One is to contact the publishing house directly, and the other is to contact the bookseller or copyright intermediary;
Contact the publishing house directly, as the name implies, that is, you deal with the publishing house directly.
The other is that you give the copyright to a third-party agent, and the third-party agent will help you publish it.
The second part is to give some samples to the publishing house.
According to the result of your negotiation, you can take out one-fifth to one-third of your works and submit them to the publishing house for review.
If the other party agrees, you may need to read your complete draft.
It should be noted here that if you cooperate with a regular publishing house, you can safely hand over the whole manuscript to the other party.
Generally, there will be no infringement by publishing houses.
If you are a bookseller or copyright agent, you need to know each other's background, and it is best to find a reputable one.
And have successful publishing experience to cooperate.
This is that detail of the contract negotiated by both party,
For example, how to calculate the reward.
One is a one-time buyout by the other party, such as paying you a sum of money at one time according to a thousand words of N yuan. During the authorization period of the work,
You won't get any other rewards; The other is to pay according to the number of prints, that is, according to the number of books you publish.
Pricing * number of issues * appropriate percentage = your income
The third is the basic remuneration+printing remuneration, which means giving you a small sum of money first, and then settling accounts according to the circulation, of course, because
I gave you some money in advance, so the percentage of the print run reward will be reduced accordingly.
At present, considering the market risk, most publishers adopt the second and third methods.
If the author is more confident in his work, I also suggest the second and third methods.
Followed by the terms of the contract.
It is the time limit for your work to be published by a publishing house. During this period, they will publish it, and you can't give it to other publishing organizations.
Repeatedly published, after the expiration of the contract, you can freely choose to transfer the copyright to another publishing house.
The other is the derivative part of copyright.
It mainly includes simplified Chinese copyright, traditional Chinese copyright, English translation copyright and overseas distribution right.
You need to think it over. It is usually given to the publishing house at one time. If your work is very good and you have full confidence, you can consider it.
Only the mainland copyright of simplified Chinese was given to the other party.
When both parties discuss this, the contract will be formally signed.
If you talk to the publishing house directly, just sign a contract with the publishing house directly.
If you are negotiating with a book and need to publish it yourself, you just need to sign your name at the signature of the contract author, and another unit will publish it.
Sign on behalf of your company and publishing house;
If you are looking for a copyright intermediary, you can sign a contract with the publishing house directly, but you need to give part of the manuscript fee as a commission to the intermediary. As for the details,
The percentage is obtained after your discussion, and generally it will not exceed 30%.
The next step is for both sides to discuss how to revise the manuscript.
Generally, the contract will state that the author needs to modify the manuscript according to the requirements of the editor, so if you have confidence in your work and are afraid of being changed too much,
You need to discuss with the other party before signing.
After the contract is finalized, the publishing society will operate according to the publishing process, such as declaring topics, which has little to do with you.
After a period of time (the duration depends on the actual situation of each publishing house), your work came out.
If the one-time buyout method was used at that time, you can get the manuscript fee after signing the contract;
If the second method is adopted, the publishing house will pay you the corresponding remuneration within a certain period of time after the publication and listing of the work (through consultation between the two parties);
If the third method is adopted, you will get the first money after signing the contract, and the publishing house will pay you the corresponding remuneration after the work is published and listed for a certain period of time (through consultation between the two parties).
How was there an agreement in the original contract after the work went on the market? If the publishing house needs it, you may need to cooperate with the publishing house to participate in some works promotion activities, such as signing sales. Such expenses (air tickets, accommodation, meals) are generally borne by the publishing house.
Well, that's the general situation.
I hope your work will be published as soon as possible.