|
how do you get your book published?? help
okay I will keep this short I have written a book and I was wondering if you could tell me how I would go about tryin to get it published?
p.s. its a romance!!
any help is appreciated
lxx
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Work & School category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Job Searches?
You have two options:
Self-publishing, which involves a lot of money and doing all your own advertising, much like the columnist below me suggested. I personally don't recommend it, it's very expensive.
Or, (and this advice comes from a successful author friend of mine)
You can get a literary agent. No publishing houses take unsolicited manuscripts (not from an agent), so your best bet for that is to get a directory of literary agents from Borders or something and send out query letters. It's a long, drawn out process, but if you get a "yes" from an agent, they'll do pretty much everything for you except the writing. They also don't take money upfront, they take a percentage of what you sell, if your book is good enough to sell. So if an agent asks for payment, find someone else. Agents specialize genres just like publishers, so you want to find an agent who works with romance novels, and send a letter to them - a query letter is a one-page-long summary of your book, basically telling agents without actually telling them why they want to help you get your book published; what's unique about it, and why it would make good money. Some agents want excerpts from your book, some don't. I'd invest in the 2009 Writer's Handbook. It'll give you basically everything you need to know about getting your book published.
Good luck!
-Siren =)
]
Hi,
getting a book published can be a difficul task. It depends on how you want to publish it. YOu can self publish in which you put up the money to get your book out there. You also have to do your own promotion of the book. It has had success with some authors. Dorrance Publishing is one website.
If you want a publishing house to publish, you have to do your reasearch. Since it is romance, you should go to the internet and look up romance publishers. There you will find a array of publishers with different guidelines for their novels. Pick the one that best suits their needs and follow through with how to present your manuscript to them.
Note: some don't like unsolicited manuscripts, so make sure you read the guidelines carefully. I hope I answered your question.
Good luck,
Ediemarie
]
More Questions: |