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publishing
yorkielover88:
OK so do people really even turn fan fictions into regular stories? also, where does one even start looking for publishers and how do you know the difference? I mean.... just treat me like a dumb blond. How would one self publish. I mean who does that kinda stuff? Gosh I'm glad some of you guys have done this before.
mare:
Mel's Tree was a fanfic.
You just have to research. Google publishers and take it from there. There's really no easy way to do it. Only you know what you are looking for.
Same for self publishing, look it up. I know nothing about how that works except that it does end up costing you a lot of money. I guess the only tip I can offer is that you shouldn't have to pay for anything so if you find some place that offers to publish you for 'x' amount of dollars, then they aren't the real deal.
jasminium_ailey:
You'd probably be surprised how many books that are out there that were fanfics before! haha
Mare's book was a fanfic, Kelly's book was a fanfic and Twilight might as well be a fanfic! :P
There are MANY options for self publishing but Mare is right, you do need to have cash to do it. Cafe Press does self publishing as well as LuLu... but really, if you want to know the process the best thing to do is just plug "self publishing" into Google! Using Google really is incredibly valuable!!
jasminium_ailey:
--- Quote from: mare on September 06, 2010, 11:15:21 AM ---Mel's Tree was a fanfic.
You just have to research. Google publishers and take it from there. There's really no easy way to do it. Only you know what you are looking for.
Same for self publishing, look it up. I know nothing about how that works except that it does end up costing you a lot of money. I guess the only tip I can offer is that you shouldn't have to pay for anything so if you find some place that offers to publish you for 'x' amount of dollars, then they aren't the real deal.
--- End quote ---
Haha we seem to think alike, Mare! Though I don't know about all places that offer to publish you for money being a scam because some places are charging you just to print and bind your book, not necessarily distribute it.
mare:
^ great minds think alike lol
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