East Texas Book Publishers
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Sorry; I’m going to be long winded, but only because I am in publishing, and there are things you need to do before you even consider sending a manuscript to a publisher (FYI: Location is often irrelevant). It’s a long and involved process to get a book published, but you can go through the current Writer’s Market to get an idea. The thing I tell people is to take a look at the books that is most like the book you are writing, then go to the copyright pages and make note of the publisher’s information. You can review their submissions guidelines on their websites, but just to warn you, most of the major houses do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. I know that the publishing house I work for does not, and I freelance copyedit/proofread for other houses, and I know that they don’t either. I’d strongly suggest getting an agent (you’ll have to pay them a fee), but when and if a house solicits for manuscripts, literary agencies, like Writers House, are the ones they turn to.
Most houses ask for a few sample chapters, and then a synopsis. You’ll have to include a SASE with your submission so that the house can mail you a response. Expect some lag time between the time you send something out till the time you hear from a house. Editors are swamped, and submissions are usually read by editorial assistants who pull out the ones that they think their bosses may like. If an editor likes what you’ve sent them, they’ll ask for the full manuscript, and if they like THAT and decide to acquire your text, then you get to the good stuff, like signing a contract and figuring out your rights (as in rights for media, offering your book the UK, etc.). If you decide NOT to go with an agent, then I’d suggest you have a lawyer who specializes in these types of things to review your contract for you.
I would encourage you to try paperback imprints, which DO publish original works. It’s a good way in, and paperback editors are far more forgiving than hardcover ones. Once you build yourself up in paperback, you can switch to hardcover, like one of my authors did. The money isn’t fabulous for paperback authors, but the potential to move to hardcover is great, if the manuscript is right. It’s what happened with one of my hardcover authors; she was a paperback author, wrote the right manuscript, moved to hardcover, and was a National Book Award finalist.
I strongly suggest you have someone edit your manuscript prior to submission. Make sure you have your spelling checked (grammar fixes would be helpful but not necessary; that’s what the copyeditor is for!). Most, if not all, of the major houses use The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, as a reference for grammar and style usages; Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, for spellings.
I hope this helps, and best of luck to you!
I am looking for a publisher. I am writing a book and want a legit publisher, or If anyone can help me ?
If anyone knows a publisher or how I can contact someone in that field. I live in East texas, not far from Dallas,,,Thanks
Works Cited APA?
Can someone cite these in apa for me in a works cited page.
5. Two days ago, using the Internet, you downloaded a book by lmelda Markoz, Never Too Many Shoes, from the University of Manila library. Two years ago, it had appeared in print, published by Converse Press in Wichita. You downloaded the book by a process called FTP at the address “shoebooks.uT#nilaedu”
6. Constance Jowett translated a book by Max Philador and Elisaveta Krutsch, Shoelaces in Africa and the Far East 1800-1914. It was published in 1994 by Vanitas Publishers, Inc. Cities listed on the title page for Vanitas are Fort Worth, Texas; Chicago; Amsterdam; and Sydney, Australia.
7. On January 5 of this year Louise K. Frobisher wrote you a letter about her father’s shoelace research.
8. You found volume 3 of Fiona Quinn’s six-volume work of 1950: The Shoe in the English-Speaking World, published by S. T. Bruin & Sons of Boston.
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