Category Archives: Foreign Rights

5 Reasons to Consider Translating Your Work

Posted on March 25, 2020 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

Happy to welcome Savannah Cardova from Reedsy who has some good information to share on book translations. As many of you know, we have a foreign rights agent and have sold rights to publishers in different countries. While some books … Continue reading →

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Why Writers Shouldn’t Query Self-Published Books

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Writing Coach

Have you self-published a novel you had originally intended to send to literary agents (to see how it did)? Or, did you self-publish a novel, decide that publishing path wasn’t for you, and now want to send that book to … Continue reading →

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Milestones that Provide a Valuable Opportunity to Look Back

Posted on February 11, 2018 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

So, funny story. In January, Becca and I hit 10 years of blogging. TEN YEARS. That’s a lot of time, but also not a lot of time, because we all know time flows differently in the book business. It’s all … Continue reading →

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Help Us Celebrate Our 200,000 Book Milestone

Posted on March 3, 2017 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

Honestly, I don’t even know how to start this post–I am utterly lacking in the word department, which is pretty ironic for a writer, isn’t it? 200,000. Books. Sold. Back in 2012 when Becca and I dipped our toes into … Continue reading →

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As A Writer in Today’s World, What Do You Need?

Posted on March 8, 2016 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

I was tooling through some of our older posts here at Writers Helping Writers, and I found a  “how are we doing?” one from The Bookshelf Muse era. This is where we would do a check in with you guys … Continue reading →

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Foreign Rights Agents: Everything You Need To Know (& Why You May Want One!)

Posted on June 11, 2013 by BECCA PUGLISI

Foreign Rights. Now more than ever, we’re seeing translation rights buzz and increasing a book’s global range. And why not? Authors work incredibly hard to create the best book they can, and language should not be a barrier to finding … Continue reading →

Posted in Agents, Emotion Thesaurus Guide, Foreign Rights | 23 Comments