Publishing a book.?

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1. allie_b :

   for #2 I dont believe that will be ok. I think you’ll have to get that book hunted down and cite it since yours is a non-fiction book.for #5 Maybe history professors/students ? Might be a bit tedious for the lay person depending on your style of writing. But with all that’s happening in the middle east, anyone might be interested~~~I saw that the person below me mentioned PublishAmerica. Please visit the site www.sfwa.org/beware and www.sfwa.org/beware/general.html#PA and do a general search on any publisher or agent you are thinking about dealing with to find out about their reputation. There are many people who are just out for your money.

2. kspauldinghome :

   Try www.publishamerica.com Check out the website. Email any questions not on their FAQ page. I have a book coming out later in the year through them.

3. Adam T :

   Hi1. If you look at the back of the book, or inside to see who the pictures from, then you can contact them, or you contact the publisher. If it’s photographs it sometimes says where they are from on last page of the book i.e. after or in Index.2. No. You will need to find the source or you will get into a lot of trouble. The courts won’t take this as a reason for not finding the cource. Hunt it down.3. There are two ways you can play this:a) Go to a reputable book shop and ask them for the Writers Guide which will list all publishers, what books they ask for, how to send it to them and it even has guidelines on how to work with publishers, what to do, etc.b) You can self publish on the internet and this website I’ll give is awesome because I have written my book, designed the cover professionally, uploaded it, printed some business cards and just mingled with friends, families and people and brought traffic to the website where my book is. I sold, in 5 weeks, 450 books. It’s still selling. The website is www.lulu.comThis website also has a forum where many writers from all over the world that can help you answer many questions on publishing.4. Go here, that’s there website: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/cp_main-e.htmlBelow is for business toohttp://www.bdc-canada.com/BDC/services/Copyright_reg.htm5.Historians, newspapers, magazines, even army who wants to understand the history of the country more, and also, people from Iran.You can even gain publicity huge because your book would have come at the right time. So send letters to Iranian newspapers, broadcasters and other Arab newspapers, and universities, colleges.Hope it answered your questions thoroughly.

4. old lady :

   The copyright office in Canada is called the copyright office. There are many good publishing companies in Toronto — but you’re going at this backwards. Have you written the book yet? That’s the first step. People might be interested in reading a history of Iran, but that all depends upon how it is written. If you are just rehashing what was in another book, it isn’t going to go very far. And using copyrighted photographs is out unless you get permissions from the holders of the copyrights. There is a book called “Writers Digest” that lists all the markets in the US and Canada. I suggest you get yourself a copy and see exactly who might be interested in your book. Don’t limit your potential –if the book is interesting, go for the North American market. Better yet, make is so interesting that your publisher will automatically move it forward to take advantage of the larger market. Good luck

5. Marion Gropen :

   Hitting them by number:1. You must get permission from the rights owners for any use of other people’s photographs and art. You may also need to get permission from the subjects. This is true for the US, and probably true in Canada. Check with a local IP attorney, if in doubt.2. Find the source for your facts. They may not BE facts, but someone else’s fiction, and that would put you in a bad position. If you are quoting facts, find several sources, and include them in footnotes. If you don’t paraphrase or quote, you shouldn’t need permission. Expressions are copyrightable. Ideas and facts are not. At least in the US, and I believe by international treaty.3. You don’t need local agents or publishers. This is a very virtual industry. For the best method to find an agent, I recommend Fern Reiss’ book Find an Agent in 30 Days, from her Publishing Game series. It does focus on the US, but the procedure will be the same, even if the exact directories, etc. will be different in Canada. Our industries are quite similar.4. Look here: http://cb-cda.gc.ca/info/registration-e.html5. That’s the most important part of both writing and marketing your manuscript. You need a detailed answer to that and to WHY they want to read it, what else they might be interested in, where they are often found, who is important in those groups, and how you will show them that your book is interesting.If you haven’t answered those questions in your head, then what you have is a first draft. Now: answer the questions carefully. Think about the needs that your book might fill, that other books on that or allied subjects don’t fill. Then think about how your book could give these people either more of what they want, or make it easier for the reader to get what they want from it.Now, re-write the book from that perspective. Then re-write your proposal incorporating that perspective, while continuing to comply with all the norms for content and format. THEN, re-write the query letter similarly.Then find your agent, and your publisher, and help the publisher execute the plans that evolve from your original ideas and your consultation with their staff.As for subsidy presses like Lulu.com and PublishAmerica, well, they are good for some books and for some sets of goals. But, I strongly recommend that you be aware of your goals and of the traditional terms of trade in the distribution channels you intend to use (do you want your book in bookstores, or not, for example?). Then consider competitive pricing, and the prejudice that books offered through those channels face from industry gatekeepers such as important reviewers and the buyers who purchase stock to place in bookstores. Make sure you understand the difference between being listed in a BIP-based database, and being stocked in a bookstore.And, never, never make a decision about your publishing path before you have read at least a half-dozen books on the alternatives you are considering. There are dozens of decent books on publishing. Don’t let the hundreds of hours of effort you have put into writing go to waste because you didn’t want to bother spending a few hours reading.Please don’t let the fact that I’m saying things you might not want to hear deter you from listening. I really hate to see the broken hearts show up later.

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