Does anyone know how my mother can get her children's book published?

Question

My mother has written a lovely children's book. I didn't realize just how talented she is. Does anyone know who we should show her work to? The contact information for someone who could help her get published would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The person who could help her get published is a literary agent.

Kindly ignore any answer that urges her to go to a pay-to-publish company. She'll be out $800 - $1400, sell slightly fewer copies than she has friends and relatives, and not have a publishing credit that “real” publishers and literary agents consider valid.

What she needs to do, once she has a highly polished novel complete and impossible to improve, is identify agents who have recently sold other novels like it. This takes time and trips to a big bookstore, usually. Jot down the names of the authors of similar books currently on bookstore shelves. Look inside for thanks and dedications, where agents may be named.

At home, she can do a search of each author's name, in quotation marks, and the word agent and learn who represents whom. She can find other agents seeking work in juvenile lit through Writer's Market and Literary Marketplace.

Next, she should research each agent. Find websites with career history, sales, personal bio, AAR membership, etc. Determine whether they prefer email or regular mail for queries. Figure out who’s a good fit for her. Don’t be afraid to aim high. The worst that can happen is they say no.

She writes a one-page query letter, tailoring it to individual agents as it’s possible with the information from research, and sends it to the few agents you'd most like to represent you. If the query letter is really good and she's done her homework well, at least some will ask for a partial or full manuscript. If none does, she should rewrite the query before sending out the next batch.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Hi

Try contacting a Literary agent. The listings should be in the local phonebook. Don't depend on the internet so much.

Answer 5

I have been trying t do this,to. All I can find are sites that want money. I did find one..you pay for the books as you buy them...LULU.COM