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When YOU Will Be Ready to Land a Book Deal

Meghan Stevenson
3 min readMar 1, 2022

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When will you be ready to write a proposal with me and my team?

I get asked this question a lot, but I’m turning it to you because that’s more appropriate.

A lot of entrepreneurial and expert authors want to know exactly what to do and exactly what numbers they need to get in order to get a book deal.

If you are nodding your head right now you are not alone.

Unfortunately, there is no magic number. And there’s not a singular “right” way or exact process to build an author platform. And, in case you’re wondering, there’s not a specific timeline either.

If this feels frustrating to you … believe me, I get it.

I hear from authors on a daily basis how annoying it is that the process of getting a book deal is (mostly) subjective. After nearly 20 years in the industry, I don’t even know if a project is going to appeal to literary agents, editors, and publishers.

But here’s the deal (pun intended).

Every author and every book is unique, so the parts of an author platform you have are unique too. There’s no singular number of followers that will land you a book deal.

Instead, it’s a combination of things including:

  • Proof that your methodology and…

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Meghan Stevenson
Meghan Stevenson

Written by Meghan Stevenson

I help entrepreneurs, experts and thought leaders create book proposals that sell to major publishers. I also run marathons, save senior dogs and love the Mets.

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