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Bestselling Author Blog – Articles by a Former Literary Agent

This bestselling author blog has answers to your questions about becoming a bestselling author. It also has answers to the questions you wouldn’t know to ask. The information on this blog about bestselling authors was created by Mark Malatesta, a former publishing executive who’s now an author coach and consultant who’s helped 400+ authors of all genres get offers from literary agents and/or traditional publishers. Mark is former literary agent and former AAR member, as well as the former Marketing & Licensing manager of a well-known publisher. During his time serving authors in the publishing industry, he’s worked with a diverse range of writers include those who’ve appeared on the NYT bestseller list and other bestseller lists.

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Bestselling Author Blog Categories

For your convenience we’ve included short summaries for each of the bestselling author blog categories listed below, along with shortcut links. You can also scroll to the bottom of this webpage to see our most recent posts.

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How to Be a Bestselling Author

This section of our bestselling author blog has advice and tips to help you become a bestselling author. Click here to get answers to your questions and see articles about How to Be a Bestselling Author.

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Bestselling Author Interviews

This part of our author blog features interviews with bestselling authors who’ve been published successfully with traditional publishers like Random House or through self-publishing. Come back to this page soon and listen to our Bestselling Author Interviews.

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Bestselling Author Websites

This area of our bestselling author blog highlights bestselling author websites that you’ll want to know about. Come back to this page soon and see if we’ve included your favorite author in our Bestselling Author Websites section of our blog.

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Bestselling Author Blogs

This section of our bestselling author blog explores some of the most popular bestselling author blogs. Which authors have the most say, have the biggest following, and interact with their fans? Come back to this page soon and take a look at our profiles of the best Bestselling Author Blogs.

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Bestselling Author Success Stories

Too many people in publishing (especially publishing professionals) talk mostly about the negative or how hard it is to get published. That’s why we’re creating a special area on this bestselling author blog featuring Bestselling Author Success Stories. Come back to this page soon to see how your favorite bestselling authors broke out and made it onto a bestseller list.

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Bestselling Author Blog – Recent Posts

Scroll below to browse the most recent posts on our Bestselling Author Blog. And stay tuned. We’ll be adding new content soon, for all of the blog categories listed above.

The Bestselling Author, LLC

Established in 2011, The Bestselling Author has helped 400+ authors get literary agents and/or traditional publishers. Writers who've worked with Literary Agent Undercover, a division of The Bestselling Author, have gotten six-figure book deals; been on the New York Times bestseller list; had their books adapted for TV, stage, and feature film; had their work licensed in 40+ countries; and sold many millions of books.

Notable authors include Nelson Johnson, author of Boardwalk Empire, which Martin Scorsese produced for HBO; Leslie Lehr, author of A Boob's Life, which is currently being adapted for an HBO Max TV series by Salma Hayek; and Scott LeRette, author of The Unbreakable Boy, which was published by Thomas Nelson and is now a major motion picture by Lionsgate starring Patricia Heaton, Zachary Levi, and Amy Acker.

The founder of The Bestselling Author, Mark Malatesta, is a former literary agent, literary agency owner, AAR member, and Marketing & Licensing Manager for the gift and book publisher Blue Mountain Arts. He is now an author coach and consultant. Click here to see Mark Malatesta reviews.

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