Writing for the Ravenous: The Ingredients of a Cookbook

The publishing world has experienced change over the past several decades as all industries have, but the next 10 years will be a cocoon altering it into a different species altogether. Many major print publishing houses have either merged, or acquired smaller houses, and the net result is that there are fewer traditional channels for getting your book published. However, this only means that the nature of the challenge of getting a book published has changed. It does not mean that the challenge has become insurmountable.

Following are some simple tips for writing non-fiction:

1. Find a subject that fascinates you: Four-fifths of the battle in getting other people interested in a subject is to have that interest yourself.

One method used by cookbook writers is to have the recipes tested by people with the level of expertise to which they are writing. This helps them to identify where changes need to be made for clarity or conciseness.

The new traditional publishing path is emerging as more of a partnership between author and publisher with the responsibility for marketing and publicity resting on the shoulders of authors. If you bring a viable manuscript to the table with a sound marketing plan and/or platform, the publisher will invest in editing, design, printing, and distribution, the rest is up to you.

Cookbooks make great fundraisers for small groups or organizations. Having all the parents of a sports team submit recipes and creating a cook book from them isn’t difficult to do.

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