How much we can believe in publishing houses when we hand over our total manuscript to them.?

Question

when we completed our manuscript we must have an idea of publishing them. For that we have to submit our manuscripts to the editor /publishing houses.some times we confused that did we give it to a right person? If he cheat us then what to do? If I submit my writings to a publishing house which are in abroad, through internet is it good for me?how much I believe them and If I will be cheated then what to do?and what are the steps to protect my writings?

Answer 1

monu, the trick, if there is one, is to submit your manuscript only to publishers who check out. Don't just submit to any publisher who will accept unagented manuscripts. (This is one place where an agent can protect you, not offering your manuscript to any publishing house that's iffy.) Publishers whose books are abundant in the local Barnes & Noble, Chapters, or Borders are not going to rip off the author. Their income depends on selling books, and legal representation is too goddamned expensive for them to risk cheating authors.

When a legitimate publisher makes you an offer on your book, before you sign the contract, have an attorney specializing in literary contracts review it. If you have a literary agent, his or her expertise will be sufficient. Make sure you understand everything in the contract before signing.

Then in the unlikely event that a legitimate publisher fails to do exactly as required by the contract, you can sue and win.

FWIW, I'm seeing some information I know to be inaccurate in some of your other answers.

Answer 2

Read "The Writer's Market" about publishing, and any other book you can afford or find in a library.
The main answer is, in my opinion... get an agent.
Books on the subject will tell you how to do that.
Don't self-publish. Books will tell about that too.
Learn about copyright. (and about what the Internet does with books. ?) Again, learn these things by reading real books.

"The Writer's Market" (for the most current year) often has the clearest and most concise writing on all these subjects. Know, however, that most of the book is taken up with where you then might be able to publish, following the steps advised in the front of the book. (Agent, I'll say again; nagging now)

There are also books dedicated to telling writers how to get agents... they are good, too. Check them to see that you will understand them, and that they actually have the very information you want.
Agents are the best people to know in order to further your work.
Good luck!

Answer 3

That's why publishers prefer to deal with agents.

Reputable publishers, however, never steal illegally, only legally.

They often pay a first time author $500 and a few sample copies and then you never see a cent again unless the book sells. And then it takes years to see it.

A first time magazine sale is $25 or some sample issues.

Second sale is maybe $50.

You work your way up to $1,000 and get an agent who gets you into magazines that pay $1,500 and $2,000, which you can't get into without an agent or insider.

With an agent and years in print in magazines you can possibly get $10,000 or $20,000 advance on a first book.

But most agents won't take you on until you are making $10,000 a year on your own. Or unless you have a Harry Potter.

One writer I knew place is spicy, sexy novel about Vietnam with an agent quickly and it got bought up by a Harper imprint, but it never amount to much of anything other than riling the religious right who tried to get the book banned. It never made the top 50 NY Best Sellers.

So he probably got his advance and that was it.

Answer 4

Do your study first. it extremely is the age of the internet, so google this corporation and notice what human beings are asserting approximately it. attempt 'whitmore + scam' to be certain if something comes up. Publishers and literary brokers are not involved in stealing your artwork. in the event that they're a scam then they are extra involved in taking your money. Your artwork is financially valueless to them till it is printed and promoting a great number of copies. sure, if a writer or literary agent asks on your complete manuscript then you deliver it to them. I mean, do you truthfully think of they're going to post you in the event that they have not study the full difficulty?

Answer 5

There are good yahoo groups for writers. I think you will get focused replies there. In general, you should go through an agent. Or go for self-publishing with some good POD publishers.