Questions tagged [publishing]
Publishing is the act of printing and distributing writing in physical or electronic form. It may refer to the commercial publishing industry, small press, self-publishing and on-demand publishing. This tag should be used for any questions regarding the publishing process in any of these forms.
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What is the ideal word count when shopping a mystery novel to agents?
I know for certain genres, agents and publishers will only consider manuscripts that fit within their expected page count ranges. What's a good target for a standalone mystery novel? My current draft ...
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How to express copyright when you use a pen name
I am about to self-publish my first novel using a pen name. I will be registering the copyright this week.
My question is, on the first page of the novel where you put all the publishing/copyright ...
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I wrote a novel, now what?
I'm new here, so, please, bear with me.
I had a look at previous answers to similar questions, but my case is (possibly) a bit different.
I am not a professional writer, so I wrote this (long) novel ...
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When do I need a new ISBN?
I am about to obtain some ISBNs for a few books I plan to publish as an eBook and possibly in print.
From books I have bought from major publishers, I gather that the eBook and print version have ...
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Do you have to hire an editor to see if your novel is appropriate for an age group?
Do you have to hire an editor to see if your novel is appropriate for an age group? Because people nowadays self publish a lot, I was wondering how you would verify that your novel is appropriate for ...
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Can I submit my manuscript to publisher as well as literary ageant?
I was looking for a similar question on this site but did not find one. Can I submit my manuscript to the publisher as well as the literary agent?
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Where and how to publish new work?
I have made several stories, not short, but not long. They might make a small book.
But I'm new and don't know anything,
Where should I publish it, I mean, safely, as they could rip off the idea or ...
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Can authors work with a different publisher for a derivative work?
Suppose an author created a book "Learning Mandarin", which contained a bunch of readings and assignments in English and Chinese for learning the language. The problem is, they have to work ...
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Where can a new author sell the first chapter of a book?
Where can I publish my work online and get paid for it?
I'm just new to this and this is my first work and it's still chapter 1. It's a fantasy and mythical story.
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Is it acceptable practice to contact a publisher to double-check they've rejected manuscript?
I sent a manuscript for a textbook to a publisher 2 months ago. I've not heard anything back at all.
Though the publisher's process of fully accepting a manuscript can take up to 6 months, they say ...
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Copyright if I continue someone else's work
I am writing a book - continuing someone's book series. They were finished but I'd really like to see the other characters' lives. I need to quote (I wouldn't say really quote but let's call that ...
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Other than trademarked names, should recipe ingredients in a cookbook be capitalized?
Re: editing a cookbook
Other than trademarked names, should ingredients in the recipe lists be capitalized?
Thank you in advance.
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Are there any corporate publishers that still accept neat handwritten manuscripts?
Are there any corporate publishers that still accept neat handwritten manuscripts?
What about manuscripts written in beautiful calligraphy and the author wants to capture the form of the writing (as ...
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Can you publish a webtoon on a webtoon website like webtoon in comic or manga format?
Can you publish a webtoon on a webtoon website like webtoon in comic or manga format? Now, the standard canvas has a size of 800x1280px. I am wondering if you can cut the height or the height has to ...
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Can you publish a single chapter of a manga series?
Can you publish a single chapter of a manga series? I am guessing yes, but I don't see manga chapters being sold separately on Amazon. I see comics issue being sold, but it seems issues are sold for ...
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Is there any standard format for the title page of a manuscript?
I'm finally ready to send my manuscript to the publisher. I'm wondering if there is any standard way to format the title page of the document. I'm including such details as my name, the working title, ...
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How do you handle editions in comic books?
How do you handle editions in comic books?
Sometimes, you want to change something in a comic book, because there's a plot hole, so you release a second edition of an issue or chapter, how should you ...
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If writing a technical book, what's a "correct" way to write the manuscript and include graphs / charts / diagrams?
Typically I would use LaTex for a journal, but if you were submitting a manuscript to a publisher, what's an appropriate tool/method?
I ask, because textbooks don't usually appear like they are LaTex ...
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Publishing Contract - Unsure about the legal wording
So I've just been sent through a publishing contract for my debut novel. I don't have a literary agent as I submitted straight to the publisher. They liked the manuscript and have sent me a contract ...
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How can I contact JK Rowling for permission to publish my sequel for the Harry Potter series?
I recently watched the entire Harry Potter series in December 2021. I really loved the Harry Potter world and all the characters.
Even after days, I couldn't stop myself from thinking about it and I'm ...
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Can you tell if a book on Amazon is print-on-demand?
For context: I have a poetry chapbook which has been published by a small publisher. The book is sold through their website and through Amazon. Unfortunately, my publisher is not very communicative ...
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What are good places to post your work where it will be read by others?
Seeing this site and reading some of my ridiculous stories that I wrote a while ago makes me want to start writing again. I know I'll be more enthusiastic if I have people reading my work and ...
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How can I get permission to translate and republish a book?
I am interested in translating an English book into my native language.
How can I get permission to translate the book? Would that also include permission to republish the book in the native ...
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Are print on demand books more expensive than normal published books?
I would like to publish my book. I would like to publish it as print on demand. I don't like the idea of giving my book away to a publisher. I want to have control and remain responsible for marketing ...
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Presenting Fiction as Non-Fiction
I am toying writing a book involving layered stories:
There is Manuscript A, written by a character, which is an ostensibly real account/diary of an incident she experienced.
In the fictional ...
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How to Create Barcode from ISBN Number
I have published some story books for kids and I have already bought the ISBN numbers for the same. But I am confused on how to get those ISBN numbers as barcodes on covers of books. What is the ...
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Content Sites - any still around and useful?
I missed my chance to write for About.Com when it was TheMiningCom and now it's DotDash and seems to be under different rules. Suite101 has become Suite.io (blocked from my work, so that's all I know....
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How long does a poetry book have to be?
I'm currently working on a poetry book which is meant to be short in length.
To help be gauge how much material is required, what is the norm for the length of a medium-format (A5 page size) book of ...
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Where can I publish poems I translated to Pali?
I have been studying Sanskrit for 6 years, and have published short stories in magazines. I recently became interested in Pali and translated some classical English poems to Pali.
But unlike Sanskrit ...
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Is it economically feasible in the present day to write a book series for an older audience as a series of short novellas?
I want to write my book series as a series of short novellas (about 150 pages each) with each book forming part of the storyline.
The majority of books written with comparable lengths are intended for ...
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What are various sites to publish erotica?
Where could I look, or what could I search for, in order to find sites that allow user based publishing of erotic stories online?
The only site I currently know of is literotica.com. I am not trying ...
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Should you publish your book online for feedback?
This is a question I've had in my mind and have been a bit curious about. Let's say I finish writing a novel but before publishing it, I want to get feedback on it. Should I publish it online ...
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Can I self-publish on a reputable publishing platform, and how much would it cost?
With the barrier to having a publisher sign a new author seemingly high, especially without prior success or experience, are there any good author-funded alternatives out there to the repeated mailing ...
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How do I promote a self-published book?
I am in the process of writing a book and I'm considering setting up my own publishing agency to get it published, or else publish solely through the internet, but there is the obvious problem of ...
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Where should I look for editing and publishing?
I have finally finished my first book, but I'm not quite sure where to look for editing or publishing. I'm interested in traditional publishing, but from what I've heard and read, I need an agency for ...
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Is posting writings online worthwhile?
I've written a lot of short stories, which I'm thinking of publishing. However, I've been trying to find blogs (e.g. Wordpress, Wattpad, etc.) to get some kind of feedback about my works and to ...
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How much of my book should I finish before sending manuscript to publisher?
I am writing a secondary school textbook.
The book fills a niche subject area, and I'm replacing a book that went out-of-print and is wildly out-of-date.
My question is, how much of the textbook ...
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What type of writing would this fall under?
Would this be considered prose, or poetry? The reason I ask is because someone had told me that I should submit it to a magazine but I don't know what kind, if any would look at it. I write it about ...
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Is it acceptable for a published short story to serve later as the prologue of a novel?
If I was to publish an original short story to get feedback for a concept and characters, would publishers find it distasteful if I then wanted to include the same text later as the prologue part of a ...
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Is emailing an original idea to oneself using Gmail a foolproof way to timestamp it?
"one easy way to timestamp an idea is to email it to yourself using something like gmail. Since you are not able to falsify gmail's timestamps, you can use it as evidence of the timing of an idea&...
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Are Literary Agents Postponing Their Responses to Queries Thanks to the Coronavirus and Stay-at-Home Orders?
I was wondering if it's possible for literary agents to postpone their responses to queries during this time crisis? In major states like New York, they have stay-at-home orders. Is this going to ...
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Creative control
I'm thinking about traditionally publishing my work. I have a few uncertainties/questions regarding creative control. I'm fine with editors influencing my character's names, book titles, and book ...
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Got a message from an Author Liaison representative representing Webnovel about the story I wrote. Any advice?
I just published a story on fiction press, and although it only has 9 views, someone from Author Liaison representing Webnovel sent me a PM through the site. Some googling showed that this seems to be ...
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Everything I write ends up being a rhyming poem, or lyrics maybe
I have been writing for awhile and decided to write a memoir, except I can’t seem to write anything but poetry. However, I don’t know for sure if poetry is the proper term. My work uses cuss words, &...
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Can you make (Negative) references to real people and places in a novel?
I was wondering about how much freedom a writer has to refer to real people and places in a fictional work and in what situations it's best to get permission or avoid it altogether.
I do know that ...
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A Medium publication contacted me at my Medium blog and asked for one of my published articles for free. Might they pay if I negotiated for that?
A nonprofit magazine called NFT (Nerd For Tech) with a Medium account (https://editorialteamnft.medium.com/) and its own website (https://www.nerdfortech.org/) contacted me out of the blue at my ...
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Could you publish something handwritten?
Recently, a friend of mine wrote a book, handwritten. She doesn't have the heart to type the three-hundred pages that she painfully wrote for two years. I really want to help her, can anyone tell me a ...
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Is fan fiction publishable?
This is a question that has been touched on here and there, and yet I can't find a good answer.
Suppose I am writing a story set in the Star Wars universe. I don't want to dodge copyrights and ...
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What is the minimum age for publishing an audiobook on ACX?
I am looking to publish an audiobook on ACX, and I am 13 years old. Is there any age restriction on publishing an audiobook on ACX? For example, during registration, it asks me if I hold a US tax ID ...
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Meaning of 'Adapted by [another person's name]' written on book cover?
Some of the books have written on their covers this:
Adapted by [another person's name]
Content of such textbooks is more or less same, maybe some new chapters are added.
What does 'adapted by' mean?...
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