Sketchnote Lab Live: Video Replay from the April 2025 - Book Publishing Q&A Session
The recorded replay (for subscribers) of Mike Rohde about book publishing with subscriber Q&A. Subscribe to get access!
Literary Agent David Fugate was unable to attend. I am so sorry we didn’t have David to answer your questions.
You can see an interview I had with David on Tuesday here:
Interview with literary agent David Fugate
Literary Agent David Fugate couldn’t attend Saturday’s session. I scheduled an interview on Tuesday with David about the publishing industry, trade vs. tech press, how book proposals work, and what makes great books.
Regardless, Saturday’s Sketchnote Lab Live workshop was fun! Lab Members joined me as I shared my own experience about the publishing industry and my book creation journey, with questions from Lab Members.
Topics included:
My experience writing The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook
The publishing industry and how it works (from my perspective)
Tech Press vs. Trade Press vs. Self-Publishing
Why publishing is more like Venture Capital funding than you might realize
What publishers are looking for (influence, unique vision, etc)
How advances and royalties work
The value of a literary agent (why we chose each other)
and more
Here is Marsha Baker’s sketchnote of the session:
Michele Olson shared a little about her experiences with self-publishing. You can find her at Lake Girl Publishing.
Sketchnote Lab Live Replay: April 2025
The full one-hour video replay below is available to Paid Lab Members. If you want to access this recording, December, January, February, and March replays, plus a 15-minute 1:1 session with me, become a paid Lab Member.