“How to Get Your Book Published,” sponsored by Book Passage-Northern California’s leading independent bookstore, is designed to help writers improve their chance of getting their memoir, novel, or non-fiction book represented by a literary agent or acquired by an acquisition’s editor at a commercial publishing house.

The three hour Zoom course held from 1:00-4:00 p.m. (Pacific) will cover:

• How to identify the right literary agent, editor, or publisher for your project

• What publishers, editors, and literary agents look for in a submission

• How to write a query letter

• How to write a non-fiction book proposal

• How to format your manuscript

• What a standard literary agent agreement, and publishing contract look like

• 10 rookies mistakes first timer authors make

• And more!

For more information or to purchase tickets CLICK HERE, or call Book Passage at: (415) 927-0960

John J. Geoghegan began his career at Doubleday Publishers in New York City. He is the author of four, commercially-published, non-fiction books with a fifth under contract. He has also served as a Special Correspondent for the New York Times, worked as an editor and writer in both the magazine and newspaper industries, and written more than 100 articles for the New York Times Science section, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, and WIRED as well as numerous other publications.