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All the publishers that I've been in contact, where I initiated the contact, they wanted proposals that followed a certain guideline. The guideline can be diffe

by fekberg 14y ago

All the publishers that I've been in contact, where I initiated the contact, they wanted proposals that followed a certain guideline. The guideline can be different from publisher to publisher. Some publishers don't even respond if they don't like your initial presentation/idea. I've been contacted with publishers after publishing this book where they had a plan for the entire project but the royalties aren't even worth comparing against self-publishing or where you initiated the contact with a "big" publisher. If you have a good idea and have written a Chapter that is based in the middle of the book containing about 30 pages, then I don't think it's too hard getting a publishers attention. Or do you mean if I wanted to get a publisher to promote the book now afterwards?

cristianpascu 14y ago
Yes, I was mainly interested in the promotion part. For instance, if I want to target US market, but I'm not from US. I realize that there are many factors, like for instance you background, qualifications, etc. But I was particularly interested in this aspect. Every author publishes their first book at one point, right?
- fekberg 14y ago
  Right! As far as I know either you go all-in with a publisher or you don't go with them at all. So they won't help you promote the book if they haven't helped you published it. However, CreateSpace that I've used to self-publish the book has options for expanding distribution to other channels such as book stores in U.S. That requires that the book store buys the books, so you're still back to square one; getting them to know you exist. Technology books are a bit different from "Normal" books from that I've heard. If you publish a normal book the publisher want the entire book before they make a decision. As for techical books they just want a chapter or two before they say yes or no to your book. If you go with a publisher they will help you with everything from proofing to marketing in all different channels and you will sell a lot more books but get a lot less royalties. What I did to enter new markets such as US and Spain was that I sent some free copies to influential people that I knew liked to read and talk about technology books. If they liked what they read they would talk about it, if they didn't they would at least know who I was. This of course requires that you pay for the marketing yourself. Hope this answered the question, sort of!
  - cristianpascu 14y ago
    I did. Thanks a lot!

by fekberg 14y ago

cristianpascu 14y ago

Yes, I was mainly interested in the promotion part. For instance, if I want to target US market, but I'm not from US. I realize that there are many factors, like for instance you background, qualifications, etc. But I was particularly interested in this aspect. Every author publishes their first book at one point, right?

fekberg 14y ago
Right! As far as I know either you go all-in with a publisher or you don't go with them at all. So they won't help you promote the book if they haven't helped you published it. However, CreateSpace that I've used to self-publish the book has options for expanding distribution to other channels such as book stores in U.S. That requires that the book store buys the books, so you're still back to square one; getting them to know you exist. Technology books are a bit different from "Normal" books from that I've heard. If you publish a normal book the publisher want the entire book before they make a decision. As for techical books they just want a chapter or two before they say yes or no to your book. If you go with a publisher they will help you with everything from proofing to marketing in all different channels and you will sell a lot more books but get a lot less royalties. What I did to enter new markets such as US and Spain was that I sent some free copies to influential people that I knew liked to read and talk about technology books. If they liked what they read they would talk about it, if they didn't they would at least know who I was. This of course requires that you pay for the marketing yourself. Hope this answered the question, sort of!
- cristianpascu 14y ago
  I did. Thanks a lot!