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July 24, 2014 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

6 Tips for Submitting Query Letters Successfully

You’ve almost completed your blogged book, but no agents or publishers have come calling yet. You still would like to see if you can land a traditional publishing deal, especially since your blog has shown tremendous growth. In the months since you began blogging your book you’ve developed a strong platform consisting of a large […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher, Query Letter Tagged With: agents, how to write a query letter, Query Letter, traditional publishing

May 1, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Don’t Kill Your Dream of a Traditional Publishing Deal by Self-publishing First

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The stories of successful indie authors, in particular ebook authors, attracting agents and publishers has spawned a common belief that self-publishing represents a viable path to a traditional publishing contract. In fact, if becoming a traditionally published author is your goal, self-publishing your book first may be a huge mistake. It’s true that quite a […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: copies sold, landing a traditional publishing deal, self-publishing, traditional publishing

December 26, 2013 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Is Blogging a Book All You Need to Do to Land a Publishing Contract?

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You’ve heard all the stories of bloggers who have landed traditional book contracts, like Christian Landers (Stuff White People Like), Julie Powell (Julie & Julia) and Jenny Lawson (Let’s Pretend This Never Happened). They didn’t do much more than create a successful blog, and publishers sought them out. With a traditional book deal in hand, […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: author platform, how to get published, literary agent, literary agent requirements, literary representation, publishing contract

July 5, 2012 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

How to Blog a Finished Novel and Land a Traditional Contract

The two most common questions I hear from fiction writers considering blogging books are: Should I blog full chapters? Should I blog my completed novel? To the first question, I typically answer, no. If you blog full chapters, you are just serializing your novel, not blogging it. Blogging a book involves publishing it in post-sized […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: attracting a publisher, blog-to-book deal, fiction, serialize a book

June 14, 2012 by Nina Amir 12 Comments

Does Previously Published Blog Content Turn Away Publishers?

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I get asked the same question over and over again. It relates to blogged books, previously published work and traditional publishers. Many aspiring authors considering blogging books feel concern over publishing their the work they intend to include in a book on their blogs. They feel sure a publisher will then consider it “previously published” […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: blog-to-book deal, blogged book, book contract, previoiusly published content, repurposing content

May 17, 2012 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

The Best Business Plan for a Blogged Book (or Any Book)

To conclude this series on building a business around your book, I’d like to write about business plans. Now, I’m not a great one to spout off about business plans, since my business hasn’t had one until recently–and it’s not really quite done yet, if I’m going to be totally honest. (But I’m working on […]

Filed Under: Book Proposal, Build a Business Around Your Book, The Proposal Tagged With: book proposal, book proposal process, business plan, writing a book proposal

February 14, 2012 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

Promotion: Getting A Foreword for Your Blogged Book

There are lots of ways to promote your book. Some of them happen long before you book is published as a print or ebook. Since my book is two or three months away from release, I’m currently gearing up for full-force promotion, which will begin in May. Typically, promotion begins about three months before release, […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher, Overview, Promote Your Book, Promotion, Selling Books and Information Products Tagged With: authority, expert, foreword, how to get a foreword

January 12, 2012 by Nina Amir 30 Comments

Darren Rowse on Book Deals and Discovery in the Blogosphere

Like most recipients of blog-to-book deals, Darren Rowse landed his while simply blogging. However, he already had started thinking about writing a book—or, more specifically, turning his blog, ProBlogger, into a book. Then, he and his blog were discovered. That’s what many of us want—that email or phone call from an agent or publisher saying, […]

Filed Under: Blogging Short Books, Blogs Turned Into Books, Booking a Blog (Repurposing Content into a Book), Building a Better Blog, Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: booking a blog, Darren Rowse, ebooks, writing a book

August 28, 2011 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How to Write a Book Proposal for Your Blogged Book

When a literary agent or an acquisition editor from a publishing company contacts you about making your blog into a book or publishing your blogged book, you want to be ready. Ready equates to having a book proposal written. Many aspiring authors and bloggers have no idea what goes into a traditional nonfiction book proposal. […]

Filed Under: Book Proposal, Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher, The Proposal Tagged With: blog-to-book deal, blogging a book, book proposal

February 15, 2011 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How a Blog Might Help You Land a Book Deal

So many writers don’t want to blog. I don’t understand why, since I love blogging. I have five blogs. And some writers may not want to blog a book. Maybe you are reading this blog even though you don’t plan on blogging a book–but maybe you’d like to know how blogging will help you land […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: Alan Paul, book deal, Huffington Post, wsj.com

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