Publishers in general

Newest Review: ... there are so many costs involved that unless they are certain to make a good return on their investment most of them won’t touch new authors, indeed most of them won’t even look at your work unless it comes through an agent and even then the chances are slim. Of course finding an agent is no easy task either, in fact most of the reputable ones are almost as hard to find as publishers. The world of books is such a crowded marketplace that none of them are prepared to take a risk on an unknown. Understandable to a point but that didn’t really help us too much. So we looked at the self publishing market. This too is crowded with many compan... more

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Publishers in general: Creating Authors and a whole lot more (1916 words)
by - written on 14/07/07 (Very useful, 173 readings)
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As some of you might know we are about to have our first novel published, as written about in another review. After that review I was asked for more information on the company responsible for publishing our masterpiece. The publishing world is a notoriously difficult world to gain a foothold in. It is your typical catch 22 situation; publishers don’t want to know if you are a first time or an inexperienced writer but you can’t gain experience and exposure if you can’t get a publisher. This is where the world of the self publisher comes into its own. This too is not without its difficulties, apart from coming up with the money to pay to have your ... Read the complete review

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