Craftypod: Publish a Craft Book, with Christina Loff and Kate McKean

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In this show:

- Interviews with Christina Loff, a publicist at Chronicle Books, and Kate McKean, a literary agent.

- Find out what really goes into writing and publishing a craft book.

- Discussion of agents: do you need one?

- And how has the blogosphere affected craft book publishing?

Bookish Links:

- Visit Chronicle Books online.

- Christina Loff has a blog and an Etsy shop.

- Kate McKean can be found online at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency website.

- Kate mentioned Publishers Marketplace as great resource for keeping track of craft book deals.

- Christina mentioned Publisher’s Weekly.

- Here’s a very thorough article on proposal writing.

- Definitely read this post on book proposals from an editor’s view, at the Chronice Books Blog.

~Diane Gilleland

Handmade Spark is proud to feature Diane Gilleland, the Social Media Maven behind Craftypod. Read: What Message Are You (Unconsciously) Sending on Twitter? More CraftyPods from Diane can be found here.

Tagged as: book proposal, Chronicle Books, craft books, crafty links, craftypod, How To, literary agent, podcast, publishing, writing

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This was very interesting. Good to hear from the publishing side of the whole process.

Books are on my list of goals for the year that I would like to experiment with. My audience consists of a nice handful of nieces and nephews. Nothing fancy, just some cute little picture books with a funny store for kids, perhaps with my dogs being the subject. They would get a kick out of “knowing” the characters. Who knows??? If my review committee gives me a thumbs up, maybe I’ll add them to my online shops.
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