publish my book for a expensive price? dorrance publishing company wants to publish my book for 11,600 dollars do you think it's a good deal. i also wanna write three other books two novels and one poetry. i send my manuscript two about six publishers and all of them said they wanna publish my work but dorrance was the only one that sent me a contract.but you get paid twice a year. depending on sales.now the other one that contacted me is a self publish so i'm not sure what to do. what would do i don't wanna pass this opportunity up
i'm writing a book well it's poetry dorrance publishing company wants to
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im only 13 so i can't tell ya if its a good deal or not... just try to look around a bit more... see if you can find it a lil cheaper, I wouldn't think that publishing a book would be very cheap but i dont think it'd be over 10 grand.... just look a bit more and try finding a known author's email or some way to get a hold of him/her and ask them advice on the deal....
congrats on gettin publishers to wanna publish your work... and i will tell you this... the more freedom they give you the better! hope i helped! Good Luck!
congrats on gettin publishers to wanna publish your work... and i will tell you this... the more freedom they give you the better! hope i helped! Good Luck!
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You mean they want YOU to pay THEM 11,600 dollars?
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you better talk to a lawyer before you sign anything because if you get lucky and they make a movie from your book they can get rich and you can get 0.
Hi. There are actually lots of publishing companies that you may have overlooked and wouldn't really cost you that much. In fact, there's a company that can offer less for everything that Dorrance might even put together for your book and more.
When Dorrance sent you a contract, you must mean their publishing agreement.
Maybe you would like to ask around and perhaps shop around. Many would also suggest getting an agent which could take SO long for them to sit down and actually notice what you have there and believe me, we are not just talking months here but years. Let me give you something to peruse at while you are at it and hopefully this will help in your ride to the wagon of success.
When Dorrance sent you a contract, you must mean their publishing agreement.
Maybe you would like to ask around and perhaps shop around. Many would also suggest getting an agent which could take SO long for them to sit down and actually notice what you have there and believe me, we are not just talking months here but years. Let me give you something to peruse at while you are at it and hopefully this will help in your ride to the wagon of success.
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Darnell, Dorrance is a vanity publisher of sorts. I went and checked out the site myself.
--- Self publishing is divided a few ways 1) is you pay to have them print you up a specified number of copies that you sell on your own. 2) Print on demand service. You order and pay for a select number of copies up front and then any other copies made are done upon order. 3) Subsidiary publishing is a service where they print up your book and provide you with as many of the 'services' of a real publisher such as editing, cover art, some marketing, some advertising, however for all these 'services' you pay that in the fee they quoted in the contract. In addition they offer book club, paperback, hardback reprint, paperback reprint, serial reprint, dramatic, motion picture, television, radio, translation, and other such rights on your behalf and will sign a contract for you as an agent of sorts meaning you will only get a percentage of that.
--- A traditional publisher offers you an advance against royalties even before your book is published. You sign a contract they give you half your advance upon completion of edits you recieve the rest. Once you make back your advance you begin getting paid profits from your royalties normally around 3 - 10% for first time authors depending on the genre and length of your work.
What I'm saying is that anyone you pay is a vanity or self publisher of one form or another. It's great they are willing to work with you but if your writing is good enough it should work for you and pay for itself.
--- Self publishing is divided a few ways 1) is you pay to have them print you up a specified number of copies that you sell on your own. 2) Print on demand service. You order and pay for a select number of copies up front and then any other copies made are done upon order. 3) Subsidiary publishing is a service where they print up your book and provide you with as many of the 'services' of a real publisher such as editing, cover art, some marketing, some advertising, however for all these 'services' you pay that in the fee they quoted in the contract. In addition they offer book club, paperback, hardback reprint, paperback reprint, serial reprint, dramatic, motion picture, television, radio, translation, and other such rights on your behalf and will sign a contract for you as an agent of sorts meaning you will only get a percentage of that.
--- A traditional publisher offers you an advance against royalties even before your book is published. You sign a contract they give you half your advance upon completion of edits you recieve the rest. Once you make back your advance you begin getting paid profits from your royalties normally around 3 - 10% for first time authors depending on the genre and length of your work.
What I'm saying is that anyone you pay is a vanity or self publisher of one form or another. It's great they are willing to work with you but if your writing is good enough it should work for you and pay for itself.
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Wait, so you're being payed by them? Or they're asking you to pay them?
If the answer is the latter, then the publishing company is a scam.
If not, then congratulations!
I don't know what authors get payed for their work, so this could be a good deal... try google?
Definitely don't go for the self publishing company. They don't really promote your book.
Good luck.
EDIT: I'm pretty sure the answer above me is wrong. I've never heard of a publishing company asking for money and not being a scam. You get payed by them, not vice versa.
Try getting a copy of the Writer's Market. I'm sure it would help.
If the answer is the latter, then the publishing company is a scam.
If not, then congratulations!
I don't know what authors get payed for their work, so this could be a good deal... try google?
Definitely don't go for the self publishing company. They don't really promote your book.
Good luck.
EDIT: I'm pretty sure the answer above me is wrong. I've never heard of a publishing company asking for money and not being a scam. You get payed by them, not vice versa.
Try getting a copy of the Writer's Market. I'm sure it would help.
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I have never heard of a reputable publisher who made the writer pay to publish! This sounds like a real scam---check with the Better Business Bureau on this company. Do not send them any money. If a reputable publisher does not want to publish your work, then you could pay a 'self-publish' company to get into print. However, this co. sounds like a scam as they don't say they are a 'self-publish' company but still expect you to pay to be published. If others said they want to publish your work then get back in touch with them and find out why they didn't offer a contract. Remember though, you do not pay them!