I’ve started a few ideas for writing a book. Just a couple options, I figure eventually I’ll mesh all of them together into a book. How do you go about writing a whole book and than getting it published? I looked it up online and it looks like quite an expensive process.
You’re not even on step one and you’re trying to skip to step 363. Focus on writing your novel first, especially if this is your first novel, because most people will not succeed at getting a book published, but writing a novel (published or not) will give you the experience you need to write a publishable novel one day. You’re only on the idea phase and you’re already thinking about getting it published, just don’t put the cart before the horse. You should never have to pay out of pocket to get novel published. Actually, I’ll just link you to my other posts where I go in-depth about the process, because it is long. You need to do your own research and learn about the many literary and publishing scams, including vanity presses that pose as traditional publishers. Publish America is one such vanity press – you don’t pay for the publishing; it’s strictly POD (print on demand); POD books will never be stocked in bookstores; and their books are overpriced, which means extremely few people will want to pay the asking price for your book. Vanity publishers depend on the authors buying their own books and that’s how they make a profit. You do your own marketing and selling and you’ll be hard pressed to find a major bookstore that will book you for signings (POD issue with having to buy the books first); major publishers will supply the bookstores with the books they need. Publish America authors will have to purchase their own books and hope from there to convince a bookstore to book a signing. Major bookstores don’t work with POD and many don’t work with Publish America because of the low quality of their books. I mention publish america specifically because some people have been recommending them. Most authors can do better without them, unless they’re desperate to have their name on a book cover.
Anyway, just write your book, and when you’re finished you should begin editing it, then give it to others for feedback, edit some more and then look into the different ways to publish.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums can help you along your journey from idea to being published by supplying you with the info you need.
Also, I’ve answered this question before in detail, if you want to read:
How do I publish?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqfeNmk4f7EZBL55gLiPtsnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090619202151AAfQbVy&show=7#profile-info-2lt9fgBlaa
Free literary agent?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akn8LafZT.qd9jjI2f_CHWfty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090619054529AAfqyja&show=7#profile-info-TxhH9cfKaa
Best way to publish a book?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhjBzNa0JcYcwHmxdmUV3_jty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090618154146AAVSBoZ&show=7#profile-info-AA11091817
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