These questions are for anyone who has had their work published, or knows someone who has. I'm currently starting on my forth, and hopefully final, re-write of a story I've had clunking around in my head for the past decade. I'm still a long way away from finishing it, in fact I'm still only working on the first chapter. To be honest, at the rate I'm going it may not be finished for a few years. Regardless, I'd like to know ahead of time if there is anything I should know about when looking for someone to publish my book.
Is there any sort of procedure to follow when looking for a publisher?
What kind of royalties from sales should I expect from my first book if it does get published?
Should I look for an agent before or after I get my book published? If after, then what keeps people from simply stealing my story when I pitch it?
I know there are some other questions I need to know, but this is all I can think of at the moment. Again, it's probably still too early for me to even be thinking about this stuff, but I like to know all of my options ahead of time. Any help would be greatly appretiated, and if you know anything else I should know about that I didn't mention in the questions above, please let me know.
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