My Manuscript is Professionally Edited, Now What?
By Jerry D. Simmons | February 5th, 2010 | No Comments » (Click to add yours!)
Once you’ve invested in the services of a professional editor, your next decision is—how to publish? Are you seeking an agent for possible acquisition by a New York publisher? Are you submitting to small traditional publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts? Are your intentions to publish on your own, independently? Whatever your decision make certain you examine every option. There is a publishing guide available at www.IndiPublishingGroup.com , simply provide name and email address and it will be sent free. The most important point is to publish to your personal goals. Do not let friends, family or colleagues convince you to publish contrary to what you want as a writer.
Regardless of how you decide to publish, it’s very important that you focus on the package. A great package will say “success.” New York publishers spend lots of time on making sure the package is right. For all they do wrong, they know how to package books. The cover must fit in with your category in every way. Including colors, font size and type, placement of the title and author name, images, and everything else associated with a good book cover. You find the best packages in the national bookstore chains. Visit and browse, what you see is what you emulate. This is important. If your book looks like a title that does not fit the market, regardless of where you sell copies, the consumer will be skeptical. So your book is extremely niche oriented? That’s fine, it still has to look like it fits into the marketplace like a professionally published book. You’re selling the image as much as the content. Books are judged by their cover.
Tags: Book Publishing, Hybrid Publishing Model, Self-Published Author, Self-Publishing
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