There’s no reason you can’t get involved, pay attention, and encourage your agent or your editor or the subrights department to do something for your book. If you know someone at a book club or an audio publisher, you can tell your publisher, or you...

At a publishing house, there is a department devoted to subsidiary rights and foreign rights, and it is the job of the directors and managers in that department to keep their lines of communication open with the rest of the industry. They meet with book...

Literary agents don’t have time to read every manuscript sent their way. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. So how do they find the next great novel or universally loved memoir? Enter the query letter. Next to your manuscript, the query letter...

Writing in multiple genres comes with its own set of challenges. To successfully write in multiple genres, you need to know how to overcome potential obstacles. Of course, all authors and books are different. Answering the following questions will...

The Atlanta Writers Club has been around for over 100 years. While the club is 700 members strong, Community Outreach Vice President Georgia Lee says their main focus is to continue to create awareness. There are too many writers not taking advantage...

The Atlanta Writers Club has been around for over 100 years. While the club is 700 members strong, Community Outreach Vice President Georgia Lee says their main focus is to continue to create awareness. There are too many writers not taking advantage...

Author and Agent Jamie Brenner shares thoughts on how to develop an idea into a full blown story that people want to live in for a while. Brenner understands telling a common story in an interesting world. For her, she believes that the world you...

Knowing how to write an effective book proposal, or at least be able to write a good first draft, is an important skill for all new authors to hone. Author Carolyn Howard-Johnson believes that in order to have an impactful book proposal, it's important...

Developing your book's pitch is important when you are looking for a literary agent or want to find a traditional publisher. Senior editor Claudia Gabel describes the importance of a good pitch and how to blend the familiar and the unexpected. She defines...

Sometimes a writer signs with an agent, manager, or attorney and is so elated to have done so that it doesn't occur to him that he's signed with someone that will not advance his dream of publication or production. But how do you know before you sign...