The Real Business Guide to Modeling

The Real Business Guide to Modeling

Signed Booked Paid

Signed Booked Paid

Signed Booked Paid

The modeling industry is a business—and if you don’t understand how it works, it can quickly become confusing, overwhelming, and expensive. Signed Booked Paid gives you an honest, behind-the-scenes look at how it actually works.

The modeling industry is a business—and if you don’t understand how it works, it can quickly become confusing, overwhelming, and expensive. Signed Booked Paid gives you an honest, behind-the-scenes look at how it actually works.

The modeling industry is a business—and if you don’t understand how it works, it can quickly become confusing, overwhelming, and expensive. Signed Booked Paid gives you an honest, behind-the-scenes look at how it actually works.

Spines of Signed Booked Paid Vols. 1 to 10, The Real Business Guide to Modeling series by Lonna Drewes.
Spines of Signed Booked Paid Vols. 1 to 10, The Real Business Guide to Modeling series by Lonna Drewes.
Spines of Signed Booked Paid Vols. 1 to 10, The Real Business Guide to Modeling series by Lonna Drewes.

THE SIGNED BOOKED PAID SERIES

THE SIGNED BOOKED PAID SERIES

THE SIGNED BOOKED PAID SERIES

All ten volumes of Signed Booked Paid by Lonna Drewes on a lit bookshelf in a modeling agency.

A multi-volume reference series on the business of professional modeling, written to help parents, aspiring models, and working talent understand how the industry actually works, from child modeling through adulthood.

A multi-volume reference series on the business of professional modeling, written to help parents, aspiring models, and working talent understand how the industry actually works, from child modeling through adulthood.

WHAT READERS LEARN

Agencies & representation

How legitimate agencies, mother agents, and exclusivity work, and how to tell an agency from a business selling services.

Contracts & red flags

What you’re signing: commissions, exclusivity, termination clauses, and when to walk away.

Castings & bookings

Go-sees, callbacks, options, holds, fittings, and what clients are actually evaluating.

Money & usage rights

Rates, usage licensing, buyouts, residuals, and how models actually get paid.

Safety & boundaries

Spotting scams, protecting personal information, and knowing your rights on set.

Companion workbook

Every volume includes a workbook to track submissions, castings, bookings, payments, and usage.

All ten volumes

All ten volumes

All ten volumes

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 1, The Real Business Guide to Child Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 1

For parents of child models

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 3, The Real Business Guide to New Face Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 3

For newly signed & development models

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 4, The Real Business Guide to Women’s Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 4

For working women’s & fashion models

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 5, The Real Business Guide to Classic Women’s Modeling 50+, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 5

For models 50+: starting fresh, returning, or switching divisions

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 6, The Real Business Guide to Plus Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 6

For plus & mid-size models

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 7, The Real Business Guide to Runway and Showroom Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 7

For runway & showroom models

COMING SOON

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 8, The Real Business Guide to Fit Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 8

For fit models

COMING SOON

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 9, The Real Business Guide to Parts and Character Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 9

For parts & character models

COMING SOON

Signed Booked Paid Vol. 10, The Real Business Guide to Men’s Modeling, by Lonna Drewes.

VOL. 10

For men’s models

COMING SOON

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The Modeling Playbook

The Modeling Playbook

The Modeling Playbook

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