If you decide to pursue representation by a literary agent or a contract with a publisher on your own, you will need two documents: a query letter and a book proposal. Both agents and acquisitions editors need to see a query letter prior to requesting a manuscript or a proposal. If written well, this letter […]
How Books Get Sold to Traditional Publishers
If you decide you want to have your blogged book—or any book—published by a traditional publisher, you need to understand the traditional publishing process. Keep in mind the different types of publishers, how they like to be approached, what they look for in aspiring authors. Every publishing house has certain submission criteria. Smaller ones will […]
What Type of Traditional Publisher Best Suits You and Your Book?
Before you decide to approach a traditional publisher and ask to receive backing your proposed book project, you need an understanding not only of what publishers seek in a publishing partner but also how each type of publishing house differs. You want to familiarize your self with how to contact small independent publishers, mid-sized publishers […]
How to Get Your Blogged Book Traditionally Published
Many writers who choose to blog books dream of landing a traditional publishing deal. After all, so many successful bloggers have been discovered by traditional publishers because their readership or subscription base made them attractive as authors as well. That’s the foundation of the blog-a-book principle: create a large platform of potential readers for your […]
4 Reasons to Choose to Self-Publish Your Book
You’ve produced a blogged book manuscript, but after considering the four reasons why you might choose a traditional publisher for your project, you’ve decided this option doesn’t suit your character. Now what? Consider independently publishing your blogged book. Become a publisher in your own right by self-publishing your book. Why might you opt for independent […]
4 Reasons to Choose to Traditionally Publish Your Blogged Book
You’ve produced a blogged book manuscript. Now what? You can choose two ways to publish your book: with a traditional publisher or independently as a self-publisher. Why might you opt for traditional publishing? Here are four good reasons to traditionally publish your book. 1. You don’t want to be a “project manager.” If you don’t […]
Is Subsidy Publishing the Same as Self-Publishing?
If I told you to publish your blogged book with a vanity publisher you’d probably tell me I was crazy. Yet, many of you will consider (or may be considering) doing just that and will call it self-publishing. About now you’re probably scratching your head and trying to figure out what the heck I’m talking […]
Are You Cut Out to be an Indie Publisher?
Let’s say your blogged book doesn’t garner enough readers to attract a traditional publisher or you simply would rather independently publish your book. Great! Or not. The experience you have self-publishing your book depends to a great extent on if you are cut out to be more than just a writer or blogger. Before you […]
Can You Publish Blogged Material As a Kindle Ebook?
One of my clients recently had a bad experience with Amazon as she rushed to get her book to market on a deadline. Part of her manuscript had previously appeared on her blog. In other words, her book is partially a booked blog. Much to her dismay, her book was not immediately approved. Instead, she […]
Don’t Just Blog a Book–Publish a Blogged Book in November
Lot’s of books get written in November–at least the first drafts. That’s why I declared November National Writing Month in 2009. Fiction writers produce novels during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and nonfiction writers produce a variety of books during National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo) as they take the Write Nonfiction in November challenge. It’s […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Next Page »