After you have acquired a literary agent, the next step in your writing career is to try to land a book deal. Your book idea will go through many steps and stages before it is finally sold and published...
Read moreA book’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data (also known as CIP) is a bibliographic record created by the Library of Congress prior to a book’s publication. When the book is published...
Read moreAn exploration of the four most important areas the agent will negotiate in your contract: manuscript delivery and acceptance, the advance, royalty payments, and subsidiary rights.
Read moreCreating your own IP, by transforming your script into a book, is one of the ways you can add value to your story to help you sell it to "Hollywood". Screenwriter & author William Schreiber shares how & why he decided to adapt his award-winning screenplay into a novel.
Read moreAuthor and screenwriter Larry Brooks shares insights for how authors and screenwriters can become better at their respective crafts by learning from one another.
Read moreLearn how to select the proper BISAC subject code for your book to allow customers - who are searching for specific content - to easily find and purchase it.
Read moreScreenwriter John Irving had the formidable task of condensing his own 550-page novel into a 136-page script for the 1999 film The Cider House Rules. He achieved this brilliantly – the script won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay – by focusing the screenplay on the central conflict.
Read moreThis article looks at the 2009 film Public Enemies (adapted from the narrative nonfiction book by Bryan Burroughs) in an attempt to explain why straying from the book, and sometimes making radical revisions, are necessary for the screenwriter to create a better experience for movie-goers.
Read moreAn endorsement, also known as a testimonial or “blurb”, is a quote from an established author or recognized expert that is used to help promote and sell your book.
Read morePricing your book correctly increases sales. To help you determine the suggested retail price...
Read moreThere are numerous distributors and aggregators that will deliver your book to retail outlets...
Read moreRetailers sell your book directly to the customer. According to Authors Earnings, online book sales account for the majority of book...
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