Child Book Publisher
Hire Your Child Tax Free!
Author: Christy Pinheiro, EA
If your child is under 18, you can pay your child up to 5,000 in wages a year without incurring most income taxes, most employment taxes, and you still get to write it off as a business expense on your own tax return! Many small business owners are unaware of this wonderful tax loophole. Is your teenager begging for a car? Well, put her to work and allow her to make the money for herself, while still giving you a tax break! Isn’t that a great deal?
There are a few rules you must follow. Your business cannot be incorporated, and you must pay them a reasonable wage. You must also substantiate the deduction. You can do this by paying your child by check, and making them sign a timecard when they begin their workday. If questioned, you must also prove “reasonableness” for the deduction, so don’t pay your 15-year old ,000 to sweep your floor once a month. However, paying your child minimum wage to sweep floors is perfectly reasonable. For tax purposes, it is a good idea to treat your child like other employees (keep valid timecards, have a set schedule, etc).
A child’s wages will be exempt from paying Social Security taxes if he works in a family business or delivers newspapers.
This legal tax shelter is often overlooked. Hiring your children does not increase the chance of an IRS audit, and it allows taxpayers to show their children a good work ethic. Save money for yourself legally with this great deduction! So think about it– can you hire your child? Remember, though—you have to be self-employed and own your own business. The business can be either a sole-proprietorship or a husband-and-wife partnership. This is a great tax tip for family businesses, such as restaurants, where children traditionally work and help their parents.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/advertising-articles/hire-your-child-tax-free-469290.html
About the Author
Christy Pinheiro is an Enrolled Agent and holds a Bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University. She was a tax accountant for two private CPA firms and also for the State of California before going into private practice. See her website at http://www.ChristyPinheiro.com.
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Start by joining a Writers Group. Learn to critique and be critiqued.
Then read Children’s Writers & Illustrator’s Market.
http://www.underdown.org/basics.htm
This is a very good article with useful links about publishing children’s books.
No, you do not need to submit illustrations with your manuscript. In fact, it’s generally not recommended unless you are a professional illustrator. The publisher’s art director chooses the illustrators that are best suited for the manscripts they acquire from writers.
As for where you should submit your book, buy a copy of the Writer’s Market or Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market for 2009. It should help answer most of your questions if you’re interested in traditional book publishing. The CWIM is for writers who write for children and teens.
But be aware that your chances of getting a first book published are one in 10,000, and on average it takes that writer ten years from the time he decides he wants to write a book until that book finally is published and sent to the stores. You can raise your odds by studying the craft and polishing your work until it shines, but even then you will have to be patient.
One book that can help you think like a picture book writer is Writing With Pictures by Uri Shulevitz. Another very helpful book for beginners is Harold Underdown’s The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Children’s Book Publishing.
And if you are writing for children or teens, one organization that can help is the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, the SCBWI. Here’s a link to their website: http://www.scbwi.org
You’ll find other writers like you and those with more experience there, as well as more information on the children’s book market than you ever knew existed.
Or you can self publish, in which case you should check out this website: http://www.parapublishing.com
Good luck, and happy writing!
Getting from manuscript to novel isn’t easy, especially if you’re looking for a traditional publishing company with excellent credentials, but is certainly possible.
One thing that I want to mention right away is that it is highly unlikely that a first-time author with manage to get into a large publishing company such as Scholastic or Random House. These publishers almost always work with previously publishing, bestselling authors, so unless you can find an agent that works directly with one of those companies (and even then, you’ll need lots of luck), your best bet would be to start small and work your way up from there.
Before I start listing possibilities, I’d like to give you a quick warning when you’re searching for publishers. First of all, you’ve got to watch out for sharks in the water. Many publishers out there are actually self-publishers in disguise. ‘Self-publish’ means a company that will charge you money to get your book onto the market and into stores—or so they say. They feed you fancy lies topped off with whipped cream, icing, and sprinkled nonsense. No self-publish company will ever get your book into any major bookstores such as Barnes and Noble, simply because major retailers don’t deal with self-publishers. The big bookstores know that self-publishers publish anything and everyone—trash and fantastic works alike. They won’t risk taking a bad book into their stores when Scholastic is putting out bestsellers by the dozen. So watch out for them. They’ll take your money and sell you your own book without making you a big-ticket item. So skip the self-publishers.
The guys you really want to work with are traditional publishers. These guys only take the best of the best and publish your book for free (often, they even pay the author in advance for the manuscript). As I mentioned before, traditional publishers, especially the big guys, are hard to get to, but don’t give up until you get in. To get through to these guys, you will have to have a literary agent represent you because most traditional publishers don’t accept unsolicited manuscripts.
A quick note: You’ll need to have a query letter ready before mailing anyone. If you need help writing a query letter, check out this site. It’s really helpful!
http://www.poewar.com/how-to-write-a-que…
Also, another note: More important than anything else is a well edited manuscript. Agents and publishers won’t even consider your work if they start reading through it and right away find errors. I highly recommend proofreading your own work several times or finding an editor to get the job done before you submit your manuscript for consideration.
Here are some good sites that I personally recommend for finding agents.
http://www.writers.net/agents.html…
http://www.author-network.com/agents.htm…
http://www.books.bc.ca/literaryagents.ph…
http://www.ebookcrossroads.com/agents.ht…
http://www.wga.org/agency/agencylist.asp…
Also, when searching for an agent, always check to make sure that they represent books in the genre you’ve written. Always follow their submission guidelines exactly and only use the format they ask for. And remember, before you send your manuscript, make certain it is free from errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar (I know I already mentioned this, but proper editing is of the utmost importance because if an agents sees too many errors he or she will not even consider your work).
Again, even with all this advice, I warn that it is almost virtually impossible for a first-time author to get to an excellent book publishers. Because these guys pay for everything, they almost as a rule want bestselling authors that they know for a fact will be worth the trouble. In my opinion, the best route for a fresh starter would certainly be to sell your first novel to a small publisher and work your way up. That’s probably the most effective way to really get anywhere.
Regardless of the path you choose, good luck in getting published. Who knows . . . you just might get lucky!
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/21/random-house-asks-yo.html – 87k
http://www.cbcbooks.org/faqs/faq.html
I don’t know the answer but, I may be able to help.
Every book has its publisher’s name somewhere in it. The publisher’s address is also in it. Find a book. Locate the publisher and its address. Write (or e-mail, if there’s an e-mail address) a letter asking how to get your book(s) published.
I hope this is helpful. Best of luck.
If their query letter is written like a 10-year old wrote it then, yeah, it’ll be rejected and no one will bother asking to read their manuscript.
Most literary agents and publishers ask for a query letter and if they like the query then they’ll request to read the manuscript. If the 10-year old’s manuscript is written like it was written by a 10-year old then it’ll be rejected. No matter your age the work has to be professional and written well, so young people have to write on an adult level. Of course, a 10 year old and write and have an adult polish it and clean it up and if it’s good enough then they very well could get it published. Age isn’t the real issue, but it’s the fact that people in their early 20s and younger tend to write crap because they haven’t fully developed their writing skills at their age. So, if the book is well written and marketable then it can be published. Everyone’s bottom line is money. If that book will sell then they’ll publish it. But, if it look like it was written by a high schooler or someone younger then they can forget it because quality standards aren’t lowered just because of age.
Go to the public library. The Reference Desk should have a copy of the Writer’s Market, which lists publishers (and other venues) where writers can submit their work. The Writer’s Market is a directory that is cross referenced by genre. It gives detailed info regarding submission, representation, queries, response time, rates, contact info and the like.
Rather than rely on people here who have no clue, go directly to the best source of info.
If you can afford a subscription, Writers’ Market (http://www.writersmarket.com) is the best resource for finding a publisher. For free listings, check out Ralan’s Markets (http://www.ralan.com/).
What about Puffin or Hyperion? They’re great on broadening children’s books. Like “Lightning Theif” and “Diary of the Wimpy Kid”. They turned into a movie, if yours is good enough to impress millions of readers, your book might have a chance to be turn into a film too! haha.
But, I’m not an expert on this, I found a site that might help you. And from those advice, I think you should get an agent first…?
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3476461
and
http://www.writersservices.com/res/r_carole_blake_2.htm
How can i locate a publisher for a children’s story book?
i am working on a 250-300 page story book for children of 8-12 years group. A simple story of a boy and his animal friends.
I wonder how to go about finding a publisher.
I’m writing my 1st serious children’s book. Can you recommend an excellent book publisher(s)?
I am well under way with my first children’s book before submitting it to a publisher. I’m am looking for a tried and proven publisher with excellence in getting along with it’s author’s in finacial negotiations, illustrations, packaging and distributions and public relations. Can you recommend one for me for my consideration?
how do I sumbit a book to a publisher?
I’m just curious. I want to do a poetry book plus a children book but I’m not sure how it has to look. Also how do I find a publisher and or an agent.
What publisher would be good for child authors?
My 14 year old brother has just written a book. He has the manuscript and its ready to go, but we don’t know any publishers that publish children-written books. Please help.
Can you help me find a good Book Publisher for inappropriate humor?
Hi, Afew Months ago I was mid way in creating a book. I thought once I create my first book and get it publisheed im Set for more books to come. But I like the inappropriate humor but each Publisher i talked to didnt allow inappropriate humor. Now not like “hahah Child Abortion haha” but like some inappropriate content, maybe alot of Photoshoped images, exc. Van you help me find a Publishing Company.
Do you need to have illustrations when submitting a children’s book to a publisher?
I have written a children’s book that several people say I should try and public. It would preferably best be published as an illustrated board book (like a DR. Suess book). I cannot draw. Do I need to have drawings when submitting this work or will they publisher, if he likes it, illustrate it?
Also, Do you have any suggestions as to where I should start sending my book to.
thanks you.
How to find publisher for children’s book?
Im writing a children’s book and I will be making the illustrations.
How do I contact a publisher once I am finished?
How to I contact a publisher about a Children Book?
I wrote a fictional Children Book and I am just trying to find a reputable place to send it in to. Thanks for all your time!
Would a publisher immediately reject someones book if a child wrote it?
Say, someone 10 years old?
lol, don’t worry, I’m not 10, I’m just curious.
DETAILS PLEASE!!!!!
Can anyone recommend a children’s book agent/publisher?
I have written a manuscript for a children’s book – I am now in the process of seeking a publisher to submit the manuscript – should I contact an agent first or submit directly to a publisher?