intellectual property

That’s why today I’d like to share with you five places where you can get help writing a book.

• Books on Writing. The first port of call for writers and aspiring writers looking for help can be a book on writing.
• Writing Group.
• Writing Course.
• Writing Coach.
• Ghostwriter.
• Dudley Court Press.

The colophon is a brief section that states publisher (name, location, date, insignia) and book production information. Historically, colophons were always located in the back matter, but, nowadays, they’re can also be featured in the front matter, after the title page, along with copyright details.

PublishersMarketplace.com is the best place to research literary agents; not only do many agents have member pages there, but you can search the publishing deals database by genre, category, and/or keyword to pinpoint the best agents for your work.

Christopher Little, who ran the agency, also managed Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling from 1995 until 2011 and has been credited with single-handedly managing Rowling’s career and turning the Harry Potter franchise into a multi-million pound industry. …

Top Things Literary Agents Look for in a Book

• Voice. Not to be confused with #ownvoices, voice is best defined as the author’s style of writing, their tone, and the way the narrator tells the story.
• Writing. Writing is different from voice.
• Plot.
• Characters.
• Setting.
• Marketability.
• Hook.
• Potential Submissions.

Best Literary Agents for Fiction | Arranged by Book Genre

• Robert Gottlieb (Trident Media Group)
• Kimberly Whalen (The Whalen Agency)
• Marly Rusoff (Marly Rusoff & Associates)
• Jenny Bent (The Bent Agency)
• Russell Galen (Scovil Galen Ghosh Agency)
• Steven Axelrod (The Axelrod Agency)
• Kevan Lyon (Marsal Lyon Agency)

• Netflix doesn’t have literary agents.
• But they do work with an agency that you might want to contact.
• Maria Campbell Literary Associates.
• In 2017 they retained this agency to find books that would be great for miniseries, movies, etc.
• There are two ways you can become a writer for Netflix.

Literary agents do cost money, but the good news is that reputable literary agents do not charge any upfront fees. They work on commission, which means they don’t cost any money until they actually earn their clients—the writers they represent—money.

Do You Need an Agent to Get Your Book Published? Technically, the answer is no. But if you want your book to be published by a traditional publishing house, you want a literary agent to represent you. Literary agents are invaluable in a traditional publishing scenario.

Boiling it down, here’s a more narrow range I can live with sharing: an average advance for a first-time author would likely fall in a range between $5,000 and $50,000, depending on a whole host of factors, including the size of the publisher, passion of the book editor involved, author’s platform, the power of the …

Authors don’t get a salary, and once an author has written a book it can be traditionally published – or the author can self-publish. Traditionally under the contract the author will be paid an up-front sum, known as an ‘advance’ (advances are generally modest these days).

First-time authors who want to traditionally publish can get an advance, which is usually $10,000 (usually not that much more for a first-timer). However, with traditional publishing, you do not start to earn royalties until you have sold $10,000 worth of books at your royalty rate.

As we can see from many authors and agents the average first time author is projected to earn around $10,000 for their new book. After you pay your agent and invest in promotion, there isn’t much left over.

J.K. Rowling’s pay for each Harry Potter book sold is not a matter of public record. However, if she receives the industry standard 15% per book, she might have made approximately $1.15 billion, based on the series total revenue of about $7.7 billion. Each new paperback sold at $7 would be mean about $1 for Rowling.

Average book authors don’t make a lot of money. A typical book author barely makes more than minimum wage. You receive an advance and 10% royalties on net profit from each book. If your book retails at $25 per copy, you would need to sell at least 4,000 copies to break even on a $5,000 advance.

Rowling has lived a “rags to riches” life in which she progressed from living on benefits to being named the world’s first billionaire author by Forbes. The 2021 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling’s fortune at £820 million, ranking her as the 196th richest person in the UK.

Now J. K. Rowling is richer than the Queen, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The creator of Harry Potter, who wrote her first children’s book in an Edinburgh cafe while her baby daughter slept beside her, is now worth £280 million – a figure which puts her 11 places higher than the monarch.