Read a Good Book Lately? : Want to get a novel out where do i go? by Chris James

Hi Chris, If you want to traditionally publish, you're best bet is to get an agent. To start, the Writer's Market will help you with understanding a lot about the publishing world. Here's a link: http://www.writersmarket.com/. You will need to write a query letter to send out to agents. Here's a link to Nathan Bransford's blog: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/08/how-to-write-query-letter.html. He provides a lot of great information for anyone looking to publish traditionally. I hope this helps.

Hey Chris... the traditional publishing route is so passé these days... just go to Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon... as well as NookPress for Barnes & Noble... and self-publish your novel as an eBook for free with 70% royalties if you price it between $2.99 and $9.99 - just Google those entities, set up the accounts, get Mobipocket Creator (free software from Amazon to do their proprietary Kindle file transfer from Word), and use Amazon's Cover Creator to create a professional-looking cover without dropping $800 for Photoshop. Email me if you need help...

Your so right Brian :)

Hi Chris, yes, Brian is correct, the traditional publishing model isn't what it used to be. Authors who've been lucky to get publishing contracts are now realising how restrictive the traditional model is. Up front advances and smaller percentages of profit once a certain threshold is reached in sales. To hell with that! Amazon offers two tiers, 70% and 35%. So if you put a book out for $0.99 you get 35% of that in royalties, and 70% and over, as Brian mentions, for $2.99 and up. You'll get the first money two months after the calendar month that the sales occurred in. I know indie authors who are making over $40,000 per month! And a couple who're making over $300,000 per month! One of the only things you need to a cover to look professional. If you don't know a graphic artist, I have the contact details of one I can let you have. In addition to Kindle, Amazon also offer audiobooks now, check out the link off their CreateSpace page. Happy writing, David

Hi. As a side question, has anyone here had experience with submitting any work to the Kindle Serials program? My understanding is that they are selective on which novels they accept, but then they provide advertising and placement on Amazon to boost sales. Just wondering if anyone knew what percentage of authors they take, and what kind of sales those authors do...as in, is it a extremely competitive to get something accepted by them, or on the flip side, if you do, is their marketing worthwhile enough to make an actual difference?