Everyone has a book inside of them. Getting the book out and getting in published is an entirely different story. The first step in how to publish a book is to actually write the book. This is where most people fail, not that the work does not warrant being published but that they just don’t write the book to begin with. They put it off and put it off until it becomes a forgotten dream.
Gathering your thoughts and putting themĀ Natalia’s Bookhouse down on paper can be difficult most people just cant get the first words down. They do not know how to begin their story. A great way to take the first steps is to simply jot down thoughts as you go and then put them together later on. Once all your thoughts are down on paper and you have them in order it is time to send out your manuscript for potential publication.
Options on How to Publish a Book
You can send out your manuscript to publishing houses or you can try to self publish your book. Self publishing will cost money. Sending the manuscript out to publishing houses will not cost any money but there is no guarantee that your book will be published. If you self publish then you will know for sure that your book will be published.
Some tips for how to publish a book include:
Be sure that your manuscript is put together correctly. That means that it should be double spaced without any spelling errors and the writing should be grammatically correct.
Be sure to number the pages this might seem like a simple tip but keep in mind that it is often overlooked.
Make at least two copies of the manuscript to be sent to the publishing house and make sure you keep a copy for yourself.
You might want to consider sending your manuscript to a literary agent as opposed to sending it to a publishing house. A literary agent has much more pull with a publishing house than you do. A literary agent can shop your book to many different publishing houses.
If you decide to self publish, you can find many places online that will help you to put your book together and walk you through the process step by step. You can expect to have to invest in the thousands to get a copies of your book that are professional enough to shop to various b