I want to write a book and maybe some poems

United States
February 21, 2011 9:38pm CST
I want to write a book and poems . Is there any place to go to do this with out them asking a start up price to sell first? I do not mine to share but have not the money to get started . any advise or where to go would be nice.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
22 Feb 11
Hello goldenteardrops, I can't answer for your country. I have written a few books and articles in my own language and all have been published by paper editors -- I was 21 when my first book has been published --. All I can recommend is to write your book, and then to send your manuscript to various editors. If your book is specialized you will better send it to a specialized editor : by example, very few editors are accepting poems, and an editor publishing cook books will probably not accept a novel. You will earn between 4 and 12% of the price of the book. It will be more likely 6 to 8%, and it is not easy to discuss if it is your first book : the publisher can't know how many he will be able to sell. The best part in a book, at least for me, is to write it : enjoy writing your book, you will have time later to see your baby published.
• United States
22 Feb 11
thank you I will try to do this. I have alot to say in my book. Alot to do. I also may write more than one. It will not be about poems but I have wrote poems for differant occasions just when the mood hits me. I am not sure where the editors are or where to send to but will try to look around.. I am in the United States. I thank you for the information. I just am not sure where to send to. This is not a cookbook. One is a true story , the other partly true.