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Finding the Best Comp Titles--What Your Query Letter to Agents Should Include

Finding the Best Comp Titles--What Your Query Letter to Agents Should Include

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Mary Carroll Moore
May 28, 2021
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One of the most challenging parts of assembling a good query letter--beyond the sheer difficulty of writing it--is deciding on your comps.

Agents need and want and almost require good comp titles. These are the two or three titles of other books in your genre that will help yours sell to a publisher.

My experience has shown that publishing, like most busi…

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