Sunday, June 16, 2013

Tips In Finding Urban Book Publishers

By Lou Manning


It is easy to find urban book publishers but it is not easy to get published. There are writers who are not that successful in getting a publisher for themselves. That is because it is a gamble.

It is not a guarantee that when you finish writing a story, people will like it. When a publishing house prints your story into a book, they are putting their business on the line for you. That is because they also invest a lot of money into it not just in the printing of the manuscript but also in marketing it.

They are people with technical knowledge about publishing and marketing the product for you. They are experienced. They have helped other authors in getting there work out there in the market. The final outcome is a collaboration of all the parties that helped to make the product a market success and this is what you would like to have when you get your team.

Your story might have been published and translated into a hardbound cover but guess the ultimate test of becoming a published author is the response of the readers, which is often translated into sales. If your story does not make a sale, then it means that not many people like the story because if they did, they would have sold like hotcakes a long time ago. Quite the opposite is happening.

They did not publish your story for nothing. They published it because they think it will make good money for their business and to you too. You will be earning royalties and a big chunk of the sales also goes to you.

Every budding and aspiring writers have to go through the difficult start of knocking at the doors of different publishing houses hoping one of them would take them. You only need one publishing house to take notice of your work and everything will start from there. A newbie will have to start somewhere, right.

It should be something that publishing houses think worth publishing and worth reading most importantly. You should be able to find a good publishing house. There are many publishing houses just like many corporate labels for singers and band artists.

However, there should be that one company that can help you catapult your career to success and you are going to find this company. The most important thing about a publishing house is that it understands your voice and that is the story that you want to publish but it also does not hurt that you will listen to them once in a while for advice. They are very competent and familiar with the market.

He or she has to be good. He should not sell you out to publishing houses that he knows will not meet up on your terms. Even if you are just starting out with your writing career, you got to have some terms. Draw out the line with urban book publishers. You are also trying to make a living here.




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