Sell Your Novel to a Major Publisher
A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to selling your book and becoming a paid, published author
Taught by Jessica Brody, author of the bestselling Save the Cat! plotting guides
GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THIS COURSE"It was Brody's research techniques and the Magic Query Maximizer system that landed me my "Top Choice" literary agent. This course is the complete package."
-Ara G.
"Because of Jessica's help, I now have an agent and my first book deal."
- Brad G.
"You will gain so much from this course; it will save you from embarrassment, stumbling, quitting, and most of all, leaving your dream on the shelf."
-Sybil N.
Discover a Proven Step-By-Step Path towards Making Your Publishing Dreams a Reality
DO YOU DREAM OF…
- Selling your novel to a major publisher?
- Getting paid to write?
- Becoming a published author?
- Seeing your book on the shelf of bookstores around the world?
- Getting your novel in front of movie producers and Hollywood studio execs?
This course will teach you exactly how to accomplish all of this…and more.
In this comprehensive, one-of-a-kind course, bestselling author Jessica Brody shares her secrets of success for writing, pitching, and achieving all of your publishing goals. The road to publication can be a very long, daunting and complicated process with plenty of opportunities to get lost, frustrated and make mistakes that could cost you weeks, even months of wasted time and effort.
In this course, Jessica puts you on the fast-track to selling your novel by laying out a simple, straightforward path to publication, complete with exercises, templates, and tools that will guide you through each step of the process.
Whether you’ve already finished a novel, you’re currently working on one, or you’ve been itching to start writing one for months (or even years!), this course will give you the knowledge, insight, and edge that you need to jump start your novel-selling journey.
With over twenty book contracts from major publishers to date, Jessica Brody packs her 12+ years of publishing industry experience into one easy-to-follow course.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SELF-PUBLISHING COURSE
Self-publishing (publishing a book yourself) is a perfectly viable option for many authors, but this specific course is about traditional publishing. Or in other words, how to sell your novel to a major publisher.
But what exactly is traditional publishing? And what does it mean to sell your novel to a publisher?
These are just some of the benefits of traditional publishing:
- Getting paid up-front for your book.
- No required out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you throughout the entire publishing process.
- Working directly with an experienced editor and editorial team to ensure that your novel is the very best quality it can be when it releases to the public.
- Being able to focus almost exclusively on writing – As a traditionally published author, you typically don’t have to deal with the many other facets of the publishing process like marketing, publicity, sales, design, production, or distribution
- A dedicated sales team whose job is to get your book on the shelf of large and small bookstores around the world, which may include giant retailers like Barnes and Noble, Waterstones, Target, WHSmith, Walmart, Chapters, Costco, and grocery stores.
- An in-house book publicist (at no cost to you!) whose job is to set up bookstore signings, festivals, events and possibly even nationwide book tours, as well as securing you TV and radio appearances, interviews, and reviews in local and national publications.
- Being represented by a literary agent who sells your novel to publishers all over the world (This falls under the category of “translation rights” – the right to translate your book in other languages, which is covered extensively in this course)
- Working with film agents in Hollywood to make sure your book has the best possible chance of being adapted for film or television.
This course will teach you how ALL of this (and more!) can be part of your publishing journey.
What You'll Learn in This Course
The most effective way to sell your novel to a major publisher
How to write a query letter that will have agents begging to read your manuscript
A clear, straightforward path to getting published "traditionally"
The process of selling your book in multiple languages to publishers around the world
How authors make additional income from their novels without lifting a finger
What happens behind the scenes at a publishing house
How to find the best agent to represent you and avoid publishing scams
The fundamentals of advances, royalties and book contracts
The four key methods of pitching your novel to agents and editors
How film agents turn your book into a movie or TV show
The "Magic Query Maximizer" - a proven system for maximizing responses from agents
What to expect on the journey from book deal to book release
Meet Your Instructor
Hello, I’m Jessica Brody! In the past 12 years, I’ve sold more than 20 novels to major publishers like Simon and Schuster, Random House, Macmillan, and Disney Press. This has given me a unique, insider perspective on the publishing industry with loads of experience dealing with book contracts, royalty statements, advances, foreign translation rights, film options, literary agents, film agents, query letters, book releases, and more.
In this course, I share with you all of my insider knowledge about the publishing industry and put you on the fast-track to making your own publication dreams come true!
What Students are Saying
"The contract section of the course took away a lot of the intimidation that comes with that topic. I know it was just laying a simple foundation on the subject, but it helped me understand the basics."
"This course helped me really understand how the Publishing Industry works and all the little things that make publishing a book happen."
"This course gave me the perfect overview, as to what I have to do now and what I have to look out for. I also loved all the additional tips and tricks."
"Fantastic. Jessica goes into all the details you'd never expect about the publishing journey. Particularly useful for me was the lectures on pitches, query letters, and agents! It energizes me and I can't wait to continue this author journey!"
"This course is chock full of valuable advice and fog-clearing explanations. I now feel 1000% more secure about what to do with my manuscript when it's ready, and am considerably more excited to go work through my planned revisions. Thank you Jessica!"
"This was a very detailed and elaborate course that taught me not just how to query my novel, but also the behind the scenes from the publishing industry and what to expect from a book contract. Would recommend it to anyone trying to get traditionally published!"
"This course is a must for anyone who has never been through the publishing process. Jessica Brody shares every detail from beginning to end. This is a big deal! You will gain so much from this course; it will save you from embarrassment, stumbling, quitting, and most of all leaving your dream on the shelf."
"Thorough, accurate, and well-presented --I would recommend Jessica Brody's courses to any writer eager to rise."
"This was a wonderful course. Jessica is enganging and truly understands the industry, but she also understands the dread feeling of rejection and the the rollercoaster of emotions that a first time author will go through. I highly recommend this course and can't wait to start my sending out my query letters using her system."
"This is an exceptional course. I now have what I believe to be great loglines, short & long synopses, elevator speeches, and query letters - things I did not even know about before I started the course. I have now sent out my first two queries and am ready to tackle the rest of the course."
"If you want to get your novel published, you'll want to take this course. Jessica delves into the process in detail, plus she provides numerous insights that she's gained while getting her own novels published. Also, her Magic Query Maximizer is sheer genius."
"Thorough, entertaining, and extremely helpful. This course convinced me to try the traditional publishing route. It feels like a much less mysterious process after completing the course."
Course Outline
Introduction
Writing and Revising Your Novel
Introduction to Literary Agents
Creating and Perfecting Your Pitch
Writing Your Query Letter
Researching Agents
Submitting to Agents
Selling Your Novel
Navigating Your First Book Contract
The Publishing Process
Wrapping Up
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