I am looking for a decent publisher to publish a couple books I have written, need a publisher.....?

You need to buy a copy of "Writers Sourcebook", make about 50 or 100 copies of the first chapter(s) of your masterpiece, and send a copy to each of the "best-suited" publishers for your genre. And don't get too discouraged if you have to move on to your "second choice" 50 or 100 next publishers!

Getting your first book published is VERY hard work, but it get much easier after that, if it sells...

Best wishes!

Oh my your chances are slim. First, you need to check out Writer's Market (a book listing publishers), or on the Web. To have a book published today you really ned connection in the publishign world. Most stuff that goes to publishing houses isn't even looked at and then returned. Did you know that all of the books you see int he bookstores represent less than 1 per cent of ALL manuscripts submitted to publishers within a year? The odds are mind boggling at best! Before writing a book, you should ALWAY contact a publisher to see if there is a market or try for an agent. Good luck, you'll need it!

Finding a 'decent' trustworthy publisher won't help you.

There are a zillon of them out there.

Finding a trustworthy publisher that will look at your MS is

another story.

The publishing world made a major transition a few years ago.

In the old days a new author could get lucky (as I did in the 80's)

and BS his or her way in to talk to an editor.

I sold my fist book cold turkey by walking into Macmillan's office

in NYC and sweet-talking a cute secretary.

Two years later they bought my second book when I mailed the

MS to them after they requsted it.

Today, Macmillan is a totally different type of publisher as are most all of them.

You need to find a good honest agent, which is tougher than selling the book yourself.

I have a new book ready to go and contacted over 100 genuine

agents and only a few replied out of courtesy.

None of them wanted to handle 'new talent.'

Out of desperation I contacted an old friend who is now a publisher (but not my type of book).and he's agreed to handle my

new book as my agent..

The following information is crucial to a 'wanabe published

author':

NEVER*, never pay a person or a company that claims to be an

agent or a publisher ANY money upfront.

Those people are crooks - EXCEPT - for certain legitimate POD publishers, again - BUT - there are very few legitimate POD

Publishers (Publish On Demand).

Your only hope is an honest POD publisher and I know of only

one - Fort Orange Press in Albany, NY.

They are uique in that they started out as only a printing company.

They've expanded to POD, also.

Most POD print companies are from a little to totally crooked.

Fort Orange Press is 100% lily white honest.

I'm not saying that they'll do your book.

It needs to be good, so take a shot at them.

Good luck.

What you need more than anything else is an agent who won't take any money until they get you signed with a publisher and get your first check. Preferably get one in New York since most publishing houses are located there. Most publishers no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts since everyone these days thinks they can write and they don't have the time to read all the stuff that comes in. A good agent will make sure it gets read.

Go to your local library or find the book, "Writer's Market" for 2006 or "Novel & Short Story Writer's Market" for 2006.

Publishers seldom select manuscripts from unpublished writers. Rather, they prefer getting solicitations from a representing literary agent that has more knowledge of your writing expertise and know to where your ms should be sent.

Long lists of literary agents are also found in these Writer's Market books. Choose carefully a literary agent that will represent your type of story. Then write the best query letter you've ever done, and following the agent's methods of submissions, send the query letter and usually the first three chapters to them. Log on to their web page for current submission rules and follow them.

Above all, be detailed, follow the submission rules, and make sure your query letter is better than your opening paragraph to your story. Make no spelling errors in query letter or manuscript. Double-space your ms and ensure your name, address, phone number, e-mail address is in the upper left-hand corner. The word count and genre is supposed to be on the upper right-corner.

Never page the first page. Better yet, find the book, "Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript" by Cynthia Laufenberg. Study it carefully before any submission.

Just remember--even if your submission is letter-perfect in every way does not mean an agent will accept it for representation. Too often, agencies will entertain only certain topics and themes at a given time in their scheduling. Get a disinterested party to edit your story.

Don't count on relatives and close friends to be truthful about your writing expertise. It is best to have a professional writer or editor polish your story.

If possible, send your submission via e-mail, but only when it is allowed.

Good luck and keep writing.

You can grow old, waiting to get an agent; waiting to get a publisher.

If you have more books in mind, then don't grow old... publish it yourself. Visit http://www.booksjustbooks.com/ and get started.

A friend of mine wrote 12 books and self-published. Her 13th book is the charm, as her agent finally got her a publisher.

Another friend of mine self-published 6 books in hard copy form. He finally got a publisher through his agent, and has now published two more. His publisher has also republished his earlier work in paperback form.

So stop watching the grass grow. Good luck

Go to the library and check the Writer's Guide. Whatever you do, don't self publish if you ever want to be taken seriously by publishers.

As to trustworthy ones, it depends on the genre; different publishers will publish different genres.

Scholastic? Bloomsbury? Harper Collins? i've got under no circumstances printed a e book yet those are publishing companies that have printed some remarkable books for my area. btw... there are a team of divisions in Scholastic... The rooster residing house for one... so be sure you come across out approximately that. I comprehend maximum of those, if no longer all are baby's publishing companies... i'm sorry... i did no longer understand what age point you have been directing it in direction of... besides...wish this allows!