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Topic: I'm finishing up my book, should I contact a publisher?

Herr D. Durr started this discussion 15 years ago #7,236

It's ~250 pages, and I've been working on it for the past year.

I will probably sell on Amazon.

benny joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 20 seconds later[^] [v] #126,644

wat

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #126,651

> should I contact a publisher
No, just wait for one to call you randomly one day.

!poISOnioxc joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #126,656

Do it. Also, what's it about?

benny joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 26 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #126,657

@126,651 (C)
I hear Random House does that.

benny joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 54 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #126,661

No, publish it yourself
That'll attract hip people

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 22 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #126,662

@126,656 (!poISOnioxc)
it's a notebook, the first paragraph:

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Anonymous C replied with this 15 years ago, 36 seconds later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #126,664

@126,657 (benny)
Call random houses asking if anything needs published? Yes, that's how they got their name, I believe. The safe plan is just to wait, OP.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #126,888

No. Publishers will not take you directly. You need to first find a literary agent. You have to write a really good query letter, and find the right agent in "Writers' Market 2012" which you can buy anywhere. Aents get hundreds of letters per day, so you really have to make it jump out at them. Most published authors sent thousands of query letters before getting an agent to take them.

Ronabe joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #127,003

@previous (G)
literary agent detected
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