Some of the recent discussions have been about whether hard copies are essential. Both B&N and Amazon are distributing ebooks, and many bloggers are selling or distributing free e-books themselves. Book publishers start paying attention when sales approach 10K without traditional publishing intervention. As e-book formats evolve to enable reading on all kinds of portable devices (not just laptops and kindles), this route is becoming more common, and might be where PFTA should start.

I have had experience trying to get books published. And it ain’t easy.

The first step is to find an agent to go out and hawk your book. Publishers rarely take solicitations from the writers themselves.

So my advice would be to get a copy of “A Guide to Literary Agents.” It’s a pretty comprehensive list of agents broken down by types of books they represent. Also, in that book are guidelines for submission that each agent requires. Every one is different, which makes for a lot of work.

And while many will allow online entries, a good number still want you to send your stuff thru snail mail.

Then comes the waiting game.

I am in the process of trying to sell a book version of Sucks to be You, and can share with you the submission work I’ve prepared, as a guide to you.

Let me know, and I can email it to you.