How to Found Good Publisher

Once your manuscript is complete you are ready to begin your search for the publisher that will best meet your needs. Research your genre to find publishers who accept what you have written. Look at books that they have already published and determine where your story will fit in.

Once you have found a publisher who catches your eye, make sure that you take the time to carefully read their submission guidelines. You may have written the most wonderful story in the world, but if you do not follow the publishers specifications, you may find that your manuscript will lie untouched at the bottom of a pile of submissions from authors who did follow the rules.

Once you have read the guidelines, you are ready to work on preparing your submission. You might need to go back and fix your spacing and indentations to the specifications of whatever publisher you are submitting to. You need to now write a query letter that introduces you as an author, your novel and your level of experience in writing. This should include a brief biography and a list of publishing credits. In the query letter, let the publisher know why your story is different, who will be your target audience and how do you plan to market your novel.

The synopsis should be a 2-4 page summary of the story including the ending. It should be well thought out and follow your plot line from beginning to end. Often this is the first sample of writing that a publisher looks at. A publisher knows if it was thrown together at the last minute. You should take as much time and care with your synopsis as you would with any scene of your novel.

Having a plan of action should your novel get published is an important tool of preparation for you. Let your potential publisher know how you plan to get your name out there. Will you do book signings, contests, chats, online signings, book club readings or placement into independent bookstores. Do you have a website? Do you have any special groups that you know would be interested in this type of novel. This is called a promotional plan and some publisher require it. Whether it is required or not, this is a good tool to develop prior to submission.

There are also a number of things that you should not do when submitting a manuscript. First is to send a manuscript with no query letter or synopsis. Publishers like to get an idea of what the story is about before plunging into a novel.

Second, make sure that the guidelines are followed. If the publisher specifies that all submissions should be double spaced in times new roman font, saved as an RTF file. Do not send something that is single spaced in a gothic font saved as a PDF.

Third, do not tell the publisher how wonderful your work is, or how much you think he or she will enjoy it. Stick strictly to the facts.

Fourth, do not write the publisher over and over again asking if they have yet read your manuscript. Most publishers will list an average response time. Only after that time has passed should you contact the publisher for an update.

Directory database services for Publisher

Directories and databases have traditionally been a distinct and separate segment of the larger publishing industry. Initially built from the circulation database or by the publisher’s ability to attract classified advertisements, directories have usually been the 13th issue of the magazine and are now recognized as the most under-utilized assets within the publishing industry.

The content offering needs proprietary, in-depth content as well as aggregated ‘commodity’ content to make this an industry destination as well as develop granular distribution channels for this content.

What is needed to make a Sourcing Guide the indispensable tool for buyers, is to add enough data to enable the buyer to create an informed short list. The data will vary depending on the industry but will often include terms and conditions, geographic coverage, delivery times, resellers and other intermediaries.

Once buyers use the Sourcing Guide as their primary reference, vendors will be willing to pay for solutions that bring the buyer more intimately into their systems. These solutions include pricing catalogues, inventory search, and delivery tracking and so on.

Tools that provide an intuitive search on content is today a basic expectation and not considered as value add. The challenge for building subscription-based revenues is in providing additional content and technology value add to the subscriber against traditional competitors, as well as the high availability of public domain information on the Internet. There is also an increased user expectation for the quality, periodicity and depth of data.

The content offering needs proprietary, in-depth content as well as aggregated ‘commodity’ content to make this an industry destination as well as develop granular distribution channels for this content.

What is needed to make a Sourcing Guide the indispensable tool for buyers, is to add enough data to enable the buyer to create an informed short list. The data will vary depending on the industry but will often include terms and conditions, geographic coverage, delivery times, resellers and other intermediaries.

Once buyers use the Sourcing Guide as their primary reference, vendors will be willing to pay for solutions that bring the buyer more intimately into their systems. These solutions include pricing catalogues, inventory search, and delivery tracking and so on.

Tools that provide an intuitive search on content is today a basic expectation and not considered as value add. The challenge for building subscription-based revenues is in providing additional content and technology value add to the subscriber against traditional competitors, as well as the high availability of public domain information on the Internet. There is also an increased user expectation for the quality, periodicity and depth of data.

Of all the credentials desired by professional service providers, perhaps the most coveted is authorship, publishing a book under your own name. A book conveys solidity, credibility and expertise; in the mind of the marketplace, it often distinguishes the serious players from the also-rans.