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Book Publication

12/07/2012 6:49 AM

I HAVE A BOOK I ANT TO PUBLISH HAT CAN I DO?

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Re: BOOK

12/07/2012 6:52 AM

1) Turn caps lock off.

2) Get the 'W' key fixed on your keyboard.

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Re: BOOK

12/07/2012 6:53 AM

Indeed. It won't be much of a read if it's in all-caps and has no Ws.

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Re: BOOK

12/07/2012 6:52 AM

There are two routes:

  1. Sell the manuscript to a commercial publisher
  2. Self-publish
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12/07/2012 7:43 AM

Turn off the Caps lock and learn to spell in English.....

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12/07/2012 8:05 AM

ELL, IF IT ERE ME I'D FIRST SEE IF THERE'S A BOOK PUBLISHER IN THE TON I LIVE IN. I'D ALSO CHECK THE EB, LIKE GOOGLE, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY COMPANIES INTERESTED IN THE KIND OF BOOK I ROTE. I'D ALSO LOOK FOR A LITERARY AGENT HO MIGHT BE ILLING TO SHO MY BOOK TO PUBLISHING HOUSES - AGENTS ARE A GOOD AY ITH HICH TO TARGET YOUR BOOK TO THE PROPER PUBLISHING HOUSE AND TO THE AUDIENCE YOU ISH TO RITE FOR.

Oh, and as others have suggested, TURN OFF ALL CAPS and try to find your missing w.

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12/07/2012 9:50 AM

@Other poster: Yes, the all caps is annoying, but don't criticize for spelling. Not everyone is a native English speaker (also, keyboards break! hat can you do in this orld to fix it..)

@Original poster: PWSlack has the right idea in terms of your options. Self-publishing can be incredibly expensive, so it'd probably be best if you could find some sort of commercial publisher (ideally, one semi-close to you so that you can meet them in person).

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12/07/2012 10:02 AM

OMG, not another annoying talking cat! LOL

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12/07/2012 11:21 AM

Is your book about finding an unlabeled "tin" can with slushy contents?

If so, it's already been done. Please choose another door, man.

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12/12/2012 9:06 AM

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