Proposal Evaluation & Recommendations

Publishers are investors. Is your proposal highlighting key features and benefits, the book's unique value proposition reflected (hopefully) in the subtitle, how your professional work is aligned with your book and various content formats to help generate revenue and promote worldwide sales? These and other critical factors will be evaluated with recommendations on how to make your proposal a great business plan and investment opportunity for publishers.

"Working with John has completely revolutionized how I was pitching my book and myself to publishers. When he explained to me that a book proposal is really a business plan and publishers are similar to venture capitalists, it made so much sense and gave me a clear idea of how to focus the proposal." Janette Hillis-Jaffe, Everyday Healing

Fee Range: $600-$750

Strategic Content & Book Coaching 

Words matter even in your first sentence. You may not be Stephen King and be able to "grab the reader by the throat and drag them into your story" but you do need to be engaging and quickly! Attention 'spans' no longer exist. Whether you are self-publishing or going 'traditional', your manuscript needs strategies and features to connect with distracted readers in a chaotic marketplace. Is the work structured well? Is your ending the best beginning?

"Any author that has the opportunity to work with John is very lucky. John helped me evolve my writing style to be infinitely more effective. Instead of dwelling on nit-picky little details, he helped me get the overall shape and content right. John exhibited numerous strengths that helped to make the book far more successful than it would have been otherwise." Jim Collins, Built to Last, Beyond Entrepreneurship and  From Good to Great 

Fee Range: $750-$1,500+ includes Zoom meeting

Contract Reviews & Negotiation Guidance

Publishing agreements are oftentimes open-ended, intentionally obtuse and complex per all the potential formats for your work. Your rights as an author can be compromised with language intended to protect publishers (and not you) from unexpected outcomes  With over 800 publishing agreements successfully completed, John will guide you through the legal matrix with all of its challenges and costly ramifications.

"I cannot put into words the invaluable service that John Willig offers. With great alacrity, he reviewed my book contract and offered great suggestions which the publisher accepted. I could not have navigated this brave new world without John's keen eye and vast experience. I look forward to working with him again! "Darlene Corbett, Stop Depriving The World Of You

Fee Range: $750-$1,500 includes Zoom meeting

"All of us need some luck in our lives — mine came in the form of my insightful agent John. With his deep reserve of patience and persistence, he helped me prepare a book proposal that I could never have done on my own."

Pulak Prasad, What I Learned About Investing From Darwin

" John took a chance on two first-time authors and saw something great in the kernel that led to this book. Thank goodness for the human cloud to help us find such a consummate expert and bang-up good guy."

Matthew Mottola and Matthew Coatney, The Human Cloud

"I want to thank John whose enthusiasm and excitement about my book reignited my own. John helped to shape the proposal into one that captured the content and purpose of my book and he found a publisher"

Steven Z. Pantilat, MD, Life After the Diagnosis

"This project would never have been completed without the  support of  John. From my very first contact with him, I knew I had found someone who understood what I was up to and who would not be satisfied until my book was ready for prime time."

Bob Wall, Working Relationships