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Hello, I have several childrens gospel storybooks that I have written and done the illustrations. Are you a book publishing company that can publish these professionally? and without it being taken out of the author's pocket? or a one lump sum advance?
Hello!
I visited your site JUST now, Thank you for same. I am from Sri Lankan retired lady. I have written a few short stories in plain English completed with illustrations, aiming non-English oriented children.
With the fervent hope of reintroducing humanity and the value of nature, all the stories are based on humane qualities / values and the natural environment and are woven around two little children – a brother and his younger sister.
I also have composed rhymes for children on the same theme. Please let me know IF you would be interested in publishing them, retaining copy rights under my name and paying me the royalties. Tank you.
I shall appreciate an early response please, thank you,
yours sincerely,
Ms. R.M.B.
Just done the craziest thing.. call me an idiot, but I turned down my second publishing offer with a smallish publisher to do it alone. If only receiving 10% of royalties, but having to do most of the marketing these days yourself anyway, what are the true advantages of signing with them when I can keep the rights and complete control of my book, and 30% of sales. I found a wonderful professional publisher/printer who does paperback, hardback, audio and ebooks all under the same roof… Infinity, and they have a great choice of marketing packages.. they even get my book into a local store in the largest mall for signings, and to sell there. Call me crazy but unless you get picked up by an enormous traditional publishing house I really don't see why we writers should hand our books over any more for 10% royalties. These smaller ones cant guarantee getting the book into stores, or any more sales from their websites than my independent publisher/printers can… I know my book is a great read as I had a London agent who believed in it, and two offers. So am I really crazy? Maybe! Anyway, if you don't try you will never know.. if I wait much longer for a major big wig publisher to reply to the query letters I'll be dead and gone…look out for THE OBSIDIAN MASK, out in Dec… its an exciting, well written, YA desert adventure, the first in a very cool trilogy! Like it on FB!..
comments welcome!
hi
i'm trying to be one of the youngest book publishers for kids
i want to write a book for children in the age groups of 6-8 but dont know what to base it on.
Something not too long but a good topic
anyone got any ideas. I'm hoping the youngest author is something like 13 case im ten
Hi! I wrote a children’s book for a class in 2001 and it’s finally going to be published this year! Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
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