Jul 25, 2019
Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today we are talking about the Cost of Writing a Cookbook. One of the objections people often have to writing a cookbook is the cost (or money). Truth be told, as a traditionally published cookbook author, I incurred very few direct costs when I wrote my cookbooks. In fact, publishers paid me an advance and royalties when my advance earned out. And, my students who self-publish their books did incur costs of publishing, so today I’ll talk about those. I also talk about cost during the pre-publication phase of writing, costs in post-publication, optional costs writers incur, and my feeling about software for cookbook writing.
Pre-publication Phase
Generate idea
Test and develop recipes
Write cookbook proposal
Book writing software - optional
Find agent
Find publisher
Network with others
Platform
Website built
Website hosting
Email list
Content creation
Social Media presence
Facebook group
Publication Phase
Contract
Advance of Royalties
Write manuscript
Photography
Editing
Cover Design
ISBN
Interior Design
Index
Blurbs
Printing
Ebook formatting
Post-Publication Phase
Royalties
Book sales
Wholesale sales
Book fairs
Cookbook competitions
Public Relations work
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