What Publishers Want

Introduction It’s a puzzle, right? You wrote the book of your heart. Your friends and relatives loved it. Your critique group thought it was a sure-fire success. It’s a good story (or a good piece of non-fiction). You worked hard to get it just right. And still, it was rejected. What’s wrong with it? What’s wrong with your writing? What’s wrong with those editors? The chances are, the answer to all these questions is the same: Nothing. So what is keeping your masterpiece off the shelves? "What Publishers Want" might give you the answer.