Books

Have you written a book that was picked up by a major publishing house? 

What advice would you give to a first time non-fiction writer?

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I have a close friend who's written two and two acquaintances (we worked together for years) that have written I think five between them. All have made best-seller lists at some point. All three of them built a name as a trusted writers/journalists in their niches first

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no, they had support and a budget from the publisher. all of them had the publishing house approach them first.

the book tour promo side was a grind for all of them. the allotted budget made it feasible but not comfy. if I remember correctly the grind was worth it for all of them because of their cut on each sale

I should add all were non-fiction. 

just remembered another guy I worked with wrote a book on the Tragically Hip also

they were writing for a 50-year-old alt-weekly arts and culture-focused publication we all worked at primarily focused on their respective niches

How did they get the attention of the publishing house?