How To Publish A Book | Traditional Publishing 101

The number one question so many people have is "how do you get a book published?" I'm dialing it way down to the basics! How do you get a book into bookstores? What are the steps required to be traditionally published? This is a 101 video for anyone who wonders how to get published.

Things I cover in this video:
+ Do you have to finish a book before reaching out to publishers?
+ How to get a literary agent
+ Querying basics
+ Finding a good literary agent
+ Going on submission
+ Selling a book

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[applecore]

This is so complicated.
Everytime I look up how to do something,
I learn about ten more steps.

[allofthebooksabove]

I’m 14 and so far I have only written the first draft of the story I want to publish. I know I have a LONG way until I can seek for agents and stuff like that, but I want to gather as much information as I can. So it is easier when the time come! Wish me luck!

HELLO, PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET!!! I am alive and my book isn't. I have gone through with editing and rewriting about 2 times and that is where I am now. Thank you to everyone who has wished me luck and supported me through this comment. I shall update the next time anything happens.

Good luck to everyone is their own writing journey! Kept writing and see where life takes you!-All of the Books Above!

UPDATE: I have started another book for NaNoWriMo 2022, I haven’t forgotten about my original book but I am more passionate about this new idea. My confidence in writing is better now that I am a Junior in high school. I plan to continue writing this new story pass NaNo until it is completed before I go on to the second draft.

[katherined]

I was just sitting down to work on my book outline. But then I got distracted once I saw this new video notification :)

[GranTurismoRaceReplays]

I'm here because my 8 year old son is writing a book, so far it's 36 pages. He just decided to start writing it one day and he is also illustrating it. I find this quite astounding for his age. I want to know the best path to eventually getting him published. He is a natural author, with a brilliant mind. Thanks for the informative video.

[cinthiagoch]

I always feel more confident when you talk about the publishing details. You demystify it to the point it doesn't feel scary going through all those steps and working with all those people, just exciting. ^^ I can't wait to finish my book and start this whole process. (Of course, in my country things are a bit different, but I think every year we get a little closer to the American scenario, so you're videos are very helpful to future me.)

[samanthajungers]

I’m doing NaNo. This manuscript is going to be freaking huge. Last project was underwritten. This one is overwritten lol. I don’t even want to think about revisions at this point.

[brandongrey]

All this work, and there’s still bad books...

[TheWhovinerd-]

I am 17 years old and I am writing ✍🏻 my first draft of my book 📕 (currently on chapter 7) and I’m really enjoying the experience of writing my own story it’s way more fun to write my own book free from the restrictions of school 🏫 writing pieces. You have more creative freedom to think of your own ideas 💡 story, characters and overall story line. My story fallows the traditional fairytale story of Magical creatures, Good Vs Evil with a bit of Love in the story. I must say although I must say although it is a fairytale story it is a fairytale story for a slightly older audience from people at the age of (12- 16) xx

[jennifersawyer]

Another great video! LOVE how your videos are honest and straightforward!

[EDDIELANE]

First: I want to give you and all the people commenting hugs! Non-creepy! I just love fellow authors so much :). Second: Alexa can you do a video where you read peoples pitches or query letters and weigh in??

[tessa]

Love this sort of SparkNotes version. I'm definitely keeping it on hand as I get through the process. And THANK YOU for posting LINKS!❤️

[rabenwrites]

Appreciate the light shined on some of the more obscure corners of the market.

Keep up the good work, and thank you again.

[chrisgonzalez]

Thank you for this. This may sound a bit strange but I’ve always considered to self publish without knowing anything about traditional publishing. Now I’m most likely going to traditional publish my first book. It makes more sense.

[Meggsie]

I'm working on my second draft and I'm hyped because it's so much more fun to read already. I'll do a third draft just to be thorough but my goal is to actually give traditional publishing a solid chance

[ZessXXify]

Thank you so so much for this video! I’m a creative writing major on the professional track and yet even in my senior year, I feel like none of my classes or professors have addressed how the actual professional side of things work. You’ve done us aspiring authors a great service with this video and even though there are about a hundred more steps than I thought there were, I feel a lot less scared knowing the basics of how traditional publishing works :)

[TheWordNrd]

This is so succinct! Such a great resource for those dipping their toes in the water.

[tori]

just finished your other video and seriously couldnt wait for this one 👏 thank you so much

[loganmeyers]

This is a good video. I just finished watching your "Are you a good writer? How to tell . . ." video, and it gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for all your videos.

[elizabethhouseman]

I wish I had this video when I started writing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, Alexa!

[kimikohatsumi]

Thank you for explaining these steps that almost everyone fails to mention.