Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Which publishing company would you recommend?

I have written like about 40 poems over the year.And i'm been thinking about publishing them. I'm a teen so i was wonder which publishing companies publish teen poetry? Any ideas?Which publishing company would you recommend?
*yep, it's very long, but I think you can use all this information*

1.) Your age is irrelevant regarding publication.

2.) You should first be very sure your poetry is at its very best.

Revisions are often necessary for any writer in any genre.

3.) Next you should first study how to get published, properly, for which I recommend The Writer's Market, first section, to be studied. A lot. They are online http://www.writersmarket as well, with only a $3.99 a month membership to read Absolutely All the book plus updates.

4.) If you can't do that and can't afford the latest issue (it's annual), suggest you study this book at a library, where you can also copy pages.

5.) Never send out a full manuscript to anyone who hasn't asked for it, or anything at all to anyone not taking unsolicited material.

6.) Find out how to write great queries; that is the first step.

7.) Don't get a copyright. Your work is already yours legally; just put your name and a date in the headers and always keep a copy at home.

8.) This is because copyright is what publishers buy.

9.) Once you've learned all the steps toward publication, you'll probably want an agent, though many like to see previously published work.

10.) If you find that to be the case for poetry, suggest you put some poetry 'out there,' and I do NOT mean online. Keep it off line. I mean try to get a piece in any local lit magazine, a newspaper (even at school); seek places to publish, actively, unpaid.

11.) One great way for poets to find such places is by participating in poetry slams, 'open mic' events for poets. Most towns have slams occuring somewhere; in my town, they happen at the library. Also a good source to check for publication ideas, from the librarian.

12.) Poetry slams (I've been to several) are 'networking' events as well as a great deal of fun. Poets meet, mingle and exchange ideas; you may even find a poetry writers' group you can join, another good thing to do.

13.) If you can, start a group in your home. I had one going for a couple of years; all kinds of writing, much constructive criticism and lots of information exchanges. Nearly everyone in that group had pieces published during the two years I hosted it.

14.) Keep writing and keep you eyes and ears open for any opportunity to share your work.

*Best of luck in your endeavor. Be persistent, patient and stay optimistic throughout, even through rejections all writers get, esp. at first, and often after that.*

ADD: Unless you do only want a copy or two of your book, don't pay the often too-high costs of self-publication; vanity press. Even if they say 'we help you!' they don't, not selling your books, not promoting you, not with anything once they're paid.Which publishing company would you recommend?
Finding a publisher is a tough chore.



What you should do is to figure out why you want to publish the poems. What's the payoff?

If you just what to preserve a copy of your work in printed form then check out http://createspace.com/ to self-publish your poems. There are no setup fees and the price per book is very good. The only drawback is the shipping. The pages can be done in any word processing program and then dropped into a pdf conversion program for uploading to get a proof copy

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