Today,
a large number of writers are emerging in the literature world. Mostly, new
budding writers are coming with new ideas. As soon as the writing work is
complete and final manuscript is ready, the most difficult challenge for a
writer is to find a literary agent to get the book published. When you search
for agents and look at the work of the book proposals, you will find that most
of them are rejected and the reason is failure to follow the guidelines for
publishing.
It
is very difficult to get your book published, if you are trying to be your own
literary agent. There are publishers who are not interested in your manuscript
if it is not through an agent. They follow the policy very strictly, and your
work can be sent back unopened if it is not through an agent. For that, you
will have to make a very thorough search in publishing market without help of
any agent. There is a consulting Writer's Market which helps find publishers
who will take your manuscript. Your work must be fine and perfect in order to
get your work published without any help of agent.
There
are many minute things that you need to look for (which agent takes care of),
before you send your work to a publisher. There should be query letter and
outline of manuscript attached with your original manuscript. The letter should
be professionally written and the manuscript should be edited and polished perfectly.
In old ages, the writers used to do all these themselves, but modern authors
look for a literary agent who can give them crucial direction for getting their
books published. They require a person who will get the book published and help
them for long writing career ahead.
There
are many technicalities involved which you have to carry out with your
publisher, if you your own literary agent. When the publisher shows interest in
your book, the most intricate task is negotiation. You need to talk with your
publisher to get a good advance and good percentage in royalty. You can search
for some good information online and from well wishers about how to negotiate
smartly. You need to do a lot of homework before you approach your publisher. You
can even find your other writers who have published their work through your
publisher and what advance they have received. You can find out about royalty
percentages and advances and accordingly prepare yourself to negotiate with
your publisher. With this piece of knowledge, you can give assertive argument
if you are being paid less.
Today
not only publisher, but finding a good literary agent has become difficult. Even
the literary agent goes through your work and then decides depending on how
promising you are. This makes the literary agent well established in market
with delivering good stuff and writers. Therefore, their job is also very difficult.
It is the duty of a literary agent to respond correctly at the requirements of
their writers.
Written
contracts are the most fearful and complex work involved. The writers seek for literary
agents due to this overwhelming process. With all the negotiations of royalty, creating
a contract is a maddening process. If you have decided to be your own literary
agent, you will have to gain full knowledge about all these formalities. You
need to study thoroughly in this subject matter. Just signing away the contract
blindly can be risky. There are American rights and overseas rights, and they
are different from each other. You might get different payments for these
rights. But these are important to make your work international. You can submit
a manuscript to different publisher to get your book overseas. There are reversion
rights and negotiations involved in it. You need to have good knowledge about
these things.
Marketing
is very important to get your book known. Only writing a good book and getting
it published is not enough at all. You need to make the book known among the
readers. Today, writers themselves do the marketing. As you are your own
literary agent, you will have to think about the marketing strategy to get your
book noticed. You can create websites and highlight your work, get good
reviews, write blogs on your work, you can even add some personal information
about the journey in writing the book to attract your readers.
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