<p>Question in topic.. how could you get a book published?</p>
<p>Also -- if people are "writing and getting books published" and putting that on college apps, etc.. what sort of books are they writing? Not teen memoirs/poetry/fiction, I bet?</p>
<p>Well you have to send in the final draft to a publisher and if it is good enough they will publish it for you and you can sell it or you can publish it yourself at like kinkos or something and try to sell it but making that many copies and getting book stores to try to sell it without a publisher would be very hard and cost a lot of money.</p>
<p>What sort of publishers look into this stuff?</p>
<p>well, I’m pretty sure there are certain publishers for certain genres.</p>
<p>Scholastic: children’s
McGraw-Hill: textbooks, test prep
Sigford Classic: classic</p>
<p>etc.etc.</p>
<p>good luck! I remember a girl that sent her manuscript to a publisher for critique and ended up getting her book published. (it was a story about a bird, I think.)</p>
<p>If I’m writing something like teenager stuff, what should I go with? Scholastic seems a bit out of age-range…</p>
<p>And thank you koto for the information :)</p>
<p>well, look up some of your favorite teen novels. find out their publishers.</p>
<p>uhhh, yeah. that’s pretty logical, no?</p>
<p>I’ve wanted to write a book. Wrote about 10 pages than thought it was lame. I guess I need a more solid idea.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you can think of a book that closely resembles or discuses issues like your book, find that book and look who published it.</p>
<p>I’m also trying to get a book published, and have come to find that it’s insanely difficult. Try to avoid sending your book straight to a publisher. Only 1-2% of unsolicited manuscripts will get published. The best ways to get a book published is either by finding a literary agent or by self-publishing.</p>
<p>Literary agents can be tricky, because they also turn down a large percent of manuscripts, in addition to taking a very long time. I have sent my manuscript to several agents, most of which say they will take around 1-3 months to get back to you. When they do get back to you, it’s to request the rest of your manuscript (you submit only a query), and they’ll likely turn you down anyway. If they do accept you, you will likely spend a bit of money trying to get the book published, which can either be successful or completely unsuccessful. 70% of the time, your book will actually end up losing you money.</p>
<p>Self-publishing is a much easier alternative, and is becoming progressively more popular. This way, you can sell your book without having to pay any upfront fees (although you usually don’t make a very good profit margin). If your book is successfully self-published, you may be picked up by a publishing house or an agent. In addition, you can self-publish a novel and at the same time send queries to agents, hoping you can get traditionally published so your book may end up in a bookstore. Some good self-publishers include Lulu and Createspace (which allows you to actually sell your novel on Amazon).</p>
<p>Publishing a book is incredibly difficult, and requires a lot of time and effort. Make sure it’s something you truly want to do, and I would suggest self-publishing while also submitting to agents. This way, you can at least tell colleges you’re published, adn not simply waiting on responses that are likely rejections. Good Luck!</p>
<p>ohh… listen to sirensong. o:</p>
<p>Teen’s Guide to Getting Published:
[Teen’s</a> Guide to Getting Published - Google Book Search](<a href=“Your Name in Print: A Teen's Guide to Getting Published: The Only Writer's ... - Danielle Dunn, Jessica Dunn - Google Books”>Your Name in Print: A Teen's Guide to Getting Published: The Only Writer's ... - Danielle Dunn, Jessica Dunn - Google Books)</p>
<p>I’d agree that it’s probably insanely difficult.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about writing a book on how to “pick-up” girls in high school. How would this fare with colleges haha?</p>
<p>Lol, my guess would be that they would either laud you for the originality or say it detracts from your character.</p>
<p>Since this is CC, may I interject the following? Anyone with a big checkbook can be “self-published”. In terms of those in the know, self-publishing a book is not impressive in terms of college admissions. </p>
<p>By all means, do so if you’re following your calling – don’t do it if you just want to impress others and/or boost your college admissions chances.</p>
<p>^ From what I’ve seen, I agree with T26E4. Of course, if you still want to, go ahead, but self-publishing isn’t too difficult nor is it impressive.</p>
<p>^^^^
well if a 9 year old can do it
certainly you can
[Author</a>, 9, reveals how to pick up girls - TODAY People](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28049776/]Author”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28049776/)</p>
<p>Damn, what a cool kid.</p>
<p>yea what a nerd</p>
<p>I’m planning to start writing a book once my real summer begins on Sunday (these first two weeks I’ve had national academic competitions and applications and SAT IIs. ugh). I have the layout and ideas, so now I just need to write it down.</p>
<p>If you don’t have a connection, it is really, really hard to get published. If I didn’t have a connection, I probably wouldn’t write a book because it’s just ridiculously hard. My aunt is a best selling author. In fact, her first book was so big that publishers called my mother to see if she wanted to write too. Try your best, but don’t be shocked if all the letters you get back are rejections. Even connections aren’t surefire.</p>
<p>Does publishing a novel in another country count? (in another language) I’m studying in America, but I wish to publish a novel in my home country. Not self-publishing, but with a potential of having half-million readers.
btw, I have a little bit of “connection”.</p>
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<p>I saw this kid on the Ellen Degeneres show. He was quite sexist. It was pretty funny.</p>