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I have searched all the engines listing "Book Publisher" and all of them are you have to pay to get published. Can someone help me?
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Bear:
Try putting Canadian or USA in front of book publishers.
I have written and self published two books. Browse to Publishers & Agents. Many publishers out there. They will tell you how to send your manuscript and also what kind of stories they handle. I sent out many, many and got three answers to the negative. One took three years to answer. This is why I went the self publish route. Be very carefull, there are bad guys out there trying to get as many of your $$ as they can for nothing. Check (Warnings & Cautions for Writers.) Also, my books are listed on the net in Amazon and others and in three years I have sold not one book this way. The only way to sell books is with Book Signings. If you decied to go self publish, contact me and I will help for no charge.
Wayne Russell, The Vagabond Writer
Bear:
Try putting Canadian or USA in front of book publishers.
I have written and self published two books. Browse to Publishers & Agents. Many publishers out there. They will tell you how to send your manuscript and also what kind of stories they handle. I sent out many, many and got three answers to the negative. One took three years to answer. This is why I went the self publish route. Be very carefull, there are bad guys out there trying to get as many of your $$ as they can for nothing. Check (Warnings & Cautions for Writers.) Also, my books are listed on the net in Amazon and others and in three years I have sold not one book this way. The only way to sell books is with Book Signings. If you decied to go self publish, contact me and I will help for no charge.
Wayne Russell, The Vagabond Writer
How much value does a book publisher provide?
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This might seem like a loaded question, but in reality, with today's ability to publish on demand books with LuLu, and the ability to find designers and copy-editors online, and the ability to easily sell on Amazon, does a professional book publisher really "earn" their part of the commision of the book price?
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First, Lulu knuckled under to Amazon in the first couple days. Their books will still have buy buttons. No advantage there.
Second, publishers offload a WHOLE lot of their marketing on the author. Marketing is NOT one of the things I count on my publisher for. Unless you're one of the few, the proud, the six-figure advance deals, you're going to arrange your own reviews, book your own signings, suss out your own interviews and appearances. The publisher isn't going to do it. You'll be lucky if they send out review copies and write a press release that doesn't s*ck.
What DO you get from a publisher?
Distribution: a publisher will very likely have a distributor in place. A distributor is not just a wholesaler (using LSI--not Lulu AND the prime target of Amazon's ill will--will get you into Ingram's catalog, but it won't get your book ordered or stocked). A distributor will actively push your book to stores.
Reputation: Getting a book into any given store is an uphill battle. Getting reviewed is just as hard. Lulu is a negative in reputation points since everyone in the industry knows it's a vanity publisher--granted, a less abusive one than others, it's still a vanity. With a real, known, publisher's name on your book, you get the cachet that goes with knowing that someone with some sense--and some money invested--thought your book would sell.
Professionals: A good publisher will handle copyediting, cover art and design, interior design, PR, marketing, distribution, the whole enchilada. Unless you have all these skills yourself, even if you offload some of them to an author service (read "vanity publisher") or other indie pros, you still have to learn the industry. Learning the industry takes time, effort and study. It's a lot of work. The publisher does handle some of that.
In short, a book publisher provides a LOT of value.
However, if you've already tried to sell your book all over, queried hundreds of agents and editors, and still failed to sell your book, maybe it's time to self-publish, use a book packager, or an author service and get on with writing the next book.
Good writing and good luck.
First, Lulu knuckled under to Amazon in the first couple days. Their books will still have buy buttons. No advantage there.
Second, publishers offload a WHOLE lot of their marketing on the author. Marketing is NOT one of the things I count on my publisher for. Unless you're one of the few, the proud, the six-figure advance deals, you're going to arrange your own reviews, book your own signings, suss out your own interviews and appearances. The publisher isn't going to do it. You'll be lucky if they send out review copies and write a press release that doesn't s*ck.
What DO you get from a publisher?
Distribution: a publisher will very likely have a distributor in place. A distributor is not just a wholesaler (using LSI--not Lulu AND the prime target of Amazon's ill will--will get you into Ingram's catalog, but it won't get your book ordered or stocked). A distributor will actively push your book to stores.
Reputation: Getting a book into any given store is an uphill battle. Getting reviewed is just as hard. Lulu is a negative in reputation points since everyone in the industry knows it's a vanity publisher--granted, a less abusive one than others, it's still a vanity. With a real, known, publisher's name on your book, you get the cachet that goes with knowing that someone with some sense--and some money invested--thought your book would sell.
Professionals: A good publisher will handle copyediting, cover art and design, interior design, PR, marketing, distribution, the whole enchilada. Unless you have all these skills yourself, even if you offload some of them to an author service (read "vanity publisher") or other indie pros, you still have to learn the industry. Learning the industry takes time, effort and study. It's a lot of work. The publisher does handle some of that.
In short, a book publisher provides a LOT of value.
However, if you've already tried to sell your book all over, queried hundreds of agents and editors, and still failed to sell your book, maybe it's time to self-publish, use a book packager, or an author service and get on with writing the next book.
Good writing and good luck.
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