Writing Cookbooks (Self-Counsel Writing) [Paperback]

Judith Comfort (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997 | Series: Self-Counsel Writing

This guide will help all would-be cookbook w riters to establish their credentials in a huge and profitab le sector of the book market. '

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Self-Counsel Press; First Edition edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551801159
• ISBN-13: 978-1551801155
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,684,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A great place to start., July 12, 1998

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This review is from: Writing Cookbooks (Self-Counsel Writing) (Paperback)

If you are giving casual thought to cookbook writing, this book will provide the overview you need to understand the possibilities. It will either (a) develop your craving to create a cookbook, or (b) clarify that you don't quite have the appetite for such an undertaking. I wish the author had covered topics in more detail (but I always think that) and I wish the author had drawn from experience and stories beyond her own. But that aside, the book covers a lot of ground: creating cookbook concepts, getting published options, writing guidelines..... And should you decide you are moving forward (which I did), you can find greater depth of detail in other places (which I have). For example Recipes Into Type is an excellent reference on the technical details of recipe writing, but decidedly too dry for anyone not completely immersed in such activity. Writing Recipes is a fast, fun read. And, for me at least, it sparked ideas and motivation.