Over a year ago I sent my Repetita to 25 publishers, more or less famous, both local and national. In 5 respondents. One indicating that the manuscript had been received and will be read (no one knows when for the time they send only newsletter). A request to send the full text (but not then you are more resentful). Two, the most correct to me, Blacks and Pozza Adelphi, declined the proposal, with a formula like this:
Dear Silvio D'Olive,
unfortunately, after a careful reading, the work that has kindly sent - Repetita - was not in line with the editorial plan of the publishing house, therefore not be included in future publications.
Thank you for your preference and please accept our heartiest regards
A, finally, Florence Books / Publishers Maremma, on which I had not informed prior to dispatch, found Repetita " fit our program " (by chance). "We would be interested its publication "..." For the foregoing is essential to overcome some reservations to commercial (things from nothing, nothings) publishing world as a closed investment on authors untested , (and imagine if we try to distinguish from other, that we care?) and thus without public safe, the results are highly unpredictable literary edition "..." Therefore we are ready to incorporate the Work Programme in our (love the case in this publishing house) where you can give us your indispensable collaboration (where have money to throw around): namely to obtain from third parties from the publisher (case still ...) - or, alternatively, at its option, buy direct - a limited number of copies at a cover price (how many rounds APROL on to say: you pay and publish ) This is a form of "collaboration" (they had the decency to put the quotation marks) on only to the first edition (for the next ten editions will think them?) "" Where the interests deepen the offer .. . "Etc.. Etc..
The list of publishers to avoid, which I later discovered, for example, is published here http://scrittoriesordienti.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/la-famosa-lista-eap/
It is obviously not the bible, but it can help find publishers whose sole intent is to make money at the expense of those who wait, he believes, is safe, under the illusion that you have a talent or simply an interesting story to tell. I speak of the publishing houses that they charge to print a book and put copies in stock. Much more honest kind ilmiolibro.it initiatives, whose slogan is "If you wrote, it should be printed." Printed in fact, not published.
However: the whole world over, and there the demonstrated by the anecdote of the Nobel laureate Doris Lessing who sent his manuscript under a false name to a different publishing houses, including hers. All refused him. It 's impossible to publish a stranger, if they do not pay?
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