[LM_NET] GEN : Getting published first time

[JProctor <joproctor@COX.NET>]

Hi,
  I had a call from a former colleague asking about getting a book published that 
her high-school aged son has written (scifi/YA, about 200 p.).  His HS librarian 
had given him a list of publishers (I suspect they were vanity presses from the one 
she asked me about but I don't know that).  He heard back from a company called 
Tate (she thinks it's in Oklahoma) and of course it's a vanity press that wants 
thousands of dollars.  I've explained to her how they work and how they're 
generally not a great idea.  She didn't even know that "real" publishers pay you 
and not the other way round.  I've checked our archives since I know this has come 
up before and I sent her a hit that Jackie Henry sent out a couple of years ago 
when she asked on behalf of an adult query but that's all I saw.  I know it's 
difficult to get published the first time and I know that publishers rarely read 
the stuff that comes in "over the transom."  Does anyone know anything about this 
Tate company?  Any advice from those of you have been published or know someone who 
has.  Best publishers for scifi.  Of course I have no idea if this book is any good 
at all and I'm not offering to read it.
Thanks for any help/advice.
Joanne Proctor, retired LMS
Topeka, Kansas
joproctor@cox.net

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