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Answer: First of all, if a publisher determines anything from your age, whether you are 10 or 90, that is age discrimination and if that is their grounds for not accepting your manuscript, you need to seek legal action against them. The hard part is trying to prove it. If you are a good writer and the publishing company is an honest one, they will take any writing seriously. They don't care who you are (unless you already have a well known name in the media), they care if your writing is going to sell or not. It also depends on how many manuscripts they receive every month. It would be stupid for a publisher not to read and consider every manuscript they receive. If it sounds good in the query letter, regardless of age, sex, or how long you've been writing, they would be dumb not to look further. Don't let your friends steel your dreams. They are yours and you will be a published writer very soon. If you are concerned, don't put your age on the query letter. They don't need that unless you are under the age of 18. I recommend going through a literary agent. They will filter through the publishers and find one right for you. Literary agents generally don't get paid unless they find you a publisher, and they get paid through a percentage (1-5% of your royalties), so you don't have to pay for this out of pocket up front. If they do charge fees up front, they probably won't work as hard for you because they've already been paid. Hope this helps Jessica. I want to see you publish your writing. You have a dream and my purpose at Write and Publish Fiction is to make sure you fulfill your writing dreams. - Jason
Answer: Hi Ed, I will try to answer your question to help with writing. Using a pen name is much like owning a business (in fact, that's how the government looks at it). In order to accept any money as an alias or using a pen name, business name, or other fictitious name, you must register it with your state. - Jason.
Answer: First, Lulu doesn't publish your books... Click the link to read the rest of the answer.
Answer: Here's the answer to your question to help with writing and publishing. It all depends on how you are promoting your ebook. If your ebook is a larger work such as a novel, you should have an optimized website dedicated to your ebook. This will help drive traffic to your sales page. Word of mouth, of course, is the fastest, easiest, and most inexpensive way to advertise your book. Blogs and RSS also help get your site listed in search engines quicker and help with writing and your marketing efforts directly. [People will give you suggestions write on your blog.] You should also tease potential buyers with a few pages or chapters of your book to get them interested. Then they will have to buy it to find out what happens. It's difficult to determine how fast people will start buying your ebook. But I hope these suggestions help increase your odds at making a faster sale. Best of luck with your ebook. Hope this does help with writing and publishing. - Jason.
b. Since my books are on Lulu.com and they don't have the ISBN#, my stories only sell on that site. Do you have any other suggestions to get my work out there? c. I have had promises of people purchasing my books, but so far.........NATA. I think people do a lot of talking and nothing else, meantime, my books are just sitting. I can't afford to pay someone to publish my work. Besides, you have to watch out for that too. I have more stories that I would like to put up on LULU, but if the first four aren't doing so well, and not because they are poorly written or lack illustrations, I find it hard to keep adding more books to my site. What kind of advice would you give to writers who are in the same situation to [help with writing]? Boy, I am so full of questions today. Hope you don't mind? - Winona "Nona" Answer: [I never mind long winded questions to help with writing since I'm long winded myself.]I'm still experimenting with my first book right now... Click the link to read the rest of the answer.
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