How to Get a Book Published
Writing is, no doubt, the best way to vent out your feelings and express your thoughts. Some people write poems and short stories, while some write what they learn from the various experiences of life. Irrespective of what you write about, there is always a scope of getting your work published. Unaware of the process involved, most of the amateur writers refrain from getting into - what they call - the intricacies of publishing, and stick to their blogs and diaries. Those few who do, take the help of an agent and eventually end up being cheated. It may seem to be a tedious job, but getting a book published is a simple task, even simpler than you can imagine.
Getting a Book Published
The most important thing about publishing a book is writing. Sounds strange, but you don't have to necessarily write a book to express your thoughts. If you doubt your writing skills, you can get it written by a ghostwriter, a person who would write the book but gives its credit to you. This is mostly the case when a person writes about the experiences of his life. A more suitable way is to publish your original work, which may include your poems, stories or your diary. In either way, you will have to get your work edited from a good editor to minimize minor mistakes and add necessary details.
Once you handover your copy to the editor (or ghostwriter), he will go through the copy, do extensive research and polish the product. He will also prepare some sample layouts and give you some suggestions, accepting or declining which would be totally in your hands. Make sure that you choose a good editor, who has interest in the subject you write on, as well as vast experience to his credit. You can go through his suggestions and layouts and then give the green signal for the changes if you feel they would be suitable. Then the editor will prepare a rough draft of the book and send it to you for your approval. You can go through the rough draft and ask for necessary alterations. The editor will apply the changes demanded by you and send you the final draft.
The next step is to find a good publisher for your book. This can sometimes be a tedious job, considering that you need to convince the publisher to publish your book. You may have to approach more than one publisher for this task. Eventually you can avail the services of best publisher among those who are ready to publish your book. Once a publisher is ready in getting your book published, he will give you a monetary offer. When both the sides agree to all the terms and conditions, including the financial part such as royalty, the publisher will go ahead with the book publishing process.
Remember that your book will not be published in word format. Publishers use various publishing programs to publish books. The publisher will provide you with the print estimates after having a look at your work. These estimates will also include the number of pages in the book, and which publishing program would be used? Lastly, the printing firm will provide you with the blueprint of the book, which will give you the exact idea of how your book will look like when it's published. After you and the publisher approve the final copy, the book will be sent for printing. The publisher will decide how many copies of the book will be published. And finally your book will hit the bookstalls. The process to get a book published may differ from one publishing house to another, but the general process which is followed is basically the same.
There also exists an option of self publishing, wherein the writer himself does the task of publishing his book without taking help of any editor or publisher, but this can take relatively more time, and therefore it is wiser to leave some things to the experts. It will really feel good to see your own book at the bookstalls around the country, or may be the world. You never know, after your book is published, you may go on to become one of the best-selling authors of the world.
