How does publishing work?????
First, it’s important to understand that a publisher is different from a printer. A publisher selects your manuscript, negotiates a contract with you so that you are paid for your work, arranges the design and typesetting, and contracts a printer to print the book. They then arrange to distribute the book to bookshops and promote it. A printing firm may undertake most of the tasks above except they will not pay your for your manuscript nor will they distribute the book. You pay them to design and print the book. Second, the usual way a publishing firm works is to choose manuscripts which have been sent to them by authors, literary agents or come recommended from a manuscript assessment service. A lot of large publishing firms will not accept unsolicited manuscripts but only those which come from literary agents or manuscript assessors. Once the publisher has selected your manuscript they will negotiate a contract with you. This usually includes a percentage of sales as your royalty, ty
