I was just wondering where do you find an editor and a publisher if you are serious in writing a book.
How would you go about it?
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How does one find an editor and a publisher
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Just because you are serious about writing a story or book doesn't mean you should go looking for a publisher. Now, an editor is a good idea.
I have a series of seven stories I published on smashwords some time ago. They're doing well enough, and I get to keep the great majority of the sales price. (Every three months when a check shows up in my mailbox I still get a feeling of wonder that anyone would pay real money to read my stories!)
I went through the submit to publishers route for a while. It's not worth it. Some publishers want submissions in some New Times Roman, some in Arial, some in Book Antiqua, some in 11 pt., some in 12 pt., most want double spaced, some want 1.5 spacing, a few want single space. It is a very rare publisher that just says send in submissions in whatever neat and readable format you have them in. The upshot is that you end up going through a great deal of trouble re-formatting your document file for each submission. And you go through all that trouble just so someone at the publisher (and likely someone who's less qualified in writing than I am, which is the real kicker) will skim a couple of pages.
I think some people need the validation of being 'accepted' by a publisher. But you can market your own material without the trouble.
The result of all my re-formatting and submitting was that I got three offers to publish. One of them I was able to reject out of hand as that publisher's author's cut was 20%, low even by industry standards. I went back and forth for a while with the other two. The result was that they wanted me to make significant changes in the stories (essentially dumbing them down, simplifying characters and plot, and drawing them more into line with erotica conventions and formulas), and I was unwell to do that. This was in regard to my seven story series Taking Chances. Both publishers were (with changes) willing to publish the first but were unwilling to commit to the rest in any way.
I can't tell you how relieved I am at this point that I didn't sign away the publication rights to that story. Had I done so I wouldn't be able to market the series myself as a complete seven volume set. I'd only have the right to publish volumes two through seven. I really fell as if I dodged a bullet there.
So my advice is don't bother with publishers.
An editor is a good idea (or at least a beta reader), as a person like that can help you in many way far beyond mere proofreading. I used to do some editing over at Literotica, but I found that most of the manuscripts I got were not remotely ready for editing - just for proofreading, and that's something I have no interest in doing.
Anyway, best wishes.
I have a series of seven stories I published on smashwords some time ago. They're doing well enough, and I get to keep the great majority of the sales price. (Every three months when a check shows up in my mailbox I still get a feeling of wonder that anyone would pay real money to read my stories!)
I went through the submit to publishers route for a while. It's not worth it. Some publishers want submissions in some New Times Roman, some in Arial, some in Book Antiqua, some in 11 pt., some in 12 pt., most want double spaced, some want 1.5 spacing, a few want single space. It is a very rare publisher that just says send in submissions in whatever neat and readable format you have them in. The upshot is that you end up going through a great deal of trouble re-formatting your document file for each submission. And you go through all that trouble just so someone at the publisher (and likely someone who's less qualified in writing than I am, which is the real kicker) will skim a couple of pages.
I think some people need the validation of being 'accepted' by a publisher. But you can market your own material without the trouble.
The result of all my re-formatting and submitting was that I got three offers to publish. One of them I was able to reject out of hand as that publisher's author's cut was 20%, low even by industry standards. I went back and forth for a while with the other two. The result was that they wanted me to make significant changes in the stories (essentially dumbing them down, simplifying characters and plot, and drawing them more into line with erotica conventions and formulas), and I was unwell to do that. This was in regard to my seven story series Taking Chances. Both publishers were (with changes) willing to publish the first but were unwilling to commit to the rest in any way.
I can't tell you how relieved I am at this point that I didn't sign away the publication rights to that story. Had I done so I wouldn't be able to market the series myself as a complete seven volume set. I'd only have the right to publish volumes two through seven. I really fell as if I dodged a bullet there.
So my advice is don't bother with publishers.
An editor is a good idea (or at least a beta reader), as a person like that can help you in many way far beyond mere proofreading. I used to do some editing over at Literotica, but I found that most of the manuscripts I got were not remotely ready for editing - just for proofreading, and that's something I have no interest in doing.
Anyway, best wishes.
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