Commercial book publishing is a pain and is very tricky. A "vanity press"(where
you pay them to print so many copies) is a rip off and is for people who
just want to say they publish. I've done one textbook back in '81 and that
was enough for me. We have to show the publisher(McGraw-Hill) where the
market was. I have written a sick semi-autobiography about a man in
recovery(John Aberrant), but never got any nibbles. Aberrant is French for
deviate. From what I gather you
have to have an agent.
Bobby
>i don't have lots of $. i had hoped for someone willing to take a chance on
>a % of sells. very risky i know since lots of books do not sell. i can't
>afford to put out large sums of money just to say i published. it would have
>to be something that would sell. and i know everyone don't have the sense of
>humor that would like my "papa gander" rhymes. they are quite fractured and
>in some instances quite dry witted.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bobby Greer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:57 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>> You might ask John Callahan, but he'd probably want a lot of $!
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>>
>> i thought about doing a book of "fractured" nursry rhymes. got all the
>> >rhymes but, don't know how to get an artist(or cartoonist) to do my
>> >illistrations.
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: lawrence keplinger [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:34 AM
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
>> >>
>> >> Can I ask how is your publisher and how did you go about finding your
>> >> publisher? I'm working on a book myself and it would be helpful to know
>> >> the
>> >> process.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> kinggimp
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>> >>
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