I need my book published.?

Question

I want to get my book in the right hands to be published.
I do not have any money , so where do I go from here?
Can someone help me that really know what I'm up against.

Answer 1

If you don't want to pay to get published, then you don't want lulu.com (one of the better self-publishing companies) or help with self-publishing. You want a traditional publisher, one who will actually pay you royalties, edit, design, produce, and market the book.

So you know what you're getting into, this article on my web site explains what a publisher does, and what a self-publisher has to do also: http://www.underdown.org/publisher-expertise.htm

Unfortunately, many of the larger publishers do not accept submissions from authors. To submit your manuscript to them, you would need an agent. But there are other options.

Here is a list of independent publishers, many of whom DO look at submissions from unpublished authors: http://bookmarket.com/101pub.html

If that doesn't help, I suggest that you buy "Writer's Market" or one of the more specific market guides--there are similar books for the magazine market or for writers of novels, for example. You can easily find this book and many others like it by searching on the title at Amazon, or by going to a bookstore and looking in the Writing section.

It's hard to find a publisher, and you may end up putting as much work into it as you did working on your manuscript. And even then, if it's not good enough, or not in a genre that interests a publisher, you still may not get published.

So you might also want to join a local writer's group, for support and networking. You'll need both if you're in this for the long haul.

Mailing yourself your manuscript, by the way, which is also known as "poor man's copyright," is a well-known technique but has no legal value. You don't actually need to copyright your manuscript before sending it to a publisher--no publisher in their right mind would risk their reputation by "stealing" it--but if you are nervous about that, there's no substitute for registering it with the Copyright Office. It's not expensive and you can find out how to do it here: http://www.copyright.gov/ . You can also see what they say about "poor man's copyright" in their FAQ.

Good luck!

Answer 2

brokers won't touch something it is already printed (if that's a marvelous company) niether will they positioned up issues that have been positioned on the internet. Synopsis's is great yet once you upload chapters then no. additionally with self-publishing you have doomed your self. Your e book isn't getting everywhere so which you write some thing else and ideas-set an Agent. they opt for to understand despite in case you have any matrerial printed, then they opt for to understand despite if it bought. Yours has not, they ask your self why and wont determine your artwork. you will possibly desire to ask why your artwork hasn't bought. Self-Publishing could make or spoil you and intensely in lots of situations it breaks you, now you will warfare to positioned up something alongside with your background. i will't urge human beings sufficient to analyze each angel of Publishing and in my common opinion ward off Self-publishing. Sorry to furnish you in undemanding terms undesirable information, even if it is not your e book that wont be common yet you besides. i will't even inform you what to do and you will not get out of it i'm afraid. i'm not an author myself I artwork for the 'darkish part', human beings should not be so terrified of brokers we don't chunk that annoying.

Answer 3

mail a copy of your manuscript to yourself. Leave it in the Postmarked package...this proves your copyright date.

Most libraries have data bases of publishers and their requirements for publishing, genre, and whether or not they accept unsolicited manuscripts.

good luck

Answer 4

http://www.evanstonpublishing.com/

Try here. There's lots of info on self-publishing here.

Answer 5

Go to lulu.com