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How to introduce yourself to a publisher: mistakes to avoid

Finding the right book publishing company is one of the constant thoughts of many emerging authors.

If you are about to read this practical guide it means that you are deciding on how to find a publisher in India to send your novel to get published. This guide on how to introduce yourself to a publisher is unconventional, but it is the fruit of my personal experience working with writers. Many of which came to publish with a free publisher.

We warn you right away that there is no mathematical theorem to be chosen by a serious publisher, but there are some precautions that can increase the odds. In this long, practical guide you will understand exactly how to write to a publishing house effectively and how to publish a book for free, without begging for pathetic recommendations.

However, before telling you about the method used with some writers we collaborated with, we invite you to reflect on your mental approach and on the cliches to avoid.

One of the most mundane and meaningless comments we read everywhere - in forums, groups, videos, blogs - about introducing yourself to an editor is a facsimile of the following:

“The publishing world is rotten and corrupt. Try to get recommended publishers. If you are not recommended, your only chance to publish is to pay and choose a paid publishing house. There are no more publishing houses to publish a book for free. "

Invariably, every time we read such a comment, our eyes lift up and a shiver shakes our limbs. False information and absolutisms - as well as absolutists - are one of the worst evils in the world.

ü  Usually such vitriolic comments are written by people who have failed to publish anything and have never even received a single response from the hundreds of publishers to whom they have sent a cover letter for an editorial proposal or directly

 

ü  Usually these people when they think about how to introduce themselves to a publisher have in their head only the idea of ​​a pre-packaged message to send to a long list of contacts, without even bothering to hide the addresses of others and without even personalizing the text of the mail.

The reality is different and in recent years we have received many emails and messages from writers who have made it and, after having understood how to introduce themselves to a publisher and have successfully sent a formal letter to a selected publishing house, they got their novel published.
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