These people are in business to make money. You have to create a product that will sell itself. You also have to convince them that your book will sell. The more an author knows about how the publishing business operates, the better her chance of creating a book that will be published and will sell well. Don't spend all your time on one idea.
Some writers work on a single book for years only to find that there is no market for it.
First see if you can write a magazine article on your topic or see if you can get a short story published. Always remember that you must create a product that is sufficiently interesting so thousands of people will want to buy it often by just looking at the title and reading one or two sentences of description. As a litmus test, see if you can concisely describe the idea for your book in two or three sentences and make it compelling enough for people to want more. Getting Started in Internet Auctions . Just type your e-mail address into the box below.