Sep 10, 2020
Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I discuss the differences between cookbook coaches and cookbook agents. There is a role for both coaches and agents in the writing landscape, just like in sports.
Coaches are paid by the writer upfront for their
coaching sessions, programs, or services. Cookbook coaches help
writers:
Achieve their dream of writing a
cookbook
Refine their book idea
Define their audience
Pitch agents and publishers who accept
unsolicited proposals
Edi
work on the proposal
Provide accountability and move the project
along
With emotional support to
writers
Understand the publishing process
With their contacts in the publishing
industry
Agents are generally not
paid upfront by the author. They earn their income from their
15% cut of the earnings of the writer. Agents assist writers with
their:
Contacts in the publishing
industry
Role
as the middle-person between writers and
publishers
Experience as a negotiator
Contract and advance
negotiation
Inside knowledge about editorial
budgets
Inside knowledge about what editors may be
looking for
Shaping the proposal to send what publishers
want
Leverage subsidiary rights and foreign language
translations
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