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Cookbooks

Deborah Madison is Done After 30 Years of Cookbooks

July 31, 2018 by diannejacob 16 Comments

image for Deborah Madison postMultiple-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 during those three decades, which comes down to an average of just over one book every two years. It’s a grueling [Read more…] about Deborah Madison is Done After 30 Years of Cookbooks

Filed Under: Career, Cookbooks, Recipe Writing Tagged With: Deborah Madison, The Greens Cookbook, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

Micro Influencers Can Get a Cookbook Deal Too, says Agent

July 17, 2018 by diannejacob 15 Comments

image for micro influencer postAre 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 a book deal without a huge platform, here’s hope. Literary agent Sally Ekus says [Read more…] about Micro Influencers Can Get a Cookbook Deal Too, says Agent

Filed Under: Career, Cookbooks Tagged With: Getting a cookbook deal, Literary agent Sally Ekus, microinfluencers

Get a Decent Social Media Following First to Get a Cookbook Deal, says Gibbs Smith Editor

May 15, 2018 by diannejacob 7 Comments

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 member of the children’s books acquisitions team.

The question, though, is what constitutes a “decent social [Read more…] about Get a Decent Social Media Following First to Get a Cookbook Deal, says Gibbs Smith Editor

Filed Under: Cookbooks Tagged With: Gibbs-Smith, how big a following for a cookbook, How to get a cookbook deal, Michelle Branson

Hire an Intern for Your Next Cookbook!

March 6, 2018 by diannejacob 14 Comments

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 to say this is the one that finally made me feel I had “turned pro,” in the words of Steven Pressfield (see his book Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life’s Work).

Hiring an intern helped me in [Read more…] about Hire an Intern for Your Next Cookbook!

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Writing Tagged With: hiring an assistant, hiring an intern for your cookbook, why to hire an intern, working on a cookbook

9 Things I Wish I Knew About Writing My First Cookbook

January 30, 2018 by diannejacob 19 Comments

graphic for 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 couple hundred people, I’d say, “Easy. When and where?” I’m a professional chef, and this is what I know.

But eventually, with the help of [Read more…] about 9 Things I Wish I Knew About Writing My First Cookbook

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Writing Tagged With: writing a first book, writing a first cookbook, writing a non-fiction book

Win a copy of The Palestinian Table

January 9, 2018 by diannejacob

Win a copy of The Palestinian Table cookbookIt’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 Cookbooks” lists for the end of the year, including New York magazine, NPR, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, The National Post.

Want to read her cookbook to find out why? Enter The Palestinian Table cookbook giveaway. Read on for details.

Meanwhile, back to the story. The author, Reem Kassis, approached me in 2015 to review her proposal. At that time, Reem was [Read more…] about Win a copy of The Palestinian Table

Filed Under: Contests, Cookbooks Tagged With: cookbook giveaway, Reem Kassis, The Palestinian Table cookbook, writing a cookbook proposal

Giveaway: “Best Cookbook in the World,” The Artful Baker

November 7, 2017 by diannejacob

Yes, The Best Cookbook in the World is a real award for The Artful Baker: Extraordinary Desserts From an Obsessive Home Baker. And you can win a copy of this $50 book by leaving a comment below.

Cenk Sonmezsoy, a Turk who started his Cafe Fernando food blog in 2006, won Best in the World at the 2015 Gourmand World Cookbooks awards. It was for the [Read more…] about Giveaway: “Best Cookbook in the World,” The Artful Baker

Filed Under: Contests, Cookbooks

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