Now that
I’m back from vacation it’s time to get back to work. And the work I have in
front of me is to make a decision about my book. Should I continue on the
road to finding a new publisher or should I self publish?
My tendency
is to look for a new publisher (in case you didn’t know, my publisher Lucky
Press went out of business at the end of April) and to that end I’ve already
sent out seven queries to the publishers suggested by my social network
contacts. As has been my experience queries don’t get answered very quickly. And the two answers that I have received already are big NO’s. They were nicely
put, though. One doesn’t take any unsolicited manuscripts, and one doesn’t
publish memoirs.
I’ve also
gotten advice about where to get a self-published book produced and
distributed. It boggles my mind: Bookbaby, Lulu, Createspace, Lightingsource. I
guess I just need to bite the bullet and look at the fine print for each and
figure out if what I need is what they have to offer.
So, where
do you my readers come in? I’d like your advice. I’d like to know what
publishers you’d suggest for my book, Leaving
the Hall Light On: A Mother's Memoir of Living with Her Son's Bipolar and
Surviving His Suicide (please click on the link to find out more about the book and read
some fabulous reviews). Some of
you must know of one or two publishers? Some of you may even be publisher
yourself.
I’d also like your advice about self publishing. If you’ve self-published your own book,
who did you go with and why?
I hope
you don’t mind that I decided to ask you to get involved. I figured if I don’t
ask my readers these questions, who am I going to ask?
