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Hello, just to introduce myself, I just finished writing my first book ever. Iam not at all someone who thrives on writing and writing is not my background. The idea for writing this book was because of my "story"...after hearing people who lived through my life with me for the past 5 years saying you really need to write a book because it is remarkable how you are still alive or not in a mental instution due to the things you went through that hit you back to back...is remarkable and then I turned things around and made myself a success story...it is amazing how I turned things around and the success I have achieved since. So I wrote the book and made it fictional, changed things, locations, etc drastically and hired an editor to fine tune everything. So the manuscript is completed, proofed and I have someone working on the cover of my book and I submited to the copy right office this week which they are telling me they are backed up to 6 months now. Here are the two things I am struggling with now.
1. I figured my first approach to publishing this book would be to self publish since this is my first time but I am having a hard time making a decision as to who to go with. I have peopel recommending authorhouse, pubit, createspace, kindle, smashwords but when I go to these websites, I am having trouble getting a listing of their packages to see what would be best for me.
I really want my book to touch a lot of people who went and are going through what I did so I want to target huge churches, colleges, etc....
Any suggestions of an agent that can help with this.. I thought the best thing would be to self publish and then start getting the buzz out there with these type of events/activites and then also simultaneously see if a traditional publisher would be willing to consider the book.
Is my thought process at least on the right track and any guidance you can give will be most appreciated.
1. I figured my first approach to publishing this book would be to self publish since this is my first time but I am having a hard time making a decision as to who to go with. I have peopel recommending authorhouse, pubit, createspace, kindle, smashwords but when I go to these websites, I am having trouble getting a listing of their packages to see what would be best for me.
- Once I am able to get someone to contact me (any suggestions on how to do that) what are some questions and comparisons should I look for to see what is best for me based on the phase i am...i.e. I would like to have a live person walk me through the process that I can have access to if i need help and not just posting through the computer where there is room for errror, who is most user friendly, who will give me most exposure and what are the vehicles, i.e. amazon, barnes and nobles, do they offer e-books in the packages, do they format the manuscript to fit book, how is payment distribute, will they do the table of contents etc... what are the questions I need to ask?
I really want my book to touch a lot of people who went and are going through what I did so I want to target huge churches, colleges, etc....
Any suggestions of an agent that can help with this.. I thought the best thing would be to self publish and then start getting the buzz out there with these type of events/activites and then also simultaneously see if a traditional publisher would be willing to consider the book.
Is my thought process at least on the right track and any guidance you can give will be most appreciated.