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How do i get a book published?
I have been a heavy chain smoker for 13 years ..I quite for 13 months , but then when my grandpa died i started smoking again , then quite again …needless to say i was thinking of writing a book on the dangerous of smoking , and seems how i am able to get through 72 hours of nicotine detox , teying to help otheres whith tips …i would donate the money to charity for lung caner or something ..how would i get it published
It’s great that you’ve this ambition, but you can’t shop an idea to publishers. If you’d like to publish traditionally, you need to (1) complete your manuscript and (2) have it edited by several parties, including outside persons who are objective, I always suggest aspiring authors take the time to purchase Writers’ Market and/or Literary Market Place (it has a big ol’ LMP on the spine). (I hate to say it, but if your question has typos in it, you most likely should get your work edited.) Both will explain how to publish one’s book and contains the names, addresses, and contact information for literary agencies and publishing houses. Many people would like to believe that they could just mail their work to publishing houses without representation, and I can assure that many, if not most, publishing houses DO NOT accept unsolicited manuscripts. They DO accept submissions from literary agents–like Pippin Properties, Lord Literistics, and Writers House (NOT to be confused with Authors House).
It is worth the energy and the cost (for fees) to hire a literary agent. An agent will be better able–and with better connections than you, it’s not hard to see why not–to shop your manuscript around to potential publishers. Once you’ve figured out which agent you would like to go with, follow up by finding out what their submissions guidelines are. Most agencies (and houses) ask for the first three chapters, a synopsis of your work, a cover letter, a query letter, and a SASE. Other than the agency fees, you should not have to pay one dime to have your book published.
If you insist on not going with an agent and attempting to do submissions on your own, you will still need to follow the publishers’ submissions guidelines. It’s very, VERY rare that a publisher will accept an unsolicited manuscript, but not unheard of. If by chance your work is acquired, please be sure to find a lawyer who specializes in publishing to review your contract. You still should not be paying out any money to have your book published (other than stamps, Xeroxing, etc.). Oh, and just because it was a question on Yahoo!Answers once, do not expect your submission to be returned to you. The SASE is simply for the publisher’s reply.
Another question I often see is whether or not to have your work copyrighted prior to the submissions process and that is an emphatic NO! For one thing, your work is already copyrighted the minute you right it down. What most people are worried about are plagiarism, and I can tell you that is the most tacky, most unsportsman-like thing for a REPUTABLE agency and/or house to do. I can assure you that in the more than ten years I’ve been in publishing, I have never heard or read of ANY house/agency doing this. In any case, you may be thinking that you should get the work registered with the US Copyright office anyway. Shouldn’t hurt, right? This is incorrect! Every word, every comma, every em dash in your work would be registered with them. Yes, this will protect your work in a court of law. If you wanted to file suit against someone for plagiarism, registering your work would be a great idea. However, once your manuscripts is acquired, it WILL be edited, it WILL be copyedited, and the resultant body of work will be vastly different from the original, which is what is under copyright protection. This new body of work will not longer be protected under the copyright laws. You should not have to worry yourself about such things. Once the work is “final,” the publisher will be the one responsible for registering the completed manuscript.
I strongly advise against self-publishing and vanity presses, only because they aren’t worth their wait with award committees (such as the Caldecott, the Printz, the Newbery committees) and also because you are the one will be financially responsible for getting your book out there, for selling it, for marketing it. Why do that when a publishing house has people who will do that for you?
I don’t mean to be discouraging, and it’s admirable that you’d like to help people. It’s just that traditional publishing is notoriously difficult to break into. To effect more change, perhaps you should contact the American Heart and Lung Association. You could perhaps write for them on how to quit; for either any publication they would produce or for their online site. You may not make any money from it, but you’d still be helping them, which sounds to be your ultimate goal.
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