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Will it be easy to sell my next book after the first is published?

April 12, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  3 Comments

“Once I sell my first book to a publishing house, it’s going to be easy to sell the rest of my manuscripts.”

We see this assumption expressed in the many emails we receive from writers who believe that the book …

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4 Contract Questions Every Writer Wants Answered

August 2, 2015 //  by Janet Grant//  49 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Every writer working on a book manuscript dreams of the day she can post on Facebook a photo of the Grand Moment when she signs her name to a contract. But before you pick up that …

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Is a Bigger Advance Always Better?

May 2, 2013 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  28 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

When an author gets a contract offer from a publisher, the first thing they want to know is, “How much?” And by that they mean, “What is the dollar amount of the advance they’re offering?”

The standard …

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Publishers’ contracts and how they got that way

August 13, 2012 //  by Janet Grant//  58 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Recently I’ve found myself explaining to a number of clients why some sections of contracts have especially stringent terms. My clients fall silent when I say, “Every paragraph has an author’s initials beside it.”(Which is a …

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A Day in the Life of an Agent, Part 2

February 3, 2009 //  by Janet Grant//  Leave a Comment

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa,  Calif.

Mondays and Tuesdays are Be Bombarded By Emails Days. It usually takes me two days to work through all the messages that await me when I crank …

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