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If I write a book, but don't publish it on Amazon or get a publisher and just put it as a PDF on the internet, is that still officially publishing it?

No legitimate professional publisher will accept unsolicited materials. It costs money to read manuscripts. Large publishers won't read unsolicited material because it hasn't been vetted by an agent. Smaller publishers won't read it because t don't have the resources to read every manuscript that comes through the door. A very famous person who I knew before their untimely passing once showed me the unsolicited material that showed up at his door. Two 40x48 wooden pallets STACKED with still-sealed envelopes full of thousands of pages writing. The pallets were 4' tall. That, he told me, was the stuff that showed up every month. T just stacked it on the pallets and had a recycling company come by and pick the stuff up. It wasn't read. It was just recycled. It was an incredible waste of paper by neophytes who "just send" their work to publishers blind. To correct some misconceptions. There are plenty of ways to get published, and to present your work in such a way as to look like you're professional. If you're dead set on giving away all your money to a publisher that accepts manuscripts directly (not through literary agents), then DO NOT send them your manuscript. Send A PERSON (you can get contact information from any sources, including Writers Market) a query letter and any additional information t request (some ask for writing samples, some ask for a synopsis, some just want a letter). If you REALLY want to give away as much of your money as possible, then get yourself a literary agent; t'll vet your work and t'll shop it for you. T - unlike publishers - work for you, and get a percentage of your royalties. You absolutely DO NOT have to go through literary agents. You can indie publish. It's easy, it's quick, and there's a whole cottage industry you have access to to make sure you put your best foot forward; everything from editors to cover artists to formatters are an email away. Your work won't be stolen. You can register your work through the copyright office if you're paranoid that your work will be stolen by a publisher. If you're that frightened, then maybe you should consider another occupation. Royalties from a legitimate legacy publisher will run around 14.5%. So you'll make around $1.45 for every $10 book you sell. If someone is telling you you'll make "5-10%" in royalties RUN from that company; t're a scam. Royalties from an indie-published book will run around 70%. You'll make $7.00 off every $10 book you sell. Not sure why someone would go with a legacy dinosaur publisher just so t can get treated badly and lose $5.55 per sale ... but that's just me.

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