On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:15:14AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:44:08 +0100 > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Honestly, Kword is good enough. The biggest problem that I have is that > > I am in the Netherlands and write in English. I can't find a publisher > > here that wants to print books in English and my Dutch isn't good enough > > to translate. > > > > I thought I could use the net and find a publisher in the U.S. but > > that's not how it works. Most publishers wont touch writers who don't > > have an agent and agents wont touch writers that haven't published. > > > > I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help there. It's probably possible to publish at > least something online. There must be some way for publishers to find new > authors.
(1) some agents will charge a fee to consider your stuff. Avoid them like the plague; they are probably in the business of charging fees rather than getting you published. (2) Try short stories. A meager market, so I've heard, but there are magazines whose editors do exemine everything submitted. (3) On-line self-publishing (this includes publish-on-demand) still carries a stigma and convinces editors of more conventional publications that you were not good enough. But there are paying on-line markets nowadays, and some of them are respected. (4) Have a look at Writer's Market, available as a printed book as well as an on-line database, www.writersmarket.com. There's also a book, Novel & Short Story Writer's Market. Both of them are published by Writer's Digest Books. They list a large number of publishers, also mentioning which require an agent, what kind of stuff they publish, and so forth. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
