How do you publish a book, when you are 12?
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Age has nothing to do with it. There have actally been children as young as 6 who have published. True, they are usually childrens books but anything is possible.\n\nKeep in mind that your parents will have to sign anything you do since a minor can not join in any contract legaly. \n\nYou take the normal steps otherwise... \nFirst, write it. Sounds simpler then it really is. \nSecond, edit, edit, EDIT.  \nOnce you have an actual manuscript ready you have to find the best publishers for your manuscript. I suggest "Writers Market". \nCheck out Vonda's site for how to properly format your manuscript.\nLastly, you send it off. You keep sending it until you get published. You don't give up because there are many who are trying to get published, and some who get hunderads of rejections before actually getting published.
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Don't know about publishing houses in the states, but what really makes a bestseller is Media Exposure. If your stuff catches the media's attention or your agent lands you promotion work on TV/Radio then the chances of your work being on the bestseller list skyrocket.\n\nLike here in the UK, the best promotion a writer could get is to have their book as part of Richard & Judy's Book Club. There's easily over a million people participating in that every year, plus there's constant TV attention then too.
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What kind of writer? Poet? Novelist?\n\nBefore you good to a publisher, you need to have actually written something. Have you written a manuscript or a collection of poems yet? Publishers need something to read!\n\nIf you're already at that stage, then...\n\nFor poetry:\nhttp://www.salmonpoetry.com/\n\nFor Novels:\nhttp://www.dorrancepublishing.com/info.asp?program=internetgoogle&gclid=CPu-3JHep4ICFUgoJAodjTfLBQ\nhttp://www.inkwaterpress.com/special.asp\n\n\nA lot of people self-publish these days...\nHere's some resources:\nhttp://www.bookhelpdesk.com/\nhttp://www.writing.com/main/showcase/t/self_publish.html\n\nIf you have anymore questions, you can email me at:\nblueharbor22@yahoo.com
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You can publish it yourself using a script software.  Getting it read and accepted is a different process.
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I suggest you check out the following websites to help you in marketing your book:\n\nhttp://www.bookmarket.com/\nhttp://www.bookpros.com/\n\nA book I highly recommend is 1001 Ways to Market Your Books: For Authors and Publishers by John Kremer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0912411481/104-3039412-4877529?v=glance&n=283155
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I tell you from personal experiance...it is very, very hard.  There are book tours, book signings, P.R., publicity, agents, design teams, etc. All of these things you must be well versed in and able to negotiate, haggle, defend your copyright and promote in order to have your book even make a flutter on the market.
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For a list of publishers, try the 'writers year book' usually available in libraries...\nAs for ideas, you should write stories about things that you know, always carry a pen and notepad in you pocket and write down any interesting things you see or you hear said, use these to make a story.
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Freelance writing - Sell your age it will actual be an advantage for once ( i started working at same age )\n\nStart at your library reference - look for the book \nLiterary Market Place or LMP\n\nGood Luck
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Try finding a publisher.
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Write the book while you are still enlisted...you can have it published when you get out or do it using a different name.\n\nHere are some great resources for getting started, how to write the book, maybe a screenplay for a movie, and how to self-publish your work.\n\nThanks for your service in the military and take care :)\n\nhttp://www.writestreet.com\n\n\n==============================...
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When I was 14 I had two jobs, both off the books.  I know newspapers will often hire 14 year olds to deliver papers and that is legal and on the books.
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If you want to publish your book at almost no cost whatsoever (no minimum number of books required to be purchased or printed) with a publisher that can help with getting the book sold by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc., check out lulu.com
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Quite honestly, the door is wide open- from cutting lawns, washing cars, painting houses, to lemonade stands if ya got that sympathetic smile.\n\nPre-teen is a vast range from infancy-12, so I can not really give you good advice not knowing your age, but, I can say this regardless; as soon as you can read, regardless of how well, DO IT....Do all the other wonderful kid things as well (sports, clubs, charity,) but, always make time for reading...The more you read, the more knowledgeable you will become. Know & Able have a Ledge between them. :O) Dont read crap...Go over your head right away. You will thank me when you are very smart, compassionate, and successful.\n\nTwain, Steinbeck, Defoe, Dickens, Tolstoy, Cooper, Lewis, Melville, Kipling, Hemingway, Homer. All of which is far better than the popular diversions and will pay off later on down the road of any seeked or gained money....Whoops, I am getting too deep, or am I? \n\nUnderstanding will not come easily, but it will come even harder after you are pushing the years beyond your youth. I am not steering you wrong in any way, I have a early teenage son myself.\n\nUse your idle moments between homework and soccer to read. One more thing; forget the video games, and for the most part, forget television. Ah, you are becoming a genius as I write these words. :o) \n\nLearning is impossible without hands on experience coupled with the hands on a good book or clock. \n\nYou are a smart individual already. Be humble and go after whatever meets your aims. What is stopping you?\n\nTakecare
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It probably depends on where you live, but I was shelving books in our small community library when I was 10.  I started making money doing it at 16.  All it takes is a good grasp of the dewey decimal or the LOC system and the alphabet.\n\nIn our county library here, most books are shelved by volunteers.
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There are many routes you can take. I tend to send clients the route less traveled as you have a better chance of getting picked up.  Most say you need an agent, and yes that is true if you want to be published by Powerhouse or other Large Publishing company.  However, they often pass on great books because they have so many in progress.  I manage writers, poets, models, and musicians. For all my writers I send them to small publishing houses first. I currently have a client and friend signed to YinSumi Press (www.yinsumi.com) at first I was hesistant to send her but they gave the best long term deal.  It is ran by people who have worked in the entertainment industry for over 15 years. So they already have her doing speaking engagements and her book doesn't go to press until August. Plus she will earn more than the larger publishing house was offering her.  They are a small publshing house with all the connections of a large publishing house. You might want to check them out. But if you do choose to go to a large publishing house, please get an agent and be patient, it may take years before anyone picks up your story.
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I think it is great that you're trying to do this.  I will agree with others that it is extremely difficult to get published.  However, people do, or we wouldn't have books!  \n\nGo into it preparing for some rejection lettters . . . but give it a shot.\n\nAnd I wouldn't choose one publisher, I'd choose several.  Or even better, submit your manuscript to some agents and get feedback that way.
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contact www.authorhouse.com\nthat's who I went with and tell them that I sent you