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 Getting Published

So here goes: First some do's

Do send your manuscript to as many agents and publishers as you can even if you plan to self publish

Do your homework and investigate anyone you plan on having edit, print, distribute, sell or represent your work for a fee.

Do the copyright in your name first. This is a must. If the copyright is not in your name you don't own any of the Author's Rights listed on these pages.

Do buy your own ISBN #. This is very...very important if you plan to sell and distribute your book on your own. (Mainstream Book Stores order inventory from two warehouses primarily to cut down on invoices and for inventory control. Your book's ISBN must be in the Publishers name in order to be listed in these warehouses' databanks. If your printer or vanity publisher procures an ISBN # in his name and you try to submit your book to these warehouses under your name you will be rejected. If this happens, ask the printer or vanity publisher to write a letter releasing the ISBN# back to you. After all you most likely paid for it in the fee he charged for his services)

Now some Don'ts:

Don't pay a Reading Fee (Legitimate Company's do not charge to read a piece they are evaluating)

Don't pay someone to print your book if they are not the actual Printer. Anyone can hire a printer. Check out local companies as well as national firms for costs

Don't let anyone copyright or procure a ISBN# for your manuscript if you plan on selling and distributing the work yourself. If you do make sure you have a contract reverting the copyright or ISBN# back to you in the eventuality of a split in business relations. Make sure the contract spells out responsibilities for distributing or selling any Author's Rights separately or inclusive of the agreement or contract. See your Lawyer

Don't assume anything. Get it in writing and have your Lawyer peruse any agreements or contracts to insure your Rights.

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What is a Treatment? 

The key to getting a deal in Hollywood is getting someone to read a script. Since the industry is so personal, the sequence of events in a "seller's" convincing a "buyer" generally begins with a chance encounter or a telephone conversation in which urgency is conveyed; and ending, ideally, with the buyer saying:

 "Okay, send it over."
"Promise me you'll read it yourself."
"I promise," the buyer lies. "How long is it?"
"124 pages."
"Okay, but do you have a treatment?"

Because the buyer rarely has time to read a screenplay without knowing what he's about to read, the treatment very often becomes the second important step in the sequence of selling a film.  Continue

Article by Johnnie Sanchez

 

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