Health Book Contracts

Book contracts are difficult enough to understand. They can get even more complicated when you’re writing a health book and not only working with an agent and publisher, but you’re collaborating with someone to help you write the book. Everyone has to get their fair share. The publishing agreement can be several pages long, so [...]

8 ways to find a health book collaborator

Should you write a health book yourself, or work in collaboration? Look closely at the top selling health books in bookstores and you’ll see that many if not most are written in collaboration between a writer and a health expert. Often the expert is named first as the “author” to give the book clout, while [...]

Finding an agent for your first health book

A lot of people think they can simply write a book about their health topic or experiences and mail it off to a big commercial publisher who will be happy to receive it, publish it, promote it, and make millions for the happy author. It can happen that way, but unfortunately, this isn’t usually the [...]

Writing a book proposal

Two kinds of people want to write health books: 1) writers interested in health, and 2) health professionals interested in writing. No matter which one you are, the process begins with the book proposal. Before you write your book, before you can attract a book agent, you need to know and show what your book [...]

Should you write a health book?

Want to write a book? Join the club. Surveys say more than 80 percent of people want to write be published authors. The reasons are many and varied. You may just want to share what you know about a particular health, fitness, or nutrition topic with the world. Or you may want to promote your [...]