How to publish a book when I'm still 18 yrs. old

[Felice Marquez]

Hi! I'm from the Philippines. I started to write a story this summer and if I'm done with it, I'd like to publish it. How am I suppose to publish it without any money. I'm still studying (2nd yr college). I am writing a story which is my preferred language, Filipino because I believe I'm really good in writing it.

[Stacey Cochran]

Hi Felice,

Welcome to the forums. I guess a question I have is whether you would want to publish your book outside the Philippines.... if you were publishing it there, then it would seem a great idea to publish it in Filipino.

If you were to publish it in the United States, would you translate it yourself?

Stacey

[Felice Marquez]

I think I'm going to publish it first here in the Philippines. If the readers loved it, I think I'm going to translate it in english.
Question, is it too expensive to publish books?

[Stacey Cochran]

If you decide to self-publish it, you mean? I would be interested to know how much self-publishing a book in the Philippines would cost....

In the U.S. it can cost anywhere from a hundred dollars to 10,000 dollars, depending on how many books you order, how much you market it, how professional you want it to look, etc.

[Felice Marquez]

ohhh ok. thank you for the responses! i'll just make an update soon. :)

[Editor In Chic]

Authors are made – not born at the first sign of christening and as long as you can write and pull off a manuscript at an early age of what, 6, you can be a published author.

Self-publishing is one venue for authors who wanted to test how their book will fare in the market. To get into a contract, yes, you must have someone legal to assist you with it. Self-publishing will entail you to make a deposit before going through production and any financial transaction done should be legitimate.

How can you NOT publish? I have known of authors who started as early as 6 to 10- years old. With parent’s consent, supervision and resources, these children are already raking exposure in the publishing industry as young as they are now.

If you are considering self-publishing, you can get more information on how to publish your book here.