| Many people would like to publish a book. It was a | | | | six months ago and I just now got the contract |
| dream for many of us who had to deal with | | | | from the publisher. I still have to read and sign the |
| agents or Self pubishing until recently, when Print | | | | contract to get things moving. I am pleased that I |
| on Demand Program came to the fore; the | | | | will have the opportunity to publish a book in the |
| dream seemed out of many of our grasps. | | | | upcoming year, but I still have a way to go |
| Today there are many options for someone who | | | | before the book hits the shelves. The editor is |
| wants to publish a book, but it is a good idea to | | | | going to go over the manuscript on a page by |
| do a little homework before contacting a publishing | | | | page basis. I imagine that this will take a great |
| company with your manuscript. I have found that, | | | | deal of time. That is not a problem for me. I am |
| as a pubisher you cannot overlook the Internet as | | | | a diligent writer and my desire to publish a book is |
| a valuable resource and as a writer I find that it is | | | | a driving force that will keep me on my toes. I |
| a great way to find writing jobs. One writing | | | | have looked into other ways to publish a book as |
| assignment involved writing a manuscript for a | | | | well but I find some of the options a little |
| publishing company. The book that I wrote is part | | | | confusion. Lulu is a company that will publish a |
| of a series of books that address questions about | | | | book for an author through its print on demand |
| specific careers. The assignment was ideal for me | | | | program. I am not sure if this is a viable option |
| because I wanted to publish a book about being a | | | | for me. I am not one for vanity publishing and |
| therapist who works with autistic children. My | | | | Lulu seems to have some of the qualities of a |
| topic fit the publisher’s needs and I went | | | | vanity publisher. For right now, I’m sticking |
| to work. I completed the first draft of the entire | | | | to working with a publisher on assignment. If you |
| manuscript in a record two-month period of time. | | | | want to publish a book, you may want to use a |
| I worked on the book for about six hours every | | | | company like iuniverse.com, Lulu, |
| day, often staying up way past midnight to get | | | | infinitypublishing.com, but all said and done, if you |
| my thoughts organized into the text. I found that | | | | want to publish a book that will be read, consider |
| we would publish a book on my topic, but not in | | | | working with an editor. |
| the near future. I completed the manuscript about | | | | |