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I've done some bit freelance work in the past, but nothing major. I've recently been working on a cat breed book on a breed of cat that has never had a book on them in the past. This breed has just under 6,000 registered cats and several other breeds of cats developed from it (so the total count of a possible market would be approximately 30,000 people). Is this a big enough market for a major publishing house to take on? Or should I look into smaller publishers or possibly self publishing?
Also, does anyone know of any agents who deal specifically with non-fiction animal related works? I've seen several that work with pet titles, but if the agent isn't going to go to a publisher who'll put the book in stores I think I could get it published by the same people myself.
I'm also wondering if it would look better to publishers/agents if I have a section of the book published in the TICA Trend (a cat magazine) before attempting to submit it around.
Finally, is it a plus if you are able to supply your own pictures to the book? I'm lucky enough to be a cat photographer, so I have tons of pictures in my copyright, but I'm not certain if many publishers care about that since they usually have their own connections for such things. Thanks in advance for the help.
Also, does anyone know of any agents who deal specifically with non-fiction animal related works? I've seen several that work with pet titles, but if the agent isn't going to go to a publisher who'll put the book in stores I think I could get it published by the same people myself.
I'm also wondering if it would look better to publishers/agents if I have a section of the book published in the TICA Trend (a cat magazine) before attempting to submit it around.
Finally, is it a plus if you are able to supply your own pictures to the book? I'm lucky enough to be a cat photographer, so I have tons of pictures in my copyright, but I'm not certain if many publishers care about that since they usually have their own connections for such things. Thanks in advance for the help.