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I just wrote the best book ever!!! :) :)

okay I just wrote a great book and my question is is anybody on here a publisher or something cause I really want some one to publish this I let like 7 people read it and they all said it was good(and oh yea 5 outa the 7 wasnt even in my family)so if you know some one or any thing please help…if you can

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Answer #1

Congratulations! Not everyone has the courage to face the publishing industry even if their literature is highly recommended for public consumption. Because you already have your materials, the next thing you might decide on doing is to find a publisher who will be your retailer, publisher, editor and distributor at the same time - which is of course not that easy to find.

Copy and paste the links to your browser to learn more.

How to get started with publishing: http://editorinchic.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/how-to-self-publish-an-overview
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Answer #2

My wife just ‘self published’ a travel book on Amazon. She only sold three copies in the first week….but, three is better than zero, by far. It only took her a few hours to get it organized to publish on Amazon with their kindle direct publishing thing.

You can also use smashwords.com, or the latest version of pages, by Apple (part of iwork) to create and submit something directly to their ibookstore.

I’d strongly recommend starting there, if you haven’t published it yet and then look into createspace.com (also by amazon) or outskirtspress.com or similar.

THEN, while it’s (hopefully) selling in ebook format, you can follow directions in one of the howtos on our site about soliciting a regular publishing house.

Amanda Hocking, a self published author, sold more than a few million ebooks then only a few weeks ago, inked a 2 million dollar deal for a four book series with a regular publishing house.

It’s not impossible, just takes a lot of writing and hard work. Good luck :)

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