Publishing Travels

Met with publisher

The meeting went well except, well, he is an independent publisher, which means he edits, sets things up, works with the author and illustrator, sets up publicity stuff to some extent, refuses anything not up to high literary standards. BUT the author then buys the books and is responsible for selling them, 2500 or 5000 books.

I did learn some things, though. I didn't know that traditional publishers give a book three months on the shelves, and if the book isn't selling as well as the publisher wishes, the book is pulled. The author has no say in it, and the book can't be published by someone else.

Mr. Crum, who was in the publishing business for years as an editor and writer, has degrees in English and journalism. He gave me a couple of minor areas that need work in the Louie series, but he said the stories are very good. He said with some minor structural changes (and he told me what they were) the stories would make excellent children's books.

I'm encouraged and discouraged at the same time. The fact that I have a very slight chance is reinforced since I'm neither financially well off nor well known already.

However, I'm not giving up. I just need to pull my tattered hopes around me and decide what to do now.

*sigh*



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