hi, i am wondering if you've written a book on the computer; i want to sell it in bookstores, and i don't knoe how to go about it. does anyone knoe how i can go about editoring it, publishing it etc? i'll love to be able to knoe. thanks for reading. 
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silentpoet
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First off make sure your spelling and grammer is immaculate. Simple basic errors will kill any chance your work has of being read. Let somebody else review it before you submit to a publisher or agent. There are many books on getting published. The main thing is to work hard at it. Work on your craft and be persistant.
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419gam
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Its been I long time since I've looked at this, but you don't submit your entire story to a publisher. You submit a summary of the story, and I believe a short excerpt from it. There are free guides online that explain it better. But there is an established protocal and form that must be followed for your submission to even get read. If the like what the see then a publisher will ask for the full manuscript.
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If you are going to self publish....1) type your book in page order with title page, table of contents, acknolegments, dedication, etc. etc.
2) spell check spell check spell check! this can not be stressed enough. Get two or three other people to proofread. You'd be surprised what little errors you miss just because you have been looking at the darned thing for months
3) While you are doing this, get quote from printers. NOTE: I have found that if you are doing a short run (less than 500 copies) then you may want to go with a Print On Demand (POD) Printer who can print digitally. Otherwise, you will pay a large amount of money for the book to be printed from ink plates.
4) if you intend to have your books sold in book stores, you need an ISBN number. Usually you have to buy these in bulk of 10 but you can go to Barcode Graphics at www.isbn-us.com and buy just one (1) ISBN number for $55. You also get the barcode to put on the back of the book - oh yeah, you also get the EAN bar code for free (this is the barcode that states how much the retail price is - this is optional). Once you have done this, you can register the ISBN in a national book database with RR Bowker www.bowker.com
5) When you are ready, send the book in the file format the printer requests.
Publishing is MUCH MUCH more than just the typesetting and layout of the book. Publishing also includes Marketing. For the book I just published, I sent press releases to all local readio station, tv stations, and newspapers who might be interested in doing an interview with the author. it costs $30 annually to have your book placed on Amazon.com (and they only request 2 to 5 books be sent to them innitially), go talk to the store managers at your local book stores and see if they would set up a book signing for you.
If you are looking for a publisher... there are so many options. You have to find a publisher who is in the market of promoting books that are like yours. For example, if it's a poetry book, you want to stick with publishers that work with poetry books, and if it's horror... you get my point. Go on the internet and do some research, make some phone calls and send emails. After my research, I found it to be easier for me to self-publish and then get a PR person to help market it.Gosh, I can't think of anything else right now but if I can answer any questions, please email me at email@feechi.com
Oh yeah, to see the book I published, go to http://www.forhimentertainment.com/TrueIIMyselfhtm.htm I did the cover design and everything, including the web site. So check it out!
Hope I was of some help.
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sweetsunrise
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Hmm, you'll need a cover letter. And check with the publisher, they may just want a sample chapter, they may want the whole manuscript. You need it all to be perfect: spelling, grammar, paragraphs, punctuation, etc. Have a lot of people check it for you. I can't think of anything else right now. Oh, I think you need to number the pages.
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