How To Get A Book Published
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- R_A_McClure
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Re: How To Get A Book Published
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Of the little research I've done, it seems that it is getting easier to have a book published as most of you have mentioned. Amazon seems to do a lot of the work for you simply by making it available. I have several friends who seek out books by new authors and then review them, causing the book to gain some attention.
Is the author famous as a result? No, but isn't it an author's dream to have their story read?
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It really is best to get your book self published on Amazon and then try to get it reviewed by Goodreads or Online Book Club or by people you know who can write a good review and see the results for yourself. They almost certainly will not be anything as good as you might want, espeically if you are a debut writer, but it is a good discipline for you to see what people think of your book and it might even be one that takes off. If it does on Amazon or iTunes then you can be pretty sure a publisher will notice and contact you to help you get your book into the book stores, which without them is an impossible task. So good luck. Remember it takes all sorts to like what you have written. Don't be disappointed. See the results, have patience, since good words often take time to spread and do your best to attract attention to your book.
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A goal of mine is to have my family tree book published. Are there independent publishing companies that publish family tree books, I don't think the book will be sold.
Other goal is to publish a book on my travel to Alice Springs, Darwin while travelling on the Ghan Train.
I would be interested in other members opinions, views or information they may have in regards to my questions
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TechKnow wrote:Well, I have to say... I just took a "Damn the Torpedoes" go at it.
I spent the time, focused on the book and Viola' it was done.
Then I did not really know what to do. I needed an editor, I needed a publisher and someone to do the cover. Everything was so overwhelming (let's not even get into my actual life that did not seem to care and just relentlessly soldiered on regardless of my aspirations).
So my book sat on my hard drive. And sat... And sat...
Eventually one day, I opened it... I did my best to edit it (ok be gentle I did my best). Then I whipped up a cover in Photoshop.
I created an account and self published though Lulu dot com (sorry can't post URLs yet). It cost me nothing and I got a free ISBN.
My book is now on Amazon and I am hoping to see some sales before long. The book is entitled "What Every Website Owner Needs to Know" and took me about 18 months to write. I spent about 45 minutes a day before work and it just came together.
Lulu was relatively easy and a good alternative for me. The whole process of getting published was simply too daunting. With a wife and kids and all that goes with it, writing the dang thing was tough enough.
I am now working on a sci-fi novel. I have a good 20 or so pages written.
How nice it would be to actually make money doing this...
Could you tell me more about Lulu? I'm interested.
–Vera Nazarian
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If I had to give advice to new authors, I would suggest finding successful indie authors and start associating with them. They are some of the kindest, giving people I know. And they truly want to see other indie authors succeed because they know the road is difficult. Someone helped them once, and they want to pay it forward. (My experience anyway.)
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Luckily, now there are small publishers that often take submissions direct from the author. Hybrid publishers, which may ask for a start up fee to publish work and self publishing. The basic rule is: never give up on your dream.
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Interesting post.
I hope to publish a book soon; this has been helpful
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