It is undoubtedly the largest party in France: 12 million French people dream of writing a book, according to our exclusive survey
Le Figaro littéraire
/Odoxa carried out in April 2022. In other words, one in four French people wants to start writing of a novel, an essay or memories.
5% have already taken action, ie 2.5 million budding authors.
Impressive results.
This is why the special issue
How to get published
is on newsstands today, with a multitude of advice, testimonials from authors and publishers in order to successfully carry out your beautiful project.
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We know that writing is a personal, intimate adventure.
But the author needs to break this isolation in order to be able to confront reality.
In the profession of writing, three words recur like a leitmotif: work, patience, requirement.
For this, we have devoted the first part of the guide to the preparation of the manuscript;
most publishers complain of receiving sloppy texts or texts that are too far removed from their catalog - the sender obviously does not know the recipient well.
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The second part provides a behind-the-scenes look at publishing houses, in particular on their way of selecting manuscripts, with advice from publishers.
Then, the guide offers ways to get the author out of his solitary face-to-face with his manuscript, for example, writing workshops, competitions, etc.
Finally, the special edition wanted to make a large part of self-publishing.
We now know that this path can be a springboard to seduce traditional publishing.
Last impressive case, told in the guide: the fabulous destiny of Mélissa Da Costa, who is today part of the top 10 of the authors who sell the most.
In this chapter, we talk about Editions du Net, Librinova, and Amazon Publishing, among others.
Another player set up to provide services to budding authors is the self-publishing platform Kobo Writing Life, born from the famous Kobo by Fnac reader.
Self-publishing without exclusivity
Camile Mofidi, senior manager of Kobo Writing Europe, explains the principle of this offer launched in 2012 in partnership with publishers: "This is the platform to use to self-publish and sell your books in more than 190 countries and Fnac, with no exclusivity requirement, with a team available to authors for any questions on the steps to follow and support once the work is published.”
"Without exclusivity requirement" are key words, because it is essential that the author retains his rights in case a traditional publishing house wants to publish it.
“We are not asking for exclusivity;
on the contrary, authors are encouraged to develop their readership targets.
We, we insist on our know-how which is the dematerialized format,
Take a look at the platform's website, you'll discover a nice "Advice" section (in particular legal advice), always instructive and essential so as not to get lost in the maze... It is also possible to follow your sales by real-time through an easy-to-use dashboard.
Finally, the platform has launched a “Talents of tomorrow” writing competition, the winner wins the publication of their novel by Préludes editions in paper and digital formats, with exclusive promotion at Fnac and on the Kobo digital bookstore.
The contest ends May 31.
There is no more time to lose.
