Watch out for publishing rumors. They can sabotage your success. \t<\/p>\n
Almost everyone who enters the publishing arena for the first time, has heard a rumor or two. They\u2019ve listened to the publishing war stories of those in their writers\u2019 groups. They\u2019ve met disgruntled authors at conferences and book festivals with stories to tell. Or they talk to neighbors who tried to get a book published in the \u201980s. Some hopeful authors embrace the first of what seems to them the most logical\/reasonable testimonial and consider it publishing gospel. Here are a few examples of publishing rumors that hopeful authors have shared with me:<\/p>\n
Rumor<\/strong> Fact<\/strong> Rumor<\/strong> Fact<\/strong> Rumor<\/strong> Fact<\/strong> Rumor<\/strong> Fact<\/strong> I will bring you 5 more rumors and facts in tomorrow\u2019s blog post. And if you\u2019ve heard what you consider a rumor and you would like to check it out with me, please send it to PLFry620@yahoo.com and I\u2019ll give you the truth in the matter.<\/p>\n Happy Easter. While you\u2019re home and surfing the net, check out my websites: Watch out for publishing rumors. They can sabotage your success. Almost everyone who enters the publishing arena for the first time, has heard a rumor or two. They\u2019ve listened to the publishing war stories of those in their writers\u2019 groups. They\u2019ve met disgruntled authors at conferences and book festivals with stories to tell. Or they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nA publisher will take your 500-page manuscript, throw away 450 pages and then tell you to rewrite the book.<\/p>\n
\nA new author actually used this rumor as a reason not to fine-tune her manuscript. I hope she believed me when I told her that this would be rare, indeed. Publishers get enough good manuscripts that they aren\u2019t going to work from scratch with an unknown author. This is absurd. <\/p>\n
\nPublishers won\u2019t even look at your manuscript if you don\u2019t have an agent.<\/p>\n
\nThere are hundreds and hundreds of small to medium-size publishers who prefer to work without the involvement of an agent.<\/p>\n
\nAll I have to do in order to get published is find an agent. <\/p>\n
\nSorry, an agent does not guarantee a publishing contract.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s impossible for a first-time author to land a traditional royalty publishing contract, so I might as well pay to have this book published.<\/p>\n
\nThere are plenty of publishers who work with new authors\u2014some of them claim that 75 or even 100 percent of their books are from first-time authors.<\/p>\n
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