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Originally Posted by semiSuicidal
Thats really amazing, and something i aspire to do myself. I have a WiP right now. i just have a feeling it won't appeal. What sort of channels did you go through to get a publisher?
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I believe this may answer your question it was a response I gave to someone a couple pages back.
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Originally Posted by Ocenei
The first thing I had tried was self-publishing or vanity publishers, those are great if you have the money to invest. Then I started seeking big time publishers like Scholastic, however, with the bigger companies you must first have a 'marketed' manuscript. Which means, several companies must know about it and there must be an agent they can contact. That's another really important point. If you can try to get an agent. They already know the business and what should be done and how to pitch your manuscript to publishers. BUT..... if you don't have the money for self-publishing and/or an agent and if you seem to have no success pedalling your completed manuscript yourself, you can seek out smaller publishers that accept you under contract without any upfront fees and just take a cut of the profits. In that case look for one that has a growing percentage scale that way as time goes on you'll get more of a percentage of the books profits. This route is perfect if you have a book with several parts to it (mulitple books) because once you get it published then it becomes a marketed manuscript which means publishing companies will start trying to contact you to publish with them. ( hehe, getting it done the ninja way, is what I call it :p) Best of luck in your endeavor, nette.
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Also not every original work is the best it can be and it won't always be something quick. Once you have it done (rough draft) go back through and read it again. This time when you see a word that you feel you use to often or can make better; change it. Or if you feel you didn't quite describe a scene as well as you could have. Focus on just that scene and try to make it more descriptive. As if you're trying to paint the most amazing piece of art ever. After you have done this to the end (word correction and improvement, scene improvement) Then you read through it once more with all the new revisions. You'll see that after you've made just a few small improvements your script starts really coming to life and is much more impressive. Now beware
DON'T OVER REVISE!! You will only need to read through the completed manuscript twice.
1. for corrections and improvement
2. to review what the new revisions look like.
Only improve what you have don't change the story.
After you feel that your work is the best it possibly can be and you've figured out an impressive synopsis, genre you plan to pitch it as, and the audience you plan to pitch it towards; then submit it to some publishers or try to get an agent. I personally suggest hiring an agent if you can. Best of luck! :]
@nette: It may take a month or two depending on where you're from for the libraries to supply it. You could always go into the library and request them to purchase it to carry. But that also depends on whether or not they have the funding for purchases at that time. I'm currently working on a deal with my publisher to donate x amount of books to a few libraries. Perhaps if you gave me a local library you would like to have supply it then I could try to get a couple donations sent their way. (
Try being the key word as I have no final say on the matter.) As soon as I have an official say of when and where libraries are supplying it, i'll let you guys know. Once one library has it then every library in the US can get it, they can access a national database to order it from other libraries which in that case would only take roughly two weeks.
BY THE WAY! Your avi's look amazing! <3
