How do u publish a book???

Question

that you wrote
or poems??

Answer 1

Writer's Market 2008. Explains everything.

Answer 2

Let's see: you can go the traditional way or you can go the self-publishing way in getting a book published.
Of course, before anything else, you must have a clean and completed manuscript that is preferably copyedited already before proceeding to the next step which is publishing.
If you bat for the traditional publishing route, you must first get an agent to endorse your book to these big publishing houses. When you manage to score a positive response from the traditional publishing house, they take your manuscript and then all you have to do is wait...and wait...and wait....and wait...(from months to years) until your book is finally ready for distribution. You don't have any control over the production process, and the traditional publisher has pretty much a say in what they think they could do with your manuscript. You also get to share your copyright with the traditional publisher. That means you cannot have your book printed anywhere else but with the traditional publisher you approached.
Meanwhile, with self-publishing, you don't have to wait too long for your book to reach publication. Also, you can have total control over the entire publishing process. Copyright is yours and yours alone. That means that you have the option to have copies of your book printed elsewhere.
There are a lot of self-publishing companies right now, but I see that the stronger players in the arena are Lulu, iUniverse, and Xlibris. I saw several books published by Xlibris already, and I could truly say that quality-wise, they are commendable. They also have packages that can suit an author's budget.
If you want to learn more about self-publishing, you may want to click on this link. http://www2.xlibris.com/requestkit/index.asp?src=aop&key=ygg

Answer 3

Once you've finished your book, edited, re-edited, had someone else edit, then you're ready to contact either an agent or editor.

Depending on the genre and what you're writing (fiction vs. non-fiction) you either query them first or send out a partial/proposal (in fiction this is usually a synopsis and some pages, usually the first 30-50) Not really sure about poetry.

For poetry, try this website:
http://www.acqweb.org/pubr/poem.html

They may have writers guidelines on the various publishers websites.

Good Luck!