Fiction » publishers http://www.fictionfacts.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:53:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How can i get my music heard and what music publishers are legit? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-can-i-get-my-music-heard-and-what-music-publishers-are-legit http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-can-i-get-my-music-heard-and-what-music-publishers-are-legit#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:53:25 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-can-i-get-my-music-heard-and-what-music-publishers-are-legit Hi i was doing a little research on film and TV music publishers i found TAXI but i heard they are not legit. is this true are they legit or not? is there any music publishers that are similar but legit? i want to get heard by music publishers or anybody that needs my music in their business, but i don’t know how to get my music heard please help me. thank you.

A good way to get your music heard is over Youtube. One of the stars got discovered over youtube by another star. You get enough views and more people will see its good enough!

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-can-i-get-my-music-heard-and-what-music-publishers-are-legit/feed 2 What are some good publishers, and how do i get in contact with them? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-are-some-good-publishers-and-how-do-i-get-in-contact-with-them http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-are-some-good-publishers-and-how-do-i-get-in-contact-with-them#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:55:24 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-are-some-good-publishers-and-how-do-i-get-in-contact-with-them I have finally written my first book, and looking to get it published.What are some good publishers, and how do i get into contact with them?

This is the time to do your own research and start building your list of literary agents and publishers. You’ll be hard pressed to find a publisher because so few take unsolicited manuscripts, but they’re out there. Check agentquery.com, publishersmarketplace.com and aaronline.com for a list of agents. Visit their websites and read their guidelines. Make sure they represent what you’ve written before sending anything off to them. If possible, read some of their current client works to see what type of writing styles they like. You’ll have the best success if you can narrow down your list to the agents who are looking for exactly what you’ve written and that you have a writing style that fits their tastes, which entails reading some books from their client list to gauge the agents’ tastes. Its’ fine if you don’t’ want to do that, though.

As far as publishers goes, there are small and mid-sized publishers that might accept unagented manuscripts. Most large publishers won’t, but there are a few exceptions with one or two imprints. There are also ebook publishers that you might want to consider. Some people find it easier to find an ebook publisher than a print publishers, but ebook publishers have different standards than a print publisher. For instance, selling 20,000 copies of an ebook might make you a success, but a print publisher will need your book to sell 100,000+ copies for it to be a success. So, print publishers are looking at the bigger picture and trying to appeal to a wider audience and most ebooks can’t do this.

It’s obvious that you haven’t done your homework. I suggest you start researching publishing right now. Learn it inside out over the next few months. It’s hard to take you seriously if you expect someone to take your hand and tell you everything without putting in your own effort to do the research. That’s just lazy and lazy writers don’t become published.

It’s also important to do your own research because publishing is laced with many scams and con artists who want nothing more than to take your money; their goal isn’t to get your book published. You’ll need to learn how to spot them. There are also incompetent literary agents and small publishers who will ruin your book, so you’ll need to know what to look for in a good, reliable agent and publisher. Research will help you with this. You can google writer beware. It’s website had great information about the many scams plaguing the industry.

Lastly, the fact that you’ve done zero research shows by the fact that you’ve asked this question. Which publisher or agent you choose will depend on what they publish or represent so no one here can give you any names without even knowing what genre you’ve written. Duh! Publishing 101.

Also, why is your question in the SEO section, which is completely the wrong section for this type of question. Where you too lazy to look for the correct subforum? I hope this isn’t a pattern… Just sayin!

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-are-some-good-publishers-and-how-do-i-get-in-contact-with-them/feed 2 What publishers are willing to pay readers for reviews? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-willing-to-pay-readers-for-reviews http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-willing-to-pay-readers-for-reviews#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:45:26 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-willing-to-pay-readers-for-reviews Someone told me they heard of different publishers paying people who read their books and give reviews. Does anyone know of any publishers who are doing this?

Interesting. Most publishing houses have in-house readers, who will read a manuscript, vet it and either recommend it for acceptance or reject it. These are often people who have taken entry level jobs and want to get into the publishing industry, so they are already part of the organization. and the reviews are all in-house – that is, they don’t go to the outside public.
Newspapers pay reviewers to read books and give reviews, and these are published, but it isn’t easy to convince a newspaper editor that you are qualified to review books. You could always try writing a sample review of a book and submitting that.

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-willing-to-pay-readers-for-reviews/feed 2 How much do publishers pay authors to write a non-fiction book? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-do-publishers-pay-authors-to-write-a-non-fiction-book http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-do-publishers-pay-authors-to-write-a-non-fiction-book#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:48:14 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-do-publishers-pay-authors-to-write-a-non-fiction-book So i was wondering how much do publishers pay authors to write a non-fiction book?
For example, how much authors receive for writing books for "For Dummies" series?
Do they pay them up-front like $20,000 or just royalties?

They get paid upfront via an advance, but it depends on the contract. Once the advance is paid back (through the author’s royalties in book sales) then the author will start collecting direct royalties from book sales, so it’s not either you get an advance or you get royalties. The author is paying you some of the royalties in advance. Once you start selling books, the publisher will keep your portion of the royalties until recoup their advance. When that happens is when you start getting direct royalties from each book sale yourself. If that makes sense.

How much you get paid in advance depends on too many variables. It depends on if it’s a hardcover or softcover. Whether you have an agent negotiating your contract or you’re doing it yourself; statistics show people with agents get paid more money. It depends on if the publisher is small, mid-sized, or large. Obviously the larger publishers have more money to pay you while a small publisher doesn’t.

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-do-publishers-pay-authors-to-write-a-non-fiction-book/feed 6 How many teenagers submit novels to publishers each year or month? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-many-teenagers-submit-novels-to-publishers-each-year-or-month http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-many-teenagers-submit-novels-to-publishers-each-year-or-month#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:11:20 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-many-teenagers-submit-novels-to-publishers-each-year-or-month I know a lot of teenagers try to write books, and I know a lot of them get bored and don’t finish or never do anything with it. But how many actually submit their work to publishers? And do they ever get published?

I’m not sure but i have been thinking about writing a novel for a few years, i want to write to inspire and share my insight and perspective of the world, but i dont know where to start. Do you or are you thinking of writing? :) )))

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-many-teenagers-submit-novels-to-publishers-each-year-or-month/feed 3 How do you get free video games from publishers? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-do-you-get-free-video-games-from-publishers http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-do-you-get-free-video-games-from-publishers#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:35:47 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-do-you-get-free-video-games-from-publishers I’ve noticed that certain people and blogs get video games early for free from various video game publishers. I would like to make a blog to review games. But what do I do in order to get games early from someone like Microsoft, Nintendo, or EA? Is there a place you register at?

there are only 2 ways to do this, they are either famous or have connections, for example with me my sister is a professional gamer and my aunt designed the game medal of honor so therefore i get a lot of video games "free" i can promise you that no company will just hand you a few new games for reviewing on a blog. in that case nothing would ever be new any joe could just ask for a game saying that he is a critic even though he is not. work your way up get people to notice you! start by reviewing games as they come out that’s when people want to know about them not before hand!

so Dr. house is right. No, for an ordinary person, i can guarantee you will find somebody with connections. in theory you know everyone in this world through six degrees of separation or less do some research on that.

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-do-you-get-free-video-games-from-publishers/feed 4 What publishers are interested in publishing a non-fiction book on the psychological aspects of criminology? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-interested-in-publishing-a-non-fiction-book-on-the-psychological-aspects-of-criminology http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-interested-in-publishing-a-non-fiction-book-on-the-psychological-aspects-of-criminology#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:56:06 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-interested-in-publishing-a-non-fiction-book-on-the-psychological-aspects-of-criminology I am writing a book about teenagers and young adults (primarily males) who commit terrible crimes: school shooters, serial killers, and mass murderers are some examples.

I am writing the book from the perspective of the psychological and sociological backgrounds of the perpetrators; this will not be a book detailing the crime itself; the thrust of the book is to understand why these men commit these crimes so that one can intervene and prevent others from doing so.

What publishers specialize in such books?

See if you can find a literary agent first, and then the agent will find a publisher for you. aaronline.org has a list of ethical agents, as does agentquery.com. If you can’t get an agent then there are some small publishers that take unsolicited manuscripts that publish non-fiction. I used to have a list of small publishers, but my computer went up in smoke, so I don’t have access to my bookmarks. You can also find a list of publishers at http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums under the Writer beware and background check section.

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-publishers-are-interested-in-publishing-a-non-fiction-book-on-the-psychological-aspects-of-criminology/feed 3 How much money does Publishers Clearinghouse spend on postage annually? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-money-does-publishers-clearinghouse-spend-on-postage-annually http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-money-does-publishers-clearinghouse-spend-on-postage-annually#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:13:06 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-money-does-publishers-clearinghouse-spend-on-postage-annually They send on a huge amount of mail. They even mail out letters to let people know that they are mailing out another letter! Does anyone know how much money Publishers Clearinghouse spends on postage yearly?

Call 1-800-ASK-USPS.

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/how-much-money-does-publishers-clearinghouse-spend-on-postage-annually/feed 1 Does anyone know publishers or lit agencies willing to work with first time authors? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/does-anyone-know-publishers-or-lit-agencies-willing-to-work-with-first-time-authors http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/does-anyone-know-publishers-or-lit-agencies-willing-to-work-with-first-time-authors#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:55:37 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/does-anyone-know-publishers-or-lit-agencies-willing-to-work-with-first-time-authors I have recently finished my first novel. About a young girl, who discovers she’s in fact a Shifter, a rare bloodline. Does anyone have any tips or know publishers or literary agencies willing to work with first time authors? Whatever help you have, is greatly appreciated.

Most agents and publishers are willing to bring on first-time authors. They’re published every year. That’s not the question you should be asking though. It makes it seem like you don’t believe your work is of publishable quality or that there’s some bias against newbie authors. There isn’t. Though, there is a bias against badly written novels, which won’t get an agent or publisher to back them. Make sure your plot is original. Your book is well-written and your plot well executed. Your characters and plot fully developed. And then send your book off like everyone else. The only things that can work against you is unoriginality and bad writing, and, perhaps, bad timing.

]]> http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/does-anyone-know-publishers-or-lit-agencies-willing-to-work-with-first-time-authors/feed 4 What are some good publishers for teens? http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-are-some-good-publishers-for-teens http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-are-some-good-publishers-for-teens#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:50:14 +0000 admin http://www.fictionfacts.com/publishers/what-are-some-good-publishers-for-teens I’m a teenager writing a sort of fantasy book about a thief. It’s a bit complicated, and to be honest, I don’t feel like explaining it all right here. Anyways, I’m in the middle of planning it all out and writing it, but I would like to start looking for some publishers who might, well, publish it. Does anyone know of any good publishers who would be willing to publish a teenager’s book?
Thanks!

Getting a book published is an an incredibly hard task, but not necessarily an impossible one. Typically genre publishing, in your case, fantasy, can be somewhat easier than publishing "literature", but difficulties still remain.

As a legal precaution, I recommend getting your work copyrighted, or having the rights to the book reserved, before sending it to publishers.

Being a teenager, I can imagine that you lack the funds necessary for an editor, so you should show your manuscript to people who know a thing or two about writing, like an English teacher or even your parents.

Once you think you book is completed, send it to publishers and wait for a reply. Usually agents will help you gain more recognition, but then again, you’re probably strapped for cash.

Just to add, getting short stories and essays published in magazines can really help your image as a writer, and, as a result, you’ll have a better shot at getting your book published.

Good luck!

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