Asking for advice on publishers

Raquel Pennington

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A writer told me about this site and I was hoping to get some advice on the publishing world. Like how to find a respectable agent. And how to find the right publishers for my children's books, my 1 poetry book, and my novel, about half way through.

The children's books are my most important project right now. Book 1 is helping kids cope with death. All the books I have found for children on the subject did not impress me. I have read my book to over a dozen kids, and every one, said almost exactly these words, "Oh, I get it now," after reading the book. And the parents always cry their eyes out. But they have said, after drying their eyes, that they thought it was sweet and honest.

Do any of you know a non-scam, non-vanity publisher that is looking for these kind of books? Ages from 3-15 for all 4 books. Three in the works, and one finished, critiqued, and edited. Just waiting for the illustrations. I value your opinions.
 

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Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
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If you want an agent to represent you you can use AgentQuery.com to find an agent who represents your genre. PublishersMarketplace and PreditorsandEditors are a good place to research publishers if you want to try publishers who take direct from
writer's submissions

Make sure you check the agent or publisher's reputation here in Backgrounds and Bewares and Preditors and Editors
 

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Bewares and Background Checks (a subforum here) is the first and best place to look.
 

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Hello and welcome to the cooler,

Take a stroll through the forums and you'll find what you're looking for. Best of luck.
 

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Welcome to AW. Glad to have you join us!
 

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Welcome. And you might want to spend some time reading the "stickie threads" (names that because they are "stuck" at the top of the first page of the forum) in the Writing for Kids Forum.

There you will find information on the Children's publishing market.

~suki