Industry Advice
63 videos • 14,824 views • by Alexa Donne
Industry advice is my bread & butter: I love queries, literary agents, etc. I'm offering some of my best publishing Real Talk here!
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The Corporate Grind of Publishing | (Or, Business Communication Norms & Tips for Authors)
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The AUDACITY of These Book Publicity Scams
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How a BOOK becomes a MOVIE (or TV show) | Getting Your Book Optioned
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Why Querying & Submission is SO SLOW Right Now
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Agent referrals - shortcut to an agent?
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The TRUTH About Book Print Runs | Running Out of Books?
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Querying Again? Getting A New Agent Post-Pub
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How To Write A Fiction Book Proposal
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The Decline of YA Fiction? What's Going On With YA Publishing
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An Inside Look at Publishers Marketplace | How to Search Agent Book Deals
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Selling a Book to a Big 5 at Auction! | Book Submission Storytime
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Unrealistic Author Goals (+ Some Dirty Secrets About Them)
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13
Your Competition to Get Published (Isn't What You Think It Is)
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Self Pub to Trad Pub Tips & Why Word Count Rules Exist w/ Literary Agent Thao Le!
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The Best Way To Query Your Book! | Successful Query Strategy
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Query Auto-Rejects & the YA Market Going Forward | Q&A w/ Literary Agent Elana Roth Parker
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Should You Query Your Book Now?
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What is Upmarket Fiction?
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You don't have to write an "important" book | A Writer Pep Talk
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Why Publishing Rejects You...
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5 Self Pub Misconceptions (Trad Pubbed Authors Have)
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What is the Midlist in Publishing?
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Harsh Publishing Realities I've Faced
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Advice for Teen Writers (Should You Publish?)
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How To Go From Fanfic Writer to Pro Writer
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26
Attending Events as an Author
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7 Signs of a Bad Literary Agent
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TRANSPARENCY vs. OVERSHARING in Publishing
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Questions for THE CALL! What to ask a literary agent
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6 ESSENTIAL TRAITS TO SURVIVE AS A WRITER
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WHAT IS IP IN PUBLISHING? Book Packagers, Licensed Content, Ghostwriting & more
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AUTHOR EVENT PREP | Packing, Managing Anxiety, Panel Prep
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Shady Literary Agents? Good vs. Bad Agents (Schmagents) & RED FLAGS!
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Literary Agent Offer?! Now What?
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Jealousy in Publishing
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36
Author Debut Year Dos & Don'ts!
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37
What Is Author Imposter Sydrome?
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38
What Are Publishing Seasons?
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39
How to Leave Your Literary Agent
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BOOK DEAL + DAY JOB? How to deal!
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7 Reasons You Should Leave Your Literary Agent
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WRITING + DAY JOB -- How Do You Balance Writing & Working?
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Everything you CANNOT CONTROL in Publishing!
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Can You Write To The Market? Should You?
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7 Publishing Myths that I HATE
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Pros & Cons of Writing Under A Pen Name
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How Authors Get Blurbs For Their Books
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The Truth About Authors & Book Covers!
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What Counts As YA Fiction?
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Authors! Reviews Are Not For You!
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Publishing Is Not A Meritocracy! (Who deserves a book deal?)
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Do You Have To Read Books To Write Books?
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Proper Manuscript Formatting (Microsoft Word/Scrivener demo)
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How To Be Traditionally Published
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What is Author Mentor Match?
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Traditional Publishing Book Money 101 [MONEY MONTH]
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How to deal with rejection
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Don't Fall For A Bad Literary Agent! Red Flags to Look For
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Should you enter Pitch Wars?
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How to find agents to query
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Query Etiquette & Best Practices!
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YA Word Count Targets!
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Query Basics (How To Get A Literary Agent)
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