Okay, so I'm trying to wrap my mind around this whole publishing system. First, I have to be lucky enough to get an agent. Then I have to get lucky enough for that agent to get publishers interested in my book.
Then when the negotiating is done, I get my advance (Woot) the book is made and put on the shelves.
Then that's where the hardest part comes in. I have to get lucky enough to get sales. So basically there is three threshold to cross to getting a successful published book? Finding the agent, getting a publisher and then finally hoping enough people buy your books.
Is this right?
If that's the case, then getting a book published may be as hard as getting a record deal or contract to going pro in football. But you don't get the millions(Unless you write twilight or harry potter)
And before people keep saying "If you're doing this for the money, maybe you shouldn't do this." I don't care about the money, I just want people involved in my stories. If I got one dollar for every book I sold, that's fine--aslong as a lot of people read it.
Then when the negotiating is done, I get my advance (Woot) the book is made and put on the shelves.
Then that's where the hardest part comes in. I have to get lucky enough to get sales. So basically there is three threshold to cross to getting a successful published book? Finding the agent, getting a publisher and then finally hoping enough people buy your books.
Is this right?
If that's the case, then getting a book published may be as hard as getting a record deal or contract to going pro in football. But you don't get the millions(Unless you write twilight or harry potter)
And before people keep saying "If you're doing this for the money, maybe you shouldn't do this." I don't care about the money, I just want people involved in my stories. If I got one dollar for every book I sold, that's fine--aslong as a lot of people read it.