- You have to go to an agent who will take you to the publisher.
- No you don't have to pay agent and publisher
- Yes someone will edit your grammer but in exchange of money.
-For copyright you have to talk to your agent (I am not too sure on this)
2007-06-28 02:16:06
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answered by Anonymous
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1) No, never pay a Publisher (well, unless you are fine with vanity publishers who only function is to sell you, the author, hundreds of copies of your own work and do nothing else). Real publishers pay you (they make their money from selling your book).
On a side note, some literary agents DO charge money (and this is perfectly legitimate, well and good). The question is, what are they charging you for? The fees should generally be rather small and include those supplies used directly in promoting your own work (paper&ink, costs of long distance faxes, etc). This is rather rare and might be an indication that the agent isn't sure him/herself that your work is actually publishable. Most agents will not charge, but if one does charge a small fee like this then that isn't necessarily an indication that something is afoot.
2) Sort of. If you get accepted by a publisher, they will have an editor go over your work. The problem is, your manuscript should be rather flawless when you submit it (any spelling or grammatical error in the first 13 lines can doom you, even if the rest of the story is perfect). If you are serious about publishing and think your book is good enough, get your friends and family to edit it first, then hire someone (yes, pay money) to edit it. Only then, once you are sure you have removed as many errors as possible (and trust me, there are more than you will ever find; you can usually find spelling and grammar errors even in published books), should you submit to a publisher or agent.
3) You don't really need to submit a formal copyright application (indeed, I would say it is better not to). No legitimate publisher has so few submissions that they would ever have a desire to steal some newcomers work (and if it happened, that could well ruin them anywho). Same with agents (as long as you only use reputable agents, but even the disreputable ones are unlikely to steal your work). Technically, your story is already copyrighted. If you take it to court, all you really need to do is show that you were the one to develop the story. Keeping old drafts can help show this (but again, you are more likely to be hit by Elvis driving a UFO than to have your work stolen before it is published).
Getting a copyright (or putting copyright information anywhere on what you submit) is a mark of someone that publishers don't want to deal with. You are showing that you are new, inexperienced, and rather egotistical (assuming that your work is so good they would want to steal it?). Indeed, it is even insulting.
4) Well, did you lift your story from something else? If so, that is infringement. Using someone else's characters, setting, etc is usually infringement (though I am not sure about the Cthulu mythos at this point, since Lovecrafts own works are public domain but so much of it has been used again in still-copyrighted works).
2007-06-28 04:00:19
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answered by Thought 6
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Nope.
You would go to an AGENT first--since 80-90% of all mainstream publishers require agent representation these days.
1) No. You don't have to pay a publisher. That's only if you want to go the vanity-press. And I would advise against doing that--if you don't care about getting screwed royally.
2) If you go mainstream, then they will have an editor do the work for you. If you need an independent editor, I have someone in mind for you. She's a 20-year veteran and a real professional at her work.
But since she's indie, you will have to pay her to do the work. And she does accept payments.
3) No. You don't need a copyright patent for your work.
4) If you're plagierizing someone else's work (STAR WARS, STAR TREK, or someone else's already published works (Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code)--and you're not getting permission or giving credit towards those authors, or groups of authors--you could be in for a real world of hurt.
Fan-fiction isn't publishable without the permission of the original party's okay.
(And you do need to work on your spelling. "Rite" is spelled "right", and "noe" is spelled "know". "Copyright" isn't capitalized unless it's used first and foremost. And neither is "Publisher"--for the same reasons.)
2007-06-28 04:56:24
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answered by Anonymous
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If you're under the delusional belief you're going to score big bucks for a book right away, you ought to not be a writer.
What you need to do is get The Writer's Market 2007 and a book on how to write a kick *** query letter. Locate a publisher in your genre, write the query letter, and DO NOT submit your manuscript until they've requested it. Chances are high you'll face dozens of rejections before you ever have your book published, if you get that far anyhow. And no publisher is going to ask for any money up front.
As far as grammar/editing is concerned, you need to edit as much as you can personally. No editor is there to serve you and correct every one of your errors. You need to be responsible for your own copy. Editors can't stand sloppy writers.
Number 3 and 4 -- no clue there.
Judging by your grammar and spelling in this question though, I think you have a long way to go before ever getting published.
2007-06-28 02:59:15
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answered by Anonymous
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A copyright is only a matter of filling out an application and sending in a copy of the manuscript. You need one. A lawyer would probably cost you $100.00 to do it. Writing a book is the easy part. I wrote one also but have since given up trying to have it published for now because it involves sending out maybe 15 letters a week until someone replies. If someone bites they would probably do all the editing. You can pay someone to do all that for you. I've seen ads and inquired. They charge $10,000. +/- and give you a certain number of copies but having your book in print is not "publishing". That involves an investment for promoting and distribution. The bottom line is that it's VERY hard work getting your book published and you need to know the right people or get very lucky. Good luck!!
2007-06-28 02:22:11
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answered by Igor Jivatofski 5
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No. First you have to get a Literary Agent to pitch your book idea to a book publisher.
2007-07-05 16:00:11
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answered by newyorkgal71 7
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first of all, get a literary agent. they don't charge money UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! if they ask for money, they are a con.
once you have a literary agent, they will help you redraft your work (spelling, grammer etc) and then they will deal with getting a published.
DO NOT send your book of to a publisher, they will just send it back. it must come from the agent.
2007-06-28 03:52:18
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answered by carl barat 2
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Tell us all the name of your book. Then we can say we helped you when you were a nobody!!!
2007-07-06 02:10:13
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answered by Ali 3
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