Books

Have you written a book that was picked up by a major publishing house? 

What advice would you give to a first time non-fiction writer?

my book (amazon.com/Dont-Live-Thousand-Years-Dimensions/dp/B0CHL7WRYM) hasn't been picked up by a major publishing house 😅 my advice?

1. Find an agent asap
2. Don't start writing the book until you get an agent (manuscripts that are ready are less likely to be interesting to agents)

Operator turned investor. Work in TradFi.  @crossroads 🟪

cto @ bwl.gg, 100M+ users (bdut.ch) 🙏 $eggs is life

somewhat!

it's called a query and usually you're emailing an agent/agency with a proposal for your non-fiction title

it's also based on how many books you might potentially sell (you do the marketing, not the publishers in most cases)

it's also easily hacked by proximity to agents

so yeah, pretty much like raising!

What's the key to finding an agent? Is the pitch process similar to pitching a startup?

making assembly gallery. a collector dao experimenting with artist discovery and gallery models. https://theassembly.gallery

no, they had support and a budget from the publisher. all of them had the publishing house approach them first.

the book tour promo side was a grind for all of them. the allotted budget made it feasible but not comfy. if I remember correctly the grind was worth it for all of them because of their cut on each sale

I have a close friend who's written two and two acquaintances (we worked together for years) that have written I think five between them. All have made best-seller lists at some point. All three of them built a name as a trusted writers/journalists in their niches first

I wrote and self-published: https://inthekeyofrhythm.com/product/making-a-drummer/

It took me 7 years and I wish I had been marketing/promoting/hyping the book from day one; what I know now as "building in public". Let people in on the process in order to build up a customer base before it's out for sale.