The Lofty Ambitions blog offers pointers from some sources other than the usual suspects, such as this from Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato, co-authors of Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction — and Get It Published: "You must understand that how well you can write your book, indeed how good a writer you are, doesn’t initially come into play. First an editor must determine if your project is, in concept and focus, commercially viable."
