Can I give my story in the same time to different publisher to publish it?

Question:

Can I give my story in the same time to different publisher to publish it?

Also what are process of publish a book?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: First of all, publishers dont buy individual stories. As far as a novel, you can send it to two different publishers, but only if both say in their submission guidelines that they accept multiple submissions. Then when you send your query letter to both, you mention out of courtesy that you have sent this to another publisher also. You dont need to name the second publisher. I would never query more than two at a time.

The procedure is to get yourself a copy of Writers Market 2007 and read it. It will tell you how to write a query letter and how to send a submission packet. You must select an agent/publisher who is currently accepting work in your genre. Then read their submission guidelines and follow them to the letter -send nothing else. If they ask for a query letter and ten pages - send exactly that. Send flat in cardboard mailer with plain stamps - no goofy Elvis stamps. Completely professional.

I strongly advise you against self publishing with Lulu, Publish America or any of the other self publishers. It costs a fortune. It is a black hole for money. All you get is a box of books to sell to friends. Your book will not make it into bookstores. And without an ISBN number, it wont even make it to Amazon or B and N. All the expense of editing, marketing etc. is YOURS. And it can run into a fortune. Just having your book edited can cost you anywhere from 4 - 5 dollars a page based on 250 words per page, to 5,000 for a better editor to 20 thousand dollars plus a percentage of your royalties for a great editor. And you should know that being a self published author does NOT earn you the title "published author". Anyone can publish anything they have the money to pay for. Most self published authors do so because they are either too lazy to go through the traditional channels or because they have been rejected and they have no other choice. It is vanity publishing. It just gives you a box of books with your name on them to hand out to family and friends. Usually the books are poorly made, loaded with errors and have cheap, terrible covers. Self publishing is a terrible option.

You might also go to resolved questions here and search publisher and publishing. There are literally hundreds of archived answers you can print out and study. If publishing means that much to you, you will have to do what all other authors before you have done and learn to advocate for yourself. Pax - C