Author Marketing Questionnaire Part 1



1381125857251993265-168910Acquisitions Questionnaire Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. Please fill it out as thoroughly and promptly as possible and mail it to your acquiring editor. If your book has multiple authors/editors, please complete one form together. If there are more than three authors/editors, attach a separate page with additional information. If suggestions occur to you after you have returned the questionnaire to us, please feel free to send them in. The marketing department will soon send you a follow up questionnaire to help with their efforts. While we cannot promise to follow up on each of your suggestions, we will certainly do our best. Thank you for your assistance.Please click on the grey answer areas and begin typing. When you are ready for the next question, hit tab and you will automatically be placed in the next answer area. You may use returns within a single answer area to create multi-line answers. You can cut and paste information into the individual answer areas as well.Date this form was completed: FORMTEXT ?????Name of person filling out this form: FORMTEXT ?????Full Name of author/editor 1 (as you wish it to appear on the title page): FORMTEXT ?????NB: this should be the person whose name will appear first.Book Title/Subtitle: FORMTEXT ?????Home Address: FORMTEXT ?????Telephone: FORMTEXT ?????Cell: FORMTEXT ?????Email: FORMTEXT ?????Professional Address/Institution: FORMTEXT ?????Telephone: FORMTEXT ?????Email: FORMTEXT ?????May we have permission to give your phone number to the media? Yes FORMCHECKBOX No FORMCHECKBOX May we have permission to give your business phone number to the media? Yes FORMCHECKBOX No FORMCHECKBOX Institutions from which you hold a degree: FORMTEXT ?????Full Name of author/editor 2 (as you wish it to appear on the title page): FORMTEXT ?????Home Address: FORMTEXT ?????Telephone: FORMTEXT ?????Email: FORMTEXT ?????Institutions from which you hold a degree: FORMTEXT ?????Full Name of author/editor 3 (as you wish it to appear on the title page): FORMTEXT ?????Home Address: FORMTEXT ?????Telephone: FORMTEXT ?????Email: FORMTEXT ?????Institutions from which you hold a degree: FORMTEXT ?????What are the chief markets for your book? Are there classes that might use your book as a core, rather than supplemental, text? Please list specific course names and institutions where they are taught in priority order. FORMTEXT ?????What are five selling points for your book? (It is unique because … it is the only book to … it is the first book to do … etc.) FORMTEXT ?????Please write a description of your book (at least 250 words). What you provide will be used as the basis for catalog/cover copy. Make your summary as compelling and accessible as possible. If your book is an academic title, please try to reach beyond your specific field. Avoid jargon. FORMTEXT ?????Please write a brief biography of each author/editor (50 word maximum each). Include previous publications with publisher information and publication date.Author/Editor 1: FORMTEXT ?????Author/Editor 2: FORMTEXT ?????Author/Editor 3: FORMTEXT ?????Promotional Endorsements: Can you suggest any people who might be appropriate to contact to provide a promotional endorsement for your book (other than those who provided an initial reader’s report for us)? Please provide an email address for each individual.Name: FORMTEXT ?????Institutional Affiliation: FORMTEXT ?????Email: FORMTEXT ?????Name: FORMTEXT ?????Institutional Affiliation: FORMTEXT ?????Email: FORMTEXT ?????Name: FORMTEXT ?????Institutional Affiliation: FORMTEXT ?????Email: FORMTEXT ?????Please list 3 books that are closely comparable to your own. Give full title/subtitle, author/editor names, date of publication, publisher, a brief comparative description, and the ISBN if possible.11/19/15 ................
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