How to get a book deal?

A book deal is a contract which is a legally binding agreement between an author and their traditional book publisher. It dictates the assignment of rights, obligations, and money earned. It also includes the author's deadlines and the expected word count (terms dictated by publishers).

But are you sure?

The self-publishing industry is soaring, it’s growing, and it’s very lucrative for people now. It’s nothing like it was when it first started. More and more great books are being published by professional self- publishers such as White Magic Studios & (Amazon Kindle Self-publish) and they’re competing with traditional publishers.

And if you’re looking to grow your business with a book or a nonfiction writer in general; self-publishing (such as Amazon self-publishing, UK) is almost always the better route, unless you’re famous.

If you insist; the necessary steps are:

• Once more; before going through the work and time to traditionally publish, make sure it’ll really work for you.
• Write a killer book proposal which will convince the agent to give your book a chance.
• Hire an agent directly or through query letters; who will approach the publishing houses for you.
• Wait…wait…wait…until the agent responds and if you are very lucky, he will ask for your manuscript.
• Wait longer till your publisher picks your manuscript from the agent.
• A deal will be negotiated by the agent on your behalf.
• Then a book deal is made. You sign the contract and publishers buy the rights to that book. Wait for another 2-3 years till the book is published.

Mind you! After publication, the script will not be exactly the same, the illustrations (no point to hire an illustrator) and formatting may not be what you had imagined.

Understand that book deals or contracts are made only in traditional publishing. Unlike self-publishing, you don’t have absolute rights over your book, the book cover design (or book covers for children), the layout, illustrations, etc. in traditional publishing.

Source: https://selfpublishinge-book.blogspot.com/2022/12/how-to-get-book-deal.html

Author’s website- a great way to find and keep readers

If you want to self-publish on Amazon, UK, then the first thing you’ve to do is find audience.

Some ways to convert casual readers to fans& audience are:-

About Website:

• Create an attractive homepage. Include banner images of your chosen genre to make that first impression on your audience or potential fans.
• Make use of proper colours to give that professional look to your website. Else employ professionals/ website designers for that touch.
• Format the text on your website to be readable with appropriate font and small paragraphs. Use sub-headings on your home-page.
• Use a clear & attractive picture of yours in the bio-page and across all social media sites.

Call to action

• Ask your readers to sign-up in the web-site home-page to avoid rejection.
• Give your readers an incentive for signing up for your newsletter, such as free e-book (created by expert e-book convertors) or other related yet interesting informations.
• Place the sign-up button at the bottom of your book’s page visibly.

You and your site should be accessible

• Include the pages: Home, Books, “About me”, Blogs; on your websites’ easy navigation bar. Update blogs regularly.
• Have social media links displayed prominently as simple icons. Also make sure that readers can share your content on their pages easily.
• Make it easy for your readers to buy your books by including a link (say kindle self-publishing, UK) which will directly take them to sellers such as Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, etc.
• Include your author email in the “About Me” section& a contact page in the navigation bar. Be more accessible to your fans and bloggers who want to feature their book, organizers of conferences who are looking for speakers, or people who want to place bulk orders…

Associate with agents like White Magic Studios who’ll help with book publishing, UK and with creating websites.

Source: https://bookfrontcovers.blogspot.com/2022/11/authors-website-great-way-to-find-and.html