Think you have an idea for the next best seller? It's a dream that many people from all walks of life share. But with the current book market being ultra competitive, getting a publisher to bite on your masterpiece may take some persistence. Read on and learn get your book published.
Instructions
1. Locate an experienced editor and have them look over your work. This will ensure that your book is polished before it is seen by an agent or publisher. To find an editor, click on the resource links below.
2. Find an agent to represent you. If you are a first time author, an agent will get your work to the right people while steering you through the complicated maze of publishing. Find out their experience, commission, recent sales and areas of interest before making any commitments. Check out the resource links below for more information.
3. Submit a query letter to several publishers best suited for your book. This one-page letter describes your book and gives reasons why it should be published. If the recipient finds your book idea appealing they will request a proposal from you. See a sample query letter in the resource links below.
4. Send a book proposal to interested editors. Proposals are ten- to twenty-page documents where sample chapters, reasons for the book and information about the author are included. Nonfiction authors are able to write proposals before completing their book, while editors of fiction expect a finished manuscript at the time of a query or proposal.
5. Wait until you are contacted by an editor. If your book has been accepted, you will receive a monetary offer. If not, you will receive a rejection letter which may or may not give a reason why your book wasn't published.
6. Keep submitting query letters until you get an offer or have run out of publishers in your area of interest. Look through the rejection letters for clues. Once you have learned the reasons for rejection, either rework your book or move on.
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