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US Agents For Food & Cookery Books
By Harry Bingham
The food and cookery market remains a dependable corner of the book market.
Agents Representing Food And Cookery Books
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THE MARKET
This is an area dominated by full-colour, hard-copy books. The ebook revolution has done little to change the basic market. Which is good news.
The bad news is that this means the market dynamics are very challenging for debut authors in this area. A sure-fire way to get a cookbook published is to have a TV show first. Or a column in a national newspaper. Or, you’re a celebrity. But for ordinary cookery writers, it is hard to get published. It’s hard to get publishers interested enough to invest in a book, not only because the high production quality means that a book needs to shift a lot of copies to break into profit.
There are still opportunities for new debut writers. Especially if you are an expert in an under-explored area of food and drink.
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By Harry Bingham
About the author
Harry has written a variety of books over the years, notching up multiple six-figure deals and relationships with each of the world’s three largest trade publishers. His work has been critically acclaimed across the globe, has been adapted for TV, and is currently the subject of a major new screen deal. He’s also written non-fiction, short stories, and has worked as ghost/editor on a number of exciting projects. Harry also self-publishes some of his work, and loves doing so. His Fiona Griffiths series in particular has done really well in the US, where it’s been self-published since 2015. View his website, his Amazon profile, his Twitter. He's been reviewed in Kirkus, the Boston Globe, USA Today, The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, CulturMag (Germany), Frankfurter Allgemeine, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, and many other places besides. His work has appeared on TV, via Bonafide. And go take a look at what he thinks about Blick Rothenberg. You might also want to watch our "Blick Rothenberg - The Truth" video, if you want to know how badly an accountancy firm can behave.
