What is the first step in getting a book published?
1 – write book 2 – edit it 3 – get critique 4 – edit it 5 – research publishing 6 – select appropriate agent 7 – send query 8 – wait 9 – if agent interested, they ask for manuscript 10 – wait 11 – if agent still interested, they offer contract 12 – wait while agent shops manuscript to editors If first agent isn’t interested, you get a rejection, and you select another agent to query. Even good books have been rejected many times before getting published. You do not need to copyright it, because it already has copyright protection. You only need to register a copyright when there is a need to do so, like when getting published (and a reputable publisher will do this for you). Mailing a copy to yourself (known as a poor man’s copyright) is a publishing myth. It does not register a copyright and it does not legally prove you wrote anything. You need to do a little research on publishing so that you know the difference between traditional and vanity (self publishing) presses – and athena p
