I can say good luck and Bump.
Regenery was or is a big publisher of conservative books. Look around to see who is publishing conservative books.
I can say good luck and Bump.
Phil, I just searched on “conservative book agents” on BING and came up with a whole lot of them .... see what that gives you ....
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Regnery is one of the best publishers of conservative non-fiction.
World Net Daily (WND) always publishes conservative books.
Check out Salem Communications. They own Christian stations all over the country and they have a publishing arm especially for conservatives who want to get their work in print. I have heard great things about them.
Check out http://bayword.com, that’s their homepage here in the Tampa area. I think there’s an ad for the publishing part of them there. If not, just google Salem Communications. I think their publishing operation is Zulon Press.
Hope this helps!
Larry, maybe you can help out PhilosopherStone1000 looking for a literary agent.
Have you written up a book proposal yet? That would be something to work on since agents don’t have time to read entire manuscripts. Publishers typically want to see three chapters or so, an outline of remaining chapters, and a marketing plan.
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Have you considered “self-publishing?” I have publishing experience with AuthorHouse (probably around $500 to get a standard paper back out there), but have subsequently really gotten involved with “CreateSpace,” a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com. It is so easy to publish your own works - you just have to be prepared to market aggressively (which they can also help you to do). I have published 3 books, and about to release my fourth. It costs about $35 to set up, plus each “proof” you utilize costs about $35, by the time you make changes and then approve. They have templates for you to use for cover design, etc. When you finalize, your royalties are huge, compared to what you can obtain from traditional publishing concerns. They distribute through all the traditional channels (Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.). If you have a website, and if you take advantage of book-signing promotions and marketing materials, etc., you should still be way ahead of the traditional routes. Besides, most of them won’t even look at your manuscript anyway - their policy is often not to even open your envelope. Contact me privately if you wish, and I will give you the benefit of all my trials and errors. Best of luck.
McGee - Author looking for publisher ping.
PhiloStone - maybe a PM to Travis as a way to start. There are several other active, others who do it when they are sober, authors among the FR crowd. Good Luck.
There must be a number of conservative books you enjoy. A little research in the publishing industry will tell you who the authors’ agents are.
Also, if you’re seriously interested in getting published by a traditional ink publishing house, you should be doing extensive marketing research by reading PW, joining writers’ clubs that are for authors of the sort of book you’ve written, reading everything you hear about there, reading the competition, and networking in clubs and organizations about your field of interest. Go to conferences. Ask questions. Make sure your ms. corresponds to present market realities.
And finally, you have to develop and present a marketing plan in addition to the classical book proposal. Before anybody is going to publish your book, you have to show what you can bring to the sales effort. They aren’t going to do it for you. Can you speak in public convincingly? Do you have the credentials (advanced degree, military or political or business experience, specialized expertise) that will make readers believe what you’ve written? Do you have good interview skills? Are you gorgeous and well-dressed, at ease on TV? Do you know influential people who will write a blurb for you? Put your qualifications in your marketing plan.
The Theresa Hartnett Group specializes in conservative voices.
FReepmail Travis McGee or archy
Jeff Head may have advice for you.
http://www.amazon.com/Larry-Schweikart/e/B000APV7AM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Self publish and keep the giants share of profits - and only have to print as ordered
If you can get a following, you make significantly more profit through self publishing on each book sold. I have sold maybe 20,000 of the Dragon's Fury Series, and maybe 5,000 of the Stand at Klamath Falls.
Dragon's Fury: World War against America and the West
Then I simply talked about it with family, friends, and neighbors, and linked to it on forums, Facebook, my own site, etc.
I also give away the e-book for each and ask people to buy it if they like it.
Go to Roger Williams at Publish or Perish Agency (roger.williams@popagency.net)