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Getting Your Book Published
It is often a difficult dream to realize since most talented writers do not know or understand which steps to take first to begin the process of becoming known and getting published. Approach getting published as requiring a set of skills that you can deliberately learn. It has been estimated that the five large book publishing companies, Random House Inc., Penguin USA, Simon & Schuster, Time Warner and HarperCollins, account for nearly eighty percent of all book sales in the US. Keeping this in mind one would believe that all you have to do is present your new book to these select few publishing houses and you will be accepted eventually. But most major book publishing houses, and many small presses, will not accept submissions that aren't represented by a literary agent. New York is a global center for the television, advertising, newspaper and book publishing industries and is also the largest media market in the U.S but is not necessarily the best place to start. So how do you get the attention of the larger publishing establishments? Unfortunately, it is a regular part of the book publishing business model to expect 70 percent to 90 percent of titles not to get to breakeven. So you can see the resistance to accepting unknown authors. From your point of view submitting your work often and getting published even in small publications (print or online) immerses you more in the world of writing and defines further what you really can be, what you can achieve and what you will ultimately become. Staying resolute and continually knocking on the door of the giant publishers just gets you a reputation for persistence that is not necessarily productive. Seek out the smaller publishers and see what arrangements can be negotiated. Online Self Publishing – Is it viable? Have you thought about self publishing? There are many companies that will print your book for a nominal fee, online and offline. Your printed masterpiece is there for all to read both in physical form as well as the downloadable variety (less expensive). Funnily enough selling your book is easier to accomplish than getting the major book publishers to accept it so the self publishing angle would appear to be more appealing. Once the book is in print you can commission a sales marketing company to sell it via their suitable outlets. Of course this all rests on the ability of the author to pay for all this service, but at least it is an alternative. The costs initially balance between the number of books printed and the ability of the printing company to print smaller amounts. Even here you may encounter obstacles with printers being unwilling to print your book due to the small number, it is in fact more cost effective for the printer to produce higher volumes therefore it becomes less expensive. Using the online method you can offer your book as a digital download, the marketing sales processing and merchant facility (money exchange) processing are all online. The set up costs are minimal and once it is in place the focus is then on getting the book in front of as many searchers / buyers as possible. Online companies specialize in this type of sales, search for them through a popular search engine such as Google. I hope this article has been of assistance, in my bio box you can find links to further information in my website Book Publishing Guide Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Failure to prepare is preparing to fail, therefore I recommend you have a look at the review and resources about how to publish own book at my website book-publishing-guide.com . |
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