How to Write a Title Page

Video Transcript

"As we have already established, the last thing you want to do to get a book published is actually write the manuscript and send it off to the publisher and the reason is, is because not only do they not have the time to write all this. The other thing is that they want to be a partner to you in getting the finished product done, and the last thing you want to do is write this twice or three times. You want to have them involved with you, and so the best thing is give them a taste for the book and a good overview, and that's where a proposal comes in. And the first part of a proposal is the title or cover page. This is what they're going to see and what catches their eye. Titles are very, very important because that's that brief little billboard you get inside of Barnes and Nobles or when someone is searching on Amazon.com for the right book and they have got to look at that, and it's got to grab them in such a way. And so, if you're going to spend a lot of time on anything, spend it on getting a great book title. And then, you want to lay it out somewhat like this. Now some people like to go and do the artwork, and if you want to do that, that's fine. But, that's really the publisher's job. They want to work with you on that. But get a good title page, a good title, something that says your name, a little bit about, you know, your address and so forth, but it looks like a good title page because that's what they're going to look at and say, between the title and the subtitle it's going to tell them whether this is something they're even interested in, or it aligns with their publishing goals."