845: #855 - Behind the Scene of Christian Publishing

Theology in the Raw

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Don Pape is the master Yoda of Christian publishing. He has over 35 years of experience working for some of the biggest Christian publishers and has also been a literary agent. Don is responsible for finding a relatively unknown pastor from Simi Valley named Francis Chan and signing him to a book deal. In this conversation, Don and I talk about what it takes to be a successful writer, the pros and cons of Christian publishing, the role that having a platform plays in landing a book deal, what to do if you feel called to write a book, the kind of financial advances that new authors should expect, and many other things related to the industry.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of theology in the raw. If you are listening on the
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0:35.8	I have on the show today a good friend of mine, Don Pape. Don, so Don and I go back to 2011
0:46.2	when I, you know, in a flurry of events, I ended up co-writing a book with Francis Chan called
0:52.8	Racing Hell. Some of you remember that book. And maybe that's how you first came across my name.
0:58.5	Well, Don was the publisher of that book. In fact, Don is the guy who several years before that
1:07.1	found some relatively unknown pastor in Seamy Valley named Francis Chan and said, I think this guy
1:13.9	has a voice that needs to be heard. And he signed Francis to a book deal to write a book called
1:20.9	Crazy Love. Probably many of you have read it. Don is the master Yoda of Christian publishing. He
1:27.7	has worked for several different publishing houses. He's been a literary agent. He now is, he's
1:33.7	starting to kind of a new thing called Pape Commons. You can check it out. I believe it's papecommons.com
1:39.4	but the link is in the show notes. And Don, he's just, I love Don because he's so honest. He will talk
1:46.8	about the pros, the cons and everything in between when it comes to Christian publishing. He's
1:53.1	he's an amazing person to go to if you have questions about writing. And so we even talk about
1:59.4	that. Like, if you want to write a book, what should you do? Should you self publish? Should you
2:03.3	try to get a mainstream publisher to look at it? And if you do actually get a contract, like,
2:08.9	what's what kind of finances, you know, are we looking at here for a first time or a new author?
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