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How do I publish it? There are many things to consider when choosing a publishing option and different options may work for different books. Here are some questions to ask yourself:
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There are really 3 options (as noted in the video clip above)
1. Traditional Publishing
2. "Hybrid" Publishing
3. Straight Self-Publishing
All three options have their advantages and pitfalls. Whichever you choose, do your research; sadly, there are a lot of scams out there ready to take your dreams (and your money).
So, let's look at these three options.
1. Traditional Publishing
Way back in the day, say the ancient times of the 1990s, books were sold in stores. Much like music could be found on a CD in a Tower Records or a movie on a DVD in a Blockbuster. So, to sell your book, you needed to get into a bookstore. And the only way to get into a book store was to be published by a publishing house.
In order to get a publisher, an author needed a literary agent. In order to get a literary agent, you needed to write a Query Letter ( a very painful experience) to 'pitch' your book.
It looked a little like this: Write book -- write query letters (100s actually) to literary agents--run to mailbox and prepare to curse rejection letters---get acceptance letter!
Remember:
Harry Potter was rejected "loads of times" and J.K. Rowlings was told in one letter "not to quit her day job."
Carrie (Stephen King) was rejected 30 time; Wrinkle in Times 26 times.
I offer you some sound advice from J.K. herself~
Just be prepared, but not discouraged: You will get a lot more rejection letters--or no response at all--than you will acceptance letters.
But, one fine day, you may find yourself with a literary agent. The literary agent represents you and your book to publishing houses. When a publishing house picks up your book, you get published and into book stores.
There's a lot along the way, of course. The agent and/or publisher may ask the author to change major or minor parts of the book, change the cover, and they will take part of any profit.
The publishing house would invest in the marketing and, sometimes, book tours.
"Traditional Publishing" and it looks something like this:
