Question: What are some tips that can help me successfully publish a book through a major publishing house?
Answer:
Well, to start with: you don’t publish. You write. Once you’re done writing, you write query letters to agents to attract one. The agent will get your book to a publisher. The publisher will get your book into bookstores.
Now, as for tips:
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- Get used to failure. You’ll be rejected repeatedly. But if you persevere, you’ll get an agent.
- Get used to zero response. When you get an agent, get used to no communication, no responses to email, no responses to phone calls. Your agent will, eventually get your book in at a publisher, if you’re lucky.