Monday, June 17, 2013

Tips In Selecting Urban Book Publishers

By Lou Manning


If you are looking for urban book publishers, look for one with a good reputation. Guess this is true with any establishments that you are trying to deal with. As a writer whether you are a first timer or a seasoned writer, to be in good hands is what you would like.

It is not a guarantee that when you finish writing a story, people will like it. When a publishing house prints your story into a book, they are putting their business on the line for you. That is because they also invest a lot of money into it not just in the printing of the manuscript but also in marketing it.

Unless you pitch in for the production of the manuscript, the cost will be shouldered by the publishing company everything from the printing down to marketing it or getting people to take notice of your product. It will be all work done by the publishing including distribution. Your part was just to write a good story that would hopefully get the attention of the readers and buy the finished product in bookstores.

Your story might have been published and translated into a hardbound cover but guess the ultimate test of becoming a published author is the response of the readers, which is often translated into sales. If your story does not make a sale, then it means that not many people like the story because if they did, they would have sold like hotcakes a long time ago. Quite the opposite is happening.

Not many people are buying and when there are no people purchasing it, it might be the last time that the publishing house will work for you. Publishing houses are in for the money. They are not doing charity works to authors. They are there to make money out of the story that they published for you.

If they did not make a profit with you, then they would not want to work with you again. You will be submitting works first with editors. Usually the editor is employed by the publishing house. If the editor likes it, then he will propose to the management to work with you on the story.

You must have heard of stories of authors how they started low their writing career. Then there is just this one publishing house who took a chance with them. It only takes one publishing house to believe in you, to take their chances with you.

However, there should be that one company that can help you catapult your career to success and you are going to find this company. The most important thing about a publishing house is that it understands your voice and that is the story that you want to publish but it also does not hurt that you will listen to them once in a while for advice. They are very competent and familiar with the market.

Yes, you think that you have a beautiful story to tell or share with the world but it is the publishing company that knows the market really well. It does not hurt to incorporate their expertise in weaving the story. You know that it a successful launching is a collaboration of all the important elements of success like a good story, reliable and credible urban book publishers and yourself most importantly.




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