Publishing Offer

by Janie Clarenne
4th March 2023

I would be really grateful for some advice regarding an offer I have received to publish my book. The publisher has offered to pay half the costs with 50% of the sales. Is this the norm now?  Not sure which route to take here: whether to send my script off to literary agents for further appraisal or go with the offer.

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Did you get any income from publishing your first book? If so, you can confidently use that money to publish your second and third books. However, if you don't get much after your first book publication, you can think about getting help from publishers, sponsors or other poets and authors.

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18/04/2023

Hi Janie,
Just echoing what Tony and Janet have said. It is important that you do due diligence and research this publisher. Have they offered you a contract that outlines all of this? If not, it's important you ask for one before committing to anything.

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03/04/2023

You. I gut also check with someone else who has been published by them, someone you find on your own. Trying googling the company with the word reviews attached.

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