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Happy 2017, W.Com. I don't make resolutions for my new years, but I do set goals to improve myself as a person and as a writer. What can we, as writers, expect this new year if we want to publish our manuscript?
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Writers have more options than ever, but since current publishing news shows print book sales have been greater than sales of digital books. Therefore, we'll discuss print books.
Authors can find markets for articles and other nonfiction items in journals, newspapers, and magazines. The future is bright and wide open if writers are willing to do the research needed and either know or learn how to write good material. Those who want to self-publish can choose from subsidy, vanity, free-lance help, or do-it-themselves.
Short stories and poetry still don't have as much of a market as nonfiction and novels do, but some journals and magazines still carry some poetry and short stories. Writers simply have to look harder to find them. Publishing rumors say possibly more magazines will return to including poetry and fiction. Hopefully the new year will bring more opportunities.
Books can be self-published or traditionally published. Some companies provide subsidy publishing: the author pays for services. With the difficulty of finding a contract with a major publishing company, writers may still be traditionally produced by using smaller publishing companies. Some medium and small houses do not require an author work through an agent.
Therefore, writers need to discover what works for them. Many authors go the self-publishing route because they can't wait to see their words in print. The problem is those writers should have waited until a major editing job had been completed. The black mark against self-publishing is the number of poorly written books thrown into the pile of thousands of books. Some excellent books have been self-published, but too often they are lost in the shear number off volumes on the market. Therefore, any author who decides to self-publish should be prepared: thorough professional edit; know how to professionally design or pay to have a professional design the book; have a professional-looking cover; have a strong marketing platform (needed no matter how the book is published).
Finding a good medium or small house takes research because the phrase "traditional publisher" doesn't mean each company puts the same amount of effort into producing a top quality book. True traditional publishing requires extensive editing, original covers, and expert formatting, without the author paying for any service. The printing should be professional, whether the publishing house does its own or farms out the printing.
A writer has to decide his/her goals and then discover the best routes to reach those goals.
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