What has been your experience with publishers?
I have only submitted seven or eight articles.
I've only had one publisher and I did a lot of research to find them. They were the only small publisher that I could not find any negative information about in my internet research. Wheatmark publishing out of Tucson, AZ.
Heh. Well, real print publishers, I submit, I don't hear anything for a long time, I call, they dig my manuscript out of wherever it was they had it hidden, and send it back to me with a boilerplate rejection letter. Online publishers I do better with, but that's because online publishers rarely pay anything. I can always find someone who is happy to publish my work if they don't have to pay for it or actually print it up. One of my novels has been 'published' by PublishAmerica, but that hardly counts as publication. I also once had a story published by Cavalier Magazine, which is about my only professional sale to date.
I published a few on my own and absolutely loved the experience. Lulu is a wonderful site that has allowed me to fulfill my dream. I have always wanted to be a published author, but I also wanted to be a publisher too.
No experience to speak of with publishers yet.
Never had one.
I am published by Strebor Books (Atria/Simon & Schuster)
not any yet.
Boy's Guide Books writes and publishes its own books. Small Press United, a subsidiary of Independent Publishers Group in Chicago, is our distributor.
Mostly good. In fact, right now I am working with Press 53 putting an anthology together called "What Doesn't Kill You." Should be very, very good.
http://www.press53.com/whatdoesntkillyou.html
They usually tell me that they aren't looking for fantasy writers or that my style isn't what they're used to.
I've also been turned down because I was too young.
Sent out 5 drafts. Got back 5 denials.
Not my best effort.
My first two books were published by PublishAmerica. I had to learn. It's not that they put out a poor product. I believe the books are as good as any trade paperbacks I've seen. It's just that I had to learn they, like most, have no funds for marketing.
So I had to learn what marketing is about -- and which professionals I must turn to to make all that happen. After a half dozen years in the wilderness I believe I've got a much better handle on that.
My third novel in the series is about to be self-published by Wheatmark. I've contracted with Author Marketing Experts, Inc. to take me on a ninety-day book tour. I think we're going to do great.
My experience is limited to the two presses that have accepted my work, L&L Dreamspell and Eternal Press. Both publish in ebook and print format. They have been a pleasure to work with. But if you need a hefty advance, best look to the so called "New York style" traditional and larger publishers. Or so I am told. :) |
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