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getting started...the hardest part or so I'm told...how do I get published?

by Elizabeth Spaulding
(Columbus,Ohio)

I have a rough copy of a children's book that I have written. I'm not sure how to begin to get published. I'd like advice, information or simple "How To Instructions for Dummies" I'm also struggling on which age group to aim this story book towards, it could easily be a story that can be told for different ages.

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getting started...the hardest part or so I'm told...how do I get published?

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Getting started on getting published
by: Steve B. (webmaster)

Elizabeth, I'm afraid you don't need a Dummies book, you need an "Idiot's" book!

That sounds awful, and I hate ALL those titles (not necessarily the books, but the titles), but there's one in the children's book arena that's spectacular, despite the title. Please check out my review, on this site, of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books.

If you're serious, you're going to want to consult it again and again, and it comes closer to covering EVERYTHING than any book I know.

Important: get the most recent edition. (3rd, I think.) The industry is changing so quickly that you don't want to save a few bucks by buying something older.

Getting started
by: Jeremy

As the webmaster said, you need to read a bit around your subject so that you understand some of the requirements for the age range that you are writing for.

This boring research is necessary for you to do, as if a manuscript is submitted to publishers without the basic parameters for the industry templates, it will be an automatic turn down.

You can always choose the self published route, though even then it would be wise to do your reading first to learn for example the number of words per page, so that you produce a good product.

Jeremy.
A micro publisher.

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