Dianne Jacob, Will Write For Food
Useful Tips, Interviews, and Stories to Inspire Food Writers and Bloggers
A guest post by Jill Nussinow
Most people who self publish a cookbook don’t even sell 300 copies of their book. You don’t have to be one of those people. I’ve always thought of my cookbooks as a business. I plan to sell many copies over many years.
If you think that self-publishing might be too much work, stop reading now, and go the traditional route. But you’ll find that [Read more…] about Why Self Publishing a Cookbook is the Way to Go
A guest post by Becky Diamond
Writing your own recipe in a clear, concise way that makes sense to readers can be difficult enough. But transcribing and then working on another cook’s recipe, especially one from a professional chef, poses challenges. Not to mention that you must edit chef recipes while keeping a good relationship with the chefs themselves.
For my current book project, The Delmonico Way, I work with fellow epicurean Max Tucci. The book will be published by [Read more…] about How to Edit Chef Recipes and Triumph!
Summer’s almost over and we’re back to work. Perhaps you’re thinking you’ll take a class or two this Fall. If you’ve wanted to sharpen your skills and knowledge, I’ve got a new line-up of Fall food writing classes. They’re all online, and designed to [Read more…] about Fall Food Writing Classes
A guest post by Kate Leahy
Writing a thriller requires writing a story that keeps readers turning the page. Writing a cookbook should require grabbing someone’s attention so they don’t skip the recipe headnote.
It’s not easy to do, but it’s worth the effort. Why? Sometimes a headnote includes important tips. Other times it’s a way to convince readers to [Read more…] about How to Write a Great Recipe Headnote
A guest post by Jason Logsdon
If you are anything like me, over the years, the biggest focus for your blog has probably been creating content, from product reviews and how-to guides to lots and lots of recipes. It’s something I, and most food bloggers, really enjoy doing. And it is often a blogger’s favorite thing about blogging. So why not sell recipes and content to others, now that you’ve created it?
While I get lots of benefits from all the different types of content I’ve created, the part that has paid for itself again and again [Read more…] about How to Sell Recipes and Content
By Amelia Levin
Should you accept assignments for work-for-hire cookbooks?
Therein lies a key question in the cookbook publishing world. Work-for-hire cookbooks straddle the middle ground between traditional and self-publishing. Publishers use algorithms and other research to determine what’s hot and what’s selling now. Then they find authors to write the book for [Read more…] about Are Work-for-Hire Cookbooks Worth It?
A guest post by Sara Bir
I’ve written three cookbooks. The second two I did with traditional publishers, but the first one I self-published. Would I self-publish a cookbook again? That was the question I faced last year when I decided to do an expanded version of The Pocket Pawpaw Cookbook, my first book.
Pawpaws are a little-known fruit that grow in less than a third of the country and aren’t sold at grocery stores. They are in season for two months a year, max. I live in Ohio, where they grow abundantly, and I’m totally besotted with them.
So of course I thought this under-the-radar food deserved its own cookbook. But a pawpaw cookbook doesn’t exactly spark a bidding war among conventional publishers.
Still, I decided a slender cookbook devoted to pawpaws was a great idea for [Read more…] about Why I Won’t Self-Publish a Cookbook Again