What Gets A Book To The Top Of The Bestseller List?
The business of books is big business with 172,000 new titles released in 2005 and sales in the United States of about $40 billion. But what makes a book successful? Are there any common characteristics that can spur on sales? As part of the research for "The Making of a Bestseller" Dee Power and Brian Hill, the authors, surveyed over 100 editors and agents to answer those questions.
Previous Success is the Key Indicator of Future Success
Editors and agents are in agreement that an author