How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work with Laura Portwood-Stacer

Princeton UP Ideas Podcast by Marshall Poe

Aug 26, 202626:51Arts

Are you a scholar sitting on a manuscript that you think could be a book — but you have no idea where to start? In this episode of The Publishing Playbook, host Sarah Russo sits down with Laura Portwood-Stacer, founder o...

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