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Win a copy of The Palestinian Table
It’s a story so many writers dream of: publishing a cookbook with no author platform. Not only did the author Reem Kassis persevere, but her popular book, The Palestinian Table, appeared on many “Best...
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9 Things I Wish I Knew About Writing My First Cookbook
A guest post by Cameron Stauch When I started writing my first cookbook, Vegetarian Việt Nam, and friends asked what’s involved, I gave them a blank stare. If they had asked me to prepare a meal for a...
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Hire an Intern for Your Next Cookbook!
A guest post by Clotilde Dusoulier Recently I made a key decision: to hire an intern to help me with my new cookbook, Tasting Paris. It’s my fifth book in 11 years, and releases this month. I am proud...
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Get a Decent Social Media Following First to Get a Cookbook Deal, says Gibbs...
Michelle Branson says she wants cookbook authors with a decent social media following. She’s Senior Editor and Contract Administrator of Gibbs Smith, in charge of cookbooks acquisition team, and a...
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Micro Influencers Can Get a Cookbook Deal Too, says Agent
Are you a micro influencer? I am. I’ll never have huge numbers, but people do seem to trust me and I have decent engagement. That’s my definition, anyway. But if you feel discouraged that you can’t get...
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Deborah Madison is Done After 30 Years of Cookbooks
Multiple-award winning author Deborah Madison is calling it quits on cookbooks, after 30 years, but she’s not done with writing. To the contrary, she’s working on a memoir. She wrote 14 cookbooks...
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What I Learned Writing a Cookbook as a Late Bloomer
A guest post by Sara Bir My whole life I’ve dreamed of writing a cookbook. But even with formal culinary chops and years of experience as a writer, it seemed like no one in the publishing industry took...
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5 Editor Pet Peeves About Cookbook Manuscripts
A guest post by Jennifer Kurdyia Every editor is different, but as a cookbook editor for The Experiment Publishing, I’ve read enough proposals and cookbook drafts to have developed a few editor pet...
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Build a Platform with a Self-Published Cookbook
A guest post by Susie Norris I sent off the proposal for my third cookbook with a hopeful heart. I had a good agent, a new IACP Digital Media Award for FoodMarketGypsy.com, my culinary travel blog, and...
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A New Model for a Mini Cookbook?
What if you want to get just one really great recipe out into the world? How do you get it published? Kevin Pang figured it out. He and the owners of Parachute restaurant in Chicago published one...
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