I am writing a book , how to publish it ?

Question

1* what are the right procedures to publish a book?

2* how much money should you have ? (and what if you don't have any)

3* how can you protect your Ideas (in case the publishing process stoped for any reason after many people have seen the script)

4* is ok to send the script to a publisher by e-mail ? (I can't can't get the book published where I am staying)

Answer 1

1) Get the most recent copy of Writer's Market and it will walk you through the procedures. The book is $30-ish, so if you don't feel like buying it (understandable), then see if your local library has it. It should be under reference section.

2) NONE. If a publishing company/agent asks for money up front (as opposed to cut of book sales, which any publishing company you use would be taking most of), then something's not kosher and whatever deal they are offering you is not legit. (Though, of course, if you are self-publishing, you will have to pay for it yourself).

3) I'm not sure I understand this question, but no one within the publishing industry would be likely to steal your ideas.

4) Depends entirely on the publisher. They should specify under Writer's Guidelines on their web-site.

Good luck!

Answer 2

1) You read a lot of books, you study the market, you write, you do whatever it takes to get your book published.

2) Traditional publishing doesn't cost a THING to get published. Minus the expenses of sending out submissions, mailings, print outs, ink, paper...? That's all you'll need to really worry about.

3) You can't. Once you write something, it's YOURS. Ideas can't be copyrighted. Likewise, book titles. Only the material within is protected under law.

4) You only SEND what's posted on their site guidelines. Nothing less, nothing more. And ONLY if they request it by either snail-mail or e-mail.

But some questions you should ask yourself is this:

Is this my *best* work?

Is it edited appropriately?

Does it fit what the mainstream wants?

Will my target audience like what I've written?

You have to do MORE than just write a book. A writer gets out into the field and exposes him or herself to the vulgarities of reality. If you can't cut it in the real world, how are you going to be able to sway agents and publishers that you are worth the risk?

It takes a long time to get good. Keep in mind, that just because you've WRITTEN a novel, doesn't necessarily mean that you are author material.

You have to know your craft inside and out.

I've seen a lot of first-gen wannabes put out some really bad material. And they want to vanity-press publish it!

That's their call. But it's just giving that industry more of a bad name.

Because...why?

THEY WERE TOO MUCH IN A HURRY TO GET PUBLISHED!

Answer 3

You can learn a lot on this subject by browsing through the answers I've given and those Persephone_Hellecat has given. We're both published authors.

1. Get Writers Market and study it. It tells you how to submit and where to submit.

2. You don't need money except for mailing. You should never pay to be published unless you are on your deathbed and just want to see it in print before you die.

3. Professional publishers and agents will NOT rip off your manuscript. To be a little more secure, send a hard copy back to yourself via registered mail and don't open it. That's legal proof as to when you completed it. (Poor man's copyright).

4. You check the publisher's guidelines to see how they want it submitted.

Answer 4

Ideally, you should get yourself a literary agent. You can find a listing of many of them at www.agentquery.com. An agent would know all that you need to do to get your book published and they most often take about 15% of the profits of the sale of your book as payment. As far as emailing your book to a publisher, that is up to each individual publisher. They all have preferences and you can read them at their websites. Emailing when they only accept snail mailed queries or agented queries would not be good. Most publishers simply delete it unread. Good luck with your book!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Sorry for the cheesy way to communicate, but I saw your "sources" tag line loryntoo, and I popped over to ereader to buy your book. Looking foward to it!