okay. people's I'm trying to publish a book it is all ready to 330 already and I think it will end at 500 pages but I'm hoping to squeeze it to 400 pages instead.
I been doing this since mid 5th grade and still am doing this right at this moment. I been not doing it so long until some people was urging me to get it publish *though I was thinking that before them but somehow I was like kind of put down sometimes because how long the story line is* and right know I'm trying to see if there is anybody out there that can tell me this question.
another one:
Does Publishing cost anything? *cause I seen some go to 399 or something like that*
Do you know some other place beside New York City to publish it? *Like anywhere from Texas up to Colorado to Wyoming to Michigan? Anywhere near there?*
What do you should NOT do when your trying to publishing a book in a hurry? *though i'm not in a hurry . . . I don't think I am…*
How long does a book get publish in how many days? does it takes months, days, or years? *If it takes years then I'm mad at my self* non of yall people *
thanks! help me! it will help me out great!
If your book reads like your question, a traditional publisher will not be interested, but a lot of scams will be. You NEED to edit your work for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Being young or English not being you first language is no excuse if you want to publish in the English reading market. If you can't do it yourself, hire someone to help you (and it will cost a lot for editing and may not improve the chances of selling a manuscript if the story itself is not good).
Location of agents and publishers is not what you should be concerned about.. What is important is their business reputation, sales record, and book quality. Do your research. There are a lot of scams aimed at new writers, and you have to know enough about the business of publishing to know what a scam looks like before it bites you.
Traditional publishing does not cost you anything. Real publishers pay the author and make their money selling the books. Vanity (self publishers) and scams make their money off the author and could care less if the books sell. Real publishers place books on shelves in real stores (not just online). Real publishers care about the quality of the writing (vanity and scams do not).
No one in the publishing industry cares about the number of pages in a manuscript. They care about word count. Quite likely, you also need to learn about proper manuscript formatting. There are many good websites and books that cover it. Find one.
Traditional publishing can take 9 to 24 months from the sale of the manuscript to the day the books are available at a store. There is a lot of preparation that goes into the book - editing, marketing, cover design, proofing gallies, advertising, printing, nationwide distribution - all of it takes time. Vanity and scams do not take as long because they have nothing to loose (since they do not care about sales, they do not bother with marketing plans, editing and proofing, or distribution).
29.April, 2009 um 5:20 pm
You have much to learn about representation and publishing your works as well as writing in good English.
Consult a copy of the Writer's Market, found in your library or on retail shelves. Look inside for a literary agent that might represent your genre of work. Follow the guidelines explicitly and submit with a compelling query letter.
A year to 18 months is an average time for an agent to accept your work and get it prepared for submission to a publisher. This process will not cost you anything except perhaps some copying administrative fees at the most.
Should you go to a vanity publisher then all of the cost and the marketing strategies are yours to bear.
I strongly recommend you focus on good writing; using punctuation, capitalization, and proper sentence format. Judging by your "question" and narrative you are nowhere near writing a good manuscript. For starters, get rid of the words "okay" and "people's." Your jargon emits a juvenile tone at best.
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29.April, 2009 um 5:30 pm
It depends on what you want to achieve with your book. It is unlikely that you will become a bestselling internationally-renowned author if you self-publish your text - to do that requires a large corporate machine which does all the printing, packaging, promotion and marketing that you need.
If, on the other hand, you just want a few copies so that you can impress your friends, then there are some decent self-publishing companies out there. These range from glorified printers who will just print and bind copies for you to companies which offer a more tailored service and who will, for instance, make sure that your book is listed on sites like Amazon. The latter type tend to produce a minimum number of first-run copies (about 50 - 100, which you have to buy and pay for yourself) and then produce new copies as they are ordered by individual customers (it's called print-on-demand).
The turnaround for self-publishing through a print-on-demand service is about 4 to 6 weeks. The turnaround if you get your book picked up by a publisher can vary enormously - it depends on the size of the publisher, their schedule etc.
Good luck.
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29.April, 2009 um 6:15 pm
Ox,
There is a difference between self publishing and vanity publishing. If you self publish a book you are going to go with a company who can print your book and help you market it. There is a cost for this and it's getting higher and higher as time goes by. I self published my first novel and did a lot of the leg work to get it in stores. I also put out quite a bit of money to advertise in magazines and newspapers.
Vanity publishing is a no no. You get exactly what you pay for and pay you do. Many times the binding and the print is not exactly what you were expecting for the money you fork out.
Get a copy of Writer's Market and look for a literary agent. You must know how to write a query letter to that agent, and you must know how to format it properly, this includes formatting your manuscript. In your local bookstore you can find books on how to do this. I suggest you get a few of them before attempting to get a publisher. Editing is very important as well, and editors are VERY expensive.
Good luck!
PJ M
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29.April, 2009 um 6:56 pm
Guitarpi and picerecond have given you good advice.
Take it, but don't be discouraged. Keep on writing and keep on submitting your writing to publishers.
You will probably get rejection slips - most writers do. They are rites of passage.
Good Luck.
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29.April, 2009 um 7:34 pm
I'm sorry, but you have a lot more learning to do.
self publishing is bad than
people's
I been not doing it so long until some people was
right know
I seen some
Some examples.
Really, hon. You sound young. Put your book aside for a while and pay attention in school.
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29.April, 2009 um 8:15 pm
If your book reads like your question, a traditional publisher will not be interested, but a lot of scams will be. You NEED to edit your work for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Being young or English not being you first language is no excuse if you want to publish in the English reading market. If you can't do it yourself, hire someone to help you (and it will cost a lot for editing and may not improve the chances of selling a manuscript if the story itself is not good).
Location of agents and publishers is not what you should be concerned about.. What is important is their business reputation, sales record, and book quality. Do your research. There are a lot of scams aimed at new writers, and you have to know enough about the business of publishing to know what a scam looks like before it bites you.
Traditional publishing does not cost you anything. Real publishers pay the author and make their money selling the books. Vanity (self publishers) and scams make their money off the author and could care less if the books sell. Real publishers place books on shelves in real stores (not just online). Real publishers care about the quality of the writing (vanity and scams do not).
No one in the publishing industry cares about the number of pages in a manuscript. They care about word count. Quite likely, you also need to learn about proper manuscript formatting. There are many good websites and books that cover it. Find one.
Traditional publishing can take 9 to 24 months from the sale of the manuscript to the day the books are available at a store. There is a lot of preparation that goes into the book - editing, marketing, cover design, proofing gallies, advertising, printing, nationwide distribution - all of it takes time. Vanity and scams do not take as long because they have nothing to loose (since they do not care about sales, they do not bother with marketing plans, editing and proofing, or distribution).
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29.April, 2009 um 8:45 pm
BOLT has hit the nail on the head, he/she is dead right.
I self published my son's true life story. They did not care about it,all they cared about was my money. My story is still only available online, and has sold very few. Self publishing is the easy way but not the best way.
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