You have done your research and your submissions are winging their way to agents and editors. Twenty-four hours have passed and you are biting your nails. Most agents mention the response time on their website. They also indicate if they wish to receive...

Elaine Ash, author, editor, and book coach, discusses how writers should prepare for a meeting with a literary agent. First, create your book’s elevator pitch. Writers need to have their own 30-second advertisement crafted and ready to share. She encourages...

While traditional publishing has a lot of benefits, it can also come with a long timeline. Even having reputable agents doesn't guarantee a quick publishing path for a book, as self-published author Steve Piacente explains. If you have some experience...

You know you want an agent. And you know lawyers are involved, but have you even heard of a literary manager before? If you haven't, let agent Luke Sandler tell you a little about what each person does when in comes to the book business, and how he suggests...

The cover of your book is a key component to your book's marketing success. When you are self-publishing, hiring a cover designer is a good idea to ensure the cover looks professional. Literary agent and publishing consultant, Peter Beren, provides...

An author’s platform is very, very important for nonfiction. As an author, your platform is simply the sum of all the resources at your disposal for getting the word out to large numbers of people. If you happen to be lucky enough to have your own televised...

First of all, know the agents who are working in the area that you’re trying to publish in. This isn’t too hard to do—just go to the bookstore and look at some books that are similar to what you’re trying to write and check the acknowledgments to see...

Are there literary agents that help with marketing? Jeff Kleinman, the founder of Folio Literary Management, describes how his agency has developed services to help authors succeed, including partnering with media trainers and publicists so their services...

On the book to publishing side of things, there is little distinction between a literary agent and a literary manager. They both do the same job: they find a great manuscript or a great writer, develop the idea to a greater or lesser extent, and then...