Friday, 2 July 2010

Publishing:- The Techno-Babble

This blog is work in progress. So keep checking back for new definitions. =)

Royalties: When you get published you're going to love these. Royalties are lump-payments from the publisher to you depending on how many books you sell. Depending on the publisher, the royalties are paid either annually, twice-yearly, quarterly or the payments are negotiable. To find out what the publishers offer get the Writers Handbook and under each publisher at the bottom there will be a £ sign followed by how often they're paid.

No unsolicited mss: If it says this under a publishers name, it means that they don't want you to send any work unless they requested it. These publishers will most likely want a sypnosis or a sample chapter.

Sypnoses: This means the publisher wants you to send a summary of your book as opposed to a chapter or the whole thing.

Make sure you pay attention to their requests. Don't think they'll make an exception with you, follow their rules!!

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