This may seem like a silly place to ask, but Kboards has been an invaluable resource for me in the past. I figured there are hybrid authors out there, or with traditional publishing experience in their past. Although I'm publishing independently, my husband is convinced that traditional is the only path for him, and I'd like to help him. I just don't know where to start.
He's written four ~50k word books in the same series, with the first three being a direct trilogy. Where should we start submitting, and which guidelines do we follow? I've looked up several guidelines for submitting to publishers and formatted the first book's manuscript as well as I can, but not identifying where we want to submit is really holding us back since I read they all have their little quirks and recommendations between each publisher. Is there a well-known list or route for first-time authors? Friendly publishers? Genre-specific? (Dark Fantasy, as far as I can tell).
We appreciate any and all advice on pursuing traditional publishing. Most of all, he's said that what he really wants out of this path is to see his books on shelves in stores - that will make it "real" for him, because that's what he's wanted ever since he was child. Thanks in advance.
He's written four ~50k word books in the same series, with the first three being a direct trilogy. Where should we start submitting, and which guidelines do we follow? I've looked up several guidelines for submitting to publishers and formatted the first book's manuscript as well as I can, but not identifying where we want to submit is really holding us back since I read they all have their little quirks and recommendations between each publisher. Is there a well-known list or route for first-time authors? Friendly publishers? Genre-specific? (Dark Fantasy, as far as I can tell).
We appreciate any and all advice on pursuing traditional publishing. Most of all, he's said that what he really wants out of this path is to see his books on shelves in stores - that will make it "real" for him, because that's what he's wanted ever since he was child. Thanks in advance.