Book publishing?

Question:

Book publishing?

i'm writing a book and i was wondering how i could publish it and who i send it to. if anyone knows, can you tell me? i would really aprreciate it. ty

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Welcome to the wacky, fun-packed world of rejection.
Every writer suffers this malady when they have no agent or publisher connections.
My YA novel GAMEPLAYER: The Genesis Portal was a bear to find a publisher willing to handle it. This is even though I have two previously published non-fiction books to my credit. Little did I realize that my first publisher Focal press has no ties to fiction publishing.

I don't know the ins and outs of self-publishing except that it's not considered actually being published. The self-publishers that contacted me (like locusts as soon as I sent out some query letters) informed me that it would probably cost me about ten thousand dollars and that there was little chance of ever re-cooping it. So if you have scads of extra money laying around and your ego drives you to see your name on a book cover, check them out.
Otherwise just do the basic steps:
1) Go through Writer's Market and list all agents and publishers who handle your genre.
2) Send a query letter to each listing following their submission guidelines to the letter.
***go online to their site to get their up-to-date guidelines and the current person's name to address your query.***
3) Prepare to receive reams of rejection letters and don't take them personally. They're not.
4) Don't give up.
I read an article on Steven King that mentioned he was rejected so many times that he resorted to writing magazine articles to get published.

Wishing you the best of luck with your writing,
Gary Anderson