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, […]
7 Reasons You Likely Need an Agent to Traditionally Publish a Book
If you have decided to try traditional publishing, you will likely need a literary agent. As mentioned in my last post, this is especially true if you want to approach a mid-sized to large publishing house. Even if you opt to approach a small independent publisher, though, in the end, you may wish you had […]
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 […]
How to Land an Agent and Write a Booked Blog to Be Proud Of
Who would have thought charts would make a successful blog and book? But there’s a blog and a book for everyone. Jason Oberholtzer’s blog, I Love Charts (ilovecharts.tumblr.com), is a tumblr blog that puts up about 10 charts a day, Monday through Friday, culled from the Internet and submitted by followers or made by Oberholtzer […]