I would be very interested to know how many of the authors on this board have found a new publisher after having their books released by PA.
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How many ex PA Authors have found new publishers?
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Jo Scott said:
Yep, me. Chanteuse Sophie Tucker (for those of you old enough to remember her) once famously stated, "I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better." And I can truthfully say, "I've been a PA author, and I've been traditionally published. Traditionally published is better."
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If we're strictly speaking about getting their PA books bought by a real publisher, darned few. If we're talking about ex-PA authors who went on to get subsequent books published, there are more.
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I have
My next book, Nudist Guy and Yankee Gal will be released in October from Author's Ink Books, a small publisher in Mi.
If you are interested in a good small publisher, she has a website and is pretty easy to deal with.
Just don't expect anything overnight.
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My next book, Nudist Guy and Yankee Gal will be released in October from Author's Ink Books, a small publisher in Mi.
If you are interested in a good small publisher, she has a website and is pretty easy to deal with.
Just don't expect anything overnight.
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I had my PA book re-released by a small publisher. I sold a series to another small publisher (Zumaya) and had another novel published by Treble Heart Books. Although these are small publishers, they are NOT PA.
I recently signed a three book deal with Barbour Books, which is a large, inspirational publisher. My newest series will go through their book club, then it will be packaged and sold in bookstores across the country.
So...there IS life after PA.
Nancy
I recently signed a three book deal with Barbour Books, which is a large, inspirational publisher. My newest series will go through their book club, then it will be packaged and sold in bookstores across the country.
So...there IS life after PA.
Nancy
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Allen Parker you are also to be congratulated. I see stars before my eyes and hope that the same will happen to me.
I submitted my manuscript to PA at my father & brother's insistence, not knowing what PA was doing/had done. They approved the manuscript & sent the sample contract, but I was smart enough to do some research before even telling them to send the contract. The problem is, since I never copyrighted the book, can they pass it to another PA author to have it published on PA? What can I do to ensure this doesn't happen? I don't even know where to go to copyright it.
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Athosmr said:
You don't need to worry. It is unbelievably rare for anyone to steal a manuscript at all, let alone successfully. When submitting manuscripts to publishers it is a mark of utter naivete to send a copyrighted manuscript. Even PA can't get away with stuff like that.
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Scott
I'm not even trying to find one for the ex-PA novel. I wouldn't try unless I totally rewrote it first. That's another future project.