package Your Book Proposal

Agents, editors and publishing professionals love to tell us that “memoir doesn’t sell.” If you’re not a celebrity, it’s a tough market out there, right? But memoirs sell every day—often before they’re fully written, to writers without huge social media followings, in multiple six- and seven-figure deals. The problem is that many memoirs aren’t clearly positioned. Agents and editors are sometimes overworked, underpaid, and moving too quickly to spend the time trying to understand where your book