pocky_bot

Hi,

I am currently a high school student and was wondering if anyone on this forum know of any affordable publishing companies in New England (preferably the Boston area)? I am looking for a company that is willing to publish children's artwork. Thanks!

lin

Physical location is meaningless for publishers unless you have something of strictly local interest.

What IS important is what topics or genres or whatever the publisher is interested in

Search on duotrope or here Publishers - Search firstwriter.com for a book publisher

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lisajane

Unless you're wanting to self-publish, the fact whether a publishing company is 'affordable' or not is not part of the question... any legit publishing company doesn't charge you to be published by them.

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OtherWorlds

I would suggest buying a copy of Writer's Market and looking up children's publishers. They have a huge list of publishers of all kinds of work. There are also plenty of on-line directories where you can obtain that information. The publisher listings on my own site are mostly just publishers of fantasy and paranormal romance, so I don't think they'd be much help in what you're looking for. Try Googling "children's book publisher", though, and see what comes up.

Finally, lisajane is right about not paying a publisher. Unless you're just wanting to self publish enough copies to keep one for yourself and hand out a few to friends, you should look for a regular legitamate publisher and those never charge you any kind of fee ever. If one asks you for money, run the other way.

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Mike C

Not necessarily. First you have to ask the hard question (and give an honest answer): Is there a market for a book of kids' pictures? Will mainstream publishers be falling over themselves to get in on the action? Will it be as popular in California as it is in New England?

If the answer is no, your choices are abandon the project or look to self-publishing. But if it's the latter, for god's sake run some numbers first. Who is your market? How will you tell them about the book? How many copies do you realistically expect to sell - in person (internet sales are likely to be small or zero unless you are able to create a buzz about the book)? Does the book have wide appeal or will it only sell to the parents of kids who have work featured? What will it cost to print/ship, what will you sell it for and how many copies do you have to sell to break even?

Don't kid yourself when you answer the questions. Be honest. And get the opinions of people who don't have a vested interest in making you feel good.

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lin

Exactly so.

And if you do decide to self-publish do it intelligently. Don't go zipping over to Publish America or even lulu until you find out who the players are, who has the quality, etc.

Again, physical location is meaningless. lulu and hundreds of other "presses" actually create their books at LightningSource, a web-based concern that has several locations in US and UK.
PawPrints is another such "prime creator"... but you need a business licence to deal with them.

Search the web to find out more about self publishing. Look for small companies, just started up who did kid's books and might be looking for somebody they can spend publish witht the 8 ISBN's they have left over.

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