Studio B works exclusively with best-selling computer book authors and experts. If you want to take your career to the next level, e-mail us or call 1-800-STUDIOB.

What the Studio B Author Agency Does for You

We Create a Career Plan Just For You

Because working smarter means something different for each book author, we'll customize our relationship with you to help you achieve the next level in your career. For best-selling authors like:

David Pogue, who's a New York Times Columnist and guest technology correspondent on CBS, it meant helping him launch a new imprint where he could manage the editorial and production process while building his own publishing company.

Deke McClelland, who's internationally known as a Photoshop and Illustrator expert, it meant helping him launch a McClelland-branded book series and working with him to expand into videotapes.

Lynda Weinman, who's known as the leading trainer in the digital arts, it meant helping her launch her own imprint and an active videotape publishing and training business at Lynda.com.

In our studio, we'll work to develop career strategies that all have the goal of helping you realize your full potential. By working with you to carefully select projects, finding just the right partners, considering the best timing, and crafting brilliant ideas, you'll be able to take maximum control of your own future.  As specialists, we have little problem getting substantially better compensation for our clients. In short, the Studio B Author Agency pays for itself, and our loyal client base proves this. When you become a Studio B client, we fight every step of the way to help you realize your dreams and help you become as successful as possible.

We Take Your Career to the Next Level

Building a lucrative and fulfilling career takes careful planning and hard work. We'll work with you to identify your interests and strengths, look at where the market is heading, and help you put together a plan that will enable you to achieve as much as possible. In short, we focus on the business side of your career, so you can focus on the creative side.

In our experience, specialization in a particular topic or market area is extremely important because it allows you to better leverage your knowledge. The Studio B team is very well-suited to help you profitably leverage your expertise because we have agents specializing in every market. After you've established your reputation in a particular area, our team of agents will sell your knowledge.

By providing a wide range of focused and appropriate book opportunities for you, we'll empower you to choose only the projects that will make the most sense in the context of your career plan. Lots of options make it possible for you to make the necessary changes in your career, and to only settle for the opportunities you're excited about pursuing.

1.    Creation of a personal branding strategy. We develop a plan to help you establish and expand your personal brand and reputation.

2.    Relationship management. By helping you to better manage your existing relationships to make them more profitable, and to develop new relationships for you, we'll help you to gradually and prudently emphasize the relationships that are moving you towards your goals.

3.    Long-range planning. Taking your career to the next level is a long process. By thinking long-term, and by adjusting short-term objectives, we'll help you keep the focus you need to build your reputation, your income, and creative freedom in the areas you choose.

We customize our relationship with you to add the most value. If you're a technology expert with just a few writing credits, we'll probably place more focus on selling your ideas and helping you establish your career. However, if you're a well-established author who companies frequently approach, we'll spend more time negotiating deals and leveraging your personal brand.

We Market and Sell Your Services

Our team of agents will do everything within our power to get your books published, as well as lining up magazine articles, training, and speaking opportunities. Most importantly, given our web presence and reputation, we are often in a position to bring pre-sold projects to you. Studio B:

1.    Creates a selling strategy for your ideas. After evaluating the marketability of your ideas and offering experience-based advice, we develop a plan to sell your books to the best possible publisher.

2.    Submits proposals only to appropriate publishers. We only match your proposals up with the best companies for your ideas. We help you avoid relationships that might not work out and instead focus on the companies where we can help ensure that you enjoy a positive experience.

3.    Makes sure your proposals are considered. Because of our market knowledge, reputation, and rapport with publishers, we ensure that your proposals are taken seriously. Even if your proposal doesn't fit with a particular publishing company, we often uncover additional opportunities that might be of interest.

We Negotiate Great Deals

We strive to get you the best deal possible. Since we've negotiated thousands of contracts, we can make sure that you're being compensated appropriately and that you're getting everything you deserve. While market knowledge and negotiating skills are important, we know that you'll be in the best negotiating position if you can feel comfortable walking away from a deal that doesn't match your needs. Since we're constantly working hard to find new opportunities for you, you will have the freedom to say 'no.' Given our reputation, publishers know when they're dealing with Studio B that if the terms aren't appropriate, we'll happily find another company that will offer appropriate terms. With our reputation and credibility, coupled with the comfort of knowing you have options, we'll deliver the terms you need.

Studio B:

1.    Arranges payment terms and structure. We attempt to maximize your rates and work to make sure the payment milestones meet your financial needs.

2.    Analyzes your contract and requests special clauses or modifications. We make every effort to make contracts more reasonable and balanced, and strive to protect your interests every step of the way. We also ensure that unique aspects of your projects are addressed in your agreements.

3.    Ensures a successful project. By making sure that everyone understands the contract and the customer's expectations, we help to prevent problems before they happen.

You'll Have the Support of a Team

We like to work with our authors throughout the writing process. Studio B:

1.    Encourages launch meetings. We want your projects to get off to the right start. We work to make sure that you understand the customer's processes and that you have all the information that you need before you get started.

2.    Resolves conflicts. While we do everything possible to prevent conflicts, sometimes misunderstandings occur. We serve as your advocate to make sure a fair and reasonable solution can be found.

3.    Checks progress. We work with our authors to ensure that projects are progressing smoothly and in a timely fashion.

4.    Verifies and ensures prompt and accurate royalty payments. We follow up on your payments, generate invoices when necessary, and check your royalty statements for accuracy. Once we receive payment, we turn it around within five business days.

5.     Handles correspondence. We keep records and send copies of correspondence and notes of conversations, and handle mail sent to the agent on the author's behalf. You'll be copied on everything that pertains to you.

6.     Offers troubleshooting advice and solutions. When problems come up, we'll work with you to solve them. We want our customers to be happy working with Studio B authors. If you're having difficulty completing a project, we can find other authors to assist you.

If you are interested in discussing representation, please click here, or call 800-STUDIOB.

NEXT: How the Author Agency Agreement Works