I want to publish my book!!

Once your book is finished, you might want to publish (and since you love me, I should get a free copy) but since you would have spent a lot of time working on your book you wouldn't want to throw all your talent and time away with publishers online. Too many people come onto Yahoo saying "I want to publish but I don't have the money". Money isn't an issue when it comes to publishing!! The publisher pays YOU. Never the other way around unless you are self-publishing (I'll explain that in a minute) remember, if a publisher asks for money take your story, don't sign anything and go elsewhere.

Before you publish.....
Some publishers may help with the odd problem, such as if your story infringes anyones copyright but you cannot expect those (or editors, for that matter) do to everything, so please make sure your story is as good as you can get it!! Don't ship it off to anyone full of mistakes and bad grammar, they will ignore it. You need to edit it, edit it again and keep editing until it's as good as you can possibly get it.

Where to find a publisher...
Look through the Writers Handbook 2010 for a decent publisher (an agent will be a good idea too) but make sure you check through their recommendations. Some won't let you send work unless they request it, some only publish educational books... check you have the right people.

*Look out for another blog telling you what all the techno-babble under the Publishers names means!!*

Self Publishing...
Self-publishing is where you do all the work. You write the book, pay someone to print it off and then you have to sell it yourself. Since not many book shops take self-published work this is harder than it sounds, but it is good if you just want a book for one paticular person. Not so good if you want to be the next best-selling author.

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