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	<description>Ghostwriting &#38; Publishing Services For The Busy Executive</description>
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		<title>Sample Magazine Query Letter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Levin, CEO of BusinessGhost, Inc. 
Below is a sample magazine query letter, for submitting stories to magazines to promote yourself. One note of caution when using magazines as a PR vehicle - be sure to target the magazine accurately to ensure that your article reaches your preferred audience. If you do select appropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cover Letters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Levin, CEO of BusinessGhost, Inc.
Why do literary agents choose some manuscripts and not others to represent, and why do publishers choose to buy some manuscripts and not others?
The answer has nothing to do with query letters. Query letters actually impede the selling process. Instead of judging your work, the agent or publisher is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepublishedexecutive.com/2008/11/cover-letters/</link>
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		<title>Sample Nonfiction Book Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Levin, CEO of BusinessGhost, Inc.
Following is a nonfiction book proposal that I co-wrote with one of the leading civil rights figures in America, John Bryant, founder and CEO of Operation HOPE. John and I worked for months on this proposal and it contains all of the points that are the essential elements of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepublishedexecutive.com/2008/11/sample-nonfiction-book-proposal/</link>
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		<title>Writers’ Groups You May Wish to Join</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Levin, CEO of BusinessGhost, Inc. 
There are two separate and distinct universes of writers’ groups in our society.  The first are local organizations that offer support, friendship, and contact with other local writers.  The second are national organizations that offer legal services, and health and other benefits.
I&#8217;ve spoken at many local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepublishedexecutive.com/2008/11/writers%e2%80%99-groups-you-may-wish-to-join/</link>
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		<title>Sample Cover Page and Submission Standards For Fiction and Nonfiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Levin, CEO of BusinessGhost, Inc.

How exactly do you send a manuscript to an agent or publisher? Bind it? Use brads? And what should a cover page look like? I&#8217;d like to answer these questions for you in this brief essay.
Binding is for finished books; brads are for screenplays. The professional way to package [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Your Blurbs Count</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Michael Levin, President and CEO BusinessGhost, Inc.
Blurbs sell books.
So how do you get the blurbs that will sell the maximum number of books for you?
Let’s think for a moment about how we decide to purchase a book when we’re standing in a bookstore. We find the section of books addressing the topic we’re interested [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepublishedexecutive.com/2008/10/making-your-blurbs-count/</link>
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		<title>Thank you for contacting The Published Executive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your interest in the products and services at The Published Executive. We regularly review our emails so we will be in touch with you as you may have requested.
If you are viewing this page because you signed up for one of our downloads, please check your email inbox for your download. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thepublishedexecutive.com/2008/07/thank-you-for-contacting-the-published-executive/</link>
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		<title>Share Your Wisdom - Publish a Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An introduction to how, as a business person, you can write a book and use it to promote your business. ]]></description>
		<link>http://thepublishedexecutive.com/2008/07/share-your-wisdom-publish-a-book/</link>
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		<title>Some Basic Literary Agent Hunting Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to approach finding a literary agent with the right attitude and presentation.]]></description>
		<link>http://thepublishedexecutive.com/2008/07/some-basic-literary-agent-hunting-tips/</link>
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		<title>How Traditional Bookselling Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overview discussion of how the traditional publishing industry works, from advances to book returns and typical level of % royalties. ]]></description>
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