Few authors seek out a traditional publisher as a first step any more. They hear how hard it is to get a publisher interested in a manuscript, so they opt for the easier, quicker way and sign with an eager pay-to-publish company.<\/p>\n
Folks, there are hundreds and hundreds of traditional royalty publishers out there right now hoping for a book that will make them some money. They are not in the market of rejecting manuscripts. They actually want to receive good projects from astute and conscientious authors.<\/p>\n
So why do so many authors choose to go the pay-to-publish route as a first option?
\n\u2022\tThey don\u2019t think their project measures up. It\u2019s not good enough.
\n\u2022\tThey don\u2019t want to go the extra effort to improve their manuscript.
\n\u2022\tThey don\u2019t want to have someone tell them to make changes.
\n\u2022\tThey don\u2019t want to take the extra time it would take to locate and work with a traditional publisher.<\/p>\n
And some of them simply aren\u2019t aware that there may be a publisher out there for their project.<\/p>\n
So how does one go about finding a traditional publisher?
\n\u2022\tUse directories such as those listed at the end of this blog post.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tCheck out books similar to yours to see who published them.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tDo an Internet search using keywords: \u201cmystery publisher,\u201d \u201cpublisher nonfiction pets,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tIf you belong to SPAWN or another organization or writers group, check with members to find out who they would recommend. If that organization or club has a newsletter that features publishers in every issue (as SPAWN does), be sure to study each issue carefully.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tSubscribe to a magazine or newsletter that focuses on publishers and their current needs.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tAttend book festivals and visit publishers\u2019 booths.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tAttend writers conferences and sit in on sessions presented by publishers, pick up their literature, have a conversation with some of them.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tLikewise, sign up for meetings with editors from publishing companies and agents at writers conferences and pitch your project.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tVolunteer to help the organizers of a writers conference. You may have the opportunity to socialize with publishers.<\/p>\n
\u2022\tJoin publishing organizations, such as SPAWN, IBPA and some of those formed locally in your area. Publishers belong to these organizations.<\/p>\n
So there are ten ways to meet and connect with publishers. Below I\u2019ve listed a few directories you can access to locate the right publisher for your project.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow, we\u2019ll talk about how to land a publisher. <\/p>\n
Writers Market<\/em> is a print directory of publishers and much more. If you are writing a book or if you submit articles or stories to magazines, you must have this directory. It comes out annually around August\/September.<\/p>\n Database for Writer\u2019s Market Additional publisher directories: If you haven’t done so already, be sure to check out my latest book, Talk Up Your Book<\/em>. It’s unique and it is incredibly important to the author who is in the least hesitant or adverse to go out and speak about his or her book. If you haven’t discovered it already, personality sells books. Talk Up Your Book<\/em> helps you learn to speak in public with confidence, communicate with potential customers more easily, come up with presentation ideas for your fiction or nonfiction book and so much more. Order it at Amazon.com today. To locate it at amazon, type in the title with quotation marks around it. It’ll be up on my own website by next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Few authors seek out a traditional publisher as a first step any more. They hear how hard it is to get a publisher interested in a manuscript, so they opt for the easier, quicker way and sign with an eager pay-to-publish company. Folks, there are hundreds and hundreds of traditional royalty publishers out there right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,8],"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
\n http:\/\/www.writersmarket.com<\/a> <\/p>\n
\n http:\/\/www.acqweb.org\/pubr.html<\/a>
\n http:\/\/www.publishersglobal.com\/directory<\/a> (worldwide<\/p>\n