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Part Two: Listening Text 1 (L = Librarian; B = Business person) L: Welcome to our library lecture for this month. As promised, we have chosen a topic which many people are now interested in: how to go about getting a book published. So over to Darren Miller from Southport University Press. B: Good evening, everyone. Well, this might come as a surprise to you, but the first step in the process for getting a book published is not actually writing the book. Surprised? Well, what you have to understand is that publishers have an established procedure to be followed because they are inundated with books, manuscripts and ideas all the time. The first step, really, if you want to ensure success, is to develop a proposal with the basic idea for a book. If youre writing a novel, then you could include a synopsis. What you need to do is give a sample of the work by including a chapter to show what is to come. Of course, you should also include some information about yourself. Once you have prepared this, you should contact an agent. Youre probably totally inexperienced when it comes to the publishing world, so an agent - a good agent - will act on your behalf. Its a good idea to find someone who has previous experience in the type of book youre interested in writing. If the agent is interested in your proposal, theyll contact you and make you an offer. This basically means that the agent will attempt to sell your book and, in return, will receive a percentage (usually about 15%) of your income. They will represent you exclusively for a certain length of time and it will be your agent - not you - who deals with the publishing companies. Within all publishing houses, theres a department called Acquisitions. Your proposal will then be sent to the Acquisitions Editor, who will initially assess whether the book is suitable –it will have to fit in with the type of book that particular company usually publishes. Next, if the Acquisitions Editor is happy, your manuscript will be f