Writing books is one of the easily way we choose nowadays to express our own view of the world around us, whether you are a graduate or not or just a blogger like me, there comes a time in your life you feel is time you put together most of the experience you have gather over the years at least that will help most of
those you fail to meet one on one and also help you as well to expand your views.
First lets assume here you have finish writing your book, and if you are a first time author you may be unsure as to how you should proceed, in term of getting your book published, which if you ask me is the really dream of every writer, you have continue reading different articles on, as a number of steps that you will want to take to get that your work published and am going to take my time out to list them below not really heard as you may have taught.
The first thing you need to do is to familiarize yourself with publishers. In addition to knowing where to send your book manuscript and who it should be addressed to, the idea is that you want to learn as much as possible about the publisher in question, like what type of themes are they looking for? will your book be a good fit? Are there are rules or restrictions in term of formatting that you need to abide by? Does the publisher in question only accept agent submission? All these are important questions that you need to have answers to.
Reason been that you want the best for your work and for that to happen you must also satisfy the desire of the publisher, since he is the position to publish your work to the best standard. As for how you can go about finding book publishers, you will be pleased with all of your options. you can look at the book you own, the books in your local library, or the books in your local bookstores. Make note the publishers and perform a standard internet search with their names. Next look for a section for writer's guidelines. you can also perform a generalized standard internet search, such as with the phrase ''book publishers''. There are also a number of printed resources, like the popular Writer's market books that you can use as well.
Like i say before, you will want to learn what rules and restrictions publishing companies may have. If you can't find this information online or in print try and be sure to use your best judgment. And first you have to make sure that your book manuscript and other documents are easy to read, formatted properly, and clean as well. Don forget to include a cover letter and a book proposal. Thought many author choose to merge these two document together the choice is all yours. though if you ask me i think is far better but you need to be very careful on how you do it. Both cover letter and proposals should be right to the point and not clouded with too much information that way it will be easy for the publisher to go through.
The next step you should consider is using the service of a well known professional literary agent and editor as well. though going through this you will discover that they are more costly but honestly they are typically more than worth the cost, am telling you this from experience. The reasons for this are not far fetch been that no matter how good you are at proofreading, you will likely miss some errors. That means a second set of professional eyes are advised, and talk of the literary agent honestly from my dealing with them i have also come to conclude they too have a numbers of benefits. f the publishers that fit your book the best only accept agented submission it may be in your best interest to hire a professional literary agent. That way they can help get your book into doors that you couldn't. The simple reason for this steps is to get the best from your work and at the same time reach your target.
Then you may consider follow up which is okay provided you use your best judgment. Most of the publishers i have work with do outline on their website how long it should take for you to receive a response, some goes for two months while some goes four month it all depend on the the one you prefer. But if by two months you do not receive a response consider placing a phone call or sending a letter to the publisher in question. This is for your own protection but is always advisable not make contact before the estimated response time, that way the publisher will relax and have time to work thoroughly in your book.
If you carefully follow the above mentioned points into consideration, honestly it won't be long to see your book in print soon, remember you don't have to be scared of rejection letter here. They are common more especially if is your first time that does not mean that you should give up rather it simply means you should correct certain mistakes or better still try another publisher.
Now lets say you have fully observer the above points but still one thing or another have kept you from publishing your book, well not worry nowadays things have really change so am also going to outline some methods you can use to over come publishers and at the same time have your book publish all by yourself. That way the issue of paying huge sum of amount to publisher will be cut out, and you will have no need of middle man and wasting your time waiting for your publisher to get your work done.
Have you heard of Amazon Self Publish, or Ask.com of course you have, do you know you can get your book publish online today? well many people like you are already using them to fulfill their dream and you are not exception to this service no matter your location. Provided you book and back cover are ready i prefer you having your own cover inasmuch as they have already made covers there, is far better having your own that way it will give you more confidence before your readers out there. Though am not going to talk much about their service on this post but promise to make it up to you in my next post.
First lets assume here you have finish writing your book, and if you are a first time author you may be unsure as to how you should proceed, in term of getting your book published, which if you ask me is the really dream of every writer, you have continue reading different articles on, as a number of steps that you will want to take to get that your work published and am going to take my time out to list them below not really heard as you may have taught.
The first thing you need to do is to familiarize yourself with publishers. In addition to knowing where to send your book manuscript and who it should be addressed to, the idea is that you want to learn as much as possible about the publisher in question, like what type of themes are they looking for? will your book be a good fit? Are there are rules or restrictions in term of formatting that you need to abide by? Does the publisher in question only accept agent submission? All these are important questions that you need to have answers to.
Reason been that you want the best for your work and for that to happen you must also satisfy the desire of the publisher, since he is the position to publish your work to the best standard. As for how you can go about finding book publishers, you will be pleased with all of your options. you can look at the book you own, the books in your local library, or the books in your local bookstores. Make note the publishers and perform a standard internet search with their names. Next look for a section for writer's guidelines. you can also perform a generalized standard internet search, such as with the phrase ''book publishers''. There are also a number of printed resources, like the popular Writer's market books that you can use as well.
Like i say before, you will want to learn what rules and restrictions publishing companies may have. If you can't find this information online or in print try and be sure to use your best judgment. And first you have to make sure that your book manuscript and other documents are easy to read, formatted properly, and clean as well. Don forget to include a cover letter and a book proposal. Thought many author choose to merge these two document together the choice is all yours. though if you ask me i think is far better but you need to be very careful on how you do it. Both cover letter and proposals should be right to the point and not clouded with too much information that way it will be easy for the publisher to go through.
The next step you should consider is using the service of a well known professional literary agent and editor as well. though going through this you will discover that they are more costly but honestly they are typically more than worth the cost, am telling you this from experience. The reasons for this are not far fetch been that no matter how good you are at proofreading, you will likely miss some errors. That means a second set of professional eyes are advised, and talk of the literary agent honestly from my dealing with them i have also come to conclude they too have a numbers of benefits. f the publishers that fit your book the best only accept agented submission it may be in your best interest to hire a professional literary agent. That way they can help get your book into doors that you couldn't. The simple reason for this steps is to get the best from your work and at the same time reach your target.
Then you may consider follow up which is okay provided you use your best judgment. Most of the publishers i have work with do outline on their website how long it should take for you to receive a response, some goes for two months while some goes four month it all depend on the the one you prefer. But if by two months you do not receive a response consider placing a phone call or sending a letter to the publisher in question. This is for your own protection but is always advisable not make contact before the estimated response time, that way the publisher will relax and have time to work thoroughly in your book.
If you carefully follow the above mentioned points into consideration, honestly it won't be long to see your book in print soon, remember you don't have to be scared of rejection letter here. They are common more especially if is your first time that does not mean that you should give up rather it simply means you should correct certain mistakes or better still try another publisher.
Now lets say you have fully observer the above points but still one thing or another have kept you from publishing your book, well not worry nowadays things have really change so am also going to outline some methods you can use to over come publishers and at the same time have your book publish all by yourself. That way the issue of paying huge sum of amount to publisher will be cut out, and you will have no need of middle man and wasting your time waiting for your publisher to get your work done.
Have you heard of Amazon Self Publish, or Ask.com of course you have, do you know you can get your book publish online today? well many people like you are already using them to fulfill their dream and you are not exception to this service no matter your location. Provided you book and back cover are ready i prefer you having your own cover inasmuch as they have already made covers there, is far better having your own that way it will give you more confidence before your readers out there. Though am not going to talk much about their service on this post but promise to make it up to you in my next post.
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