How To Find the Right Individualistic Book Publishers?

New Degree Press
3 min readNov 1, 2021

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It is a known event that book publishing is a production. One unifying component of all industries is that it is income and profit-generating. Thus, it is comprehensible why a lot of book publishers will rather not differ from the mainstream book subjects. After all, no publishing house will ever remain without engaging in a profitable business. The New Degree Press is a publisher they have published many books by itself.

Due to this trend of venturing only into mainstream genres, authors who tackle alternative genres such as religion are having a hard time looking for book publishers who will take them in. It takes double the effort to find a publisher is willing to take the risk of printing a book that caters only to a limited congregation.

There are ways in which one can get their book published.

The first way which is the advisable method is to the manuscript to publishers or agents without being too assertive and forceful because then they would take that as harassment from someone trying to give them an unwelcome or unasked for manuscript and they might not want to give you the opportunity to present your case to them if you do that. While you are at it, Like New Degree Press start working on your next book instead of concentrating on trying to get the one that’s already written to be published.

Four tips for finding the right book publisher.

Submit your papers to publishers who are interested in your writing genre: Book publishers often have their specialties and will definitely look at how your manuscript fits the company’s image. For example, The Brookfield Reader is an independent publisher specializing in children’s books. Thus, in order to be considered for publication, you will need to align your manuscript with the thrust of this publishing house. These three publishers are interested in producing religious materials and your manuscript about religion has a greater chance of being considered by these publishers.

Read books on the same subject you wrote about: Study the style of writing but keep in mind that you do not need to copy it. Pay attention to what made the book special. You will soon find out the characteristics of that published material and will gain insight into what the publishing house liked about it. Most importantly, list down the publishers which printed the books you are reading. The next step is to do a background check on the company, its guidelines on manuscript submissions, and other necessary information. This will help a lot, especially for people who are clueless about where to start looking for independent book publishers.

Send multiple scripts to different publishers: There is no danger in getting more publishers to read your work. This move will give you a foothold in the publishing arena since more prospective publishers will give you more options at the end of the day. Given that multiple publishers return your call regarding your manuscript, you will be able to select which publisher gives the best deal in publishing the material you wrote. This is not only in terms of financial returns but also about how wide their book market is and how their marketing strategies will reach a wider clientele.

Self-publishes: When an author self-publishes, there’s much more involved than simply writing a manuscript. After the manuscript is completed, it’s then your job to finish the book’s production. It’s also up to you to consider sales prospects. You get your own ISBN (International Standard Book Number) rather than a publisher doing it for you. You can also decide on the book’s selling price and decide which bookstores or dealers can have a discount.

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