Well, to start off, I didn't have a rough time choosing through the five main publishers given. (L.B. Publishing; Penguin Random House Publishing; St Martins Press; and Harper Collins.) These were the five and they all are great, but I had to narrow down for myself to two. Honestly I went by who had what on their website, whether it was the books they already published and were marketing or trying to get to know those who come to their site looking to be published.
I chose L.B. Publishing and Random House Publishing because they both had my style of stories in their published section, also they seemed to want to encourage writers to come checkout their site to receive information about them as well what they needed from them to be able to help them get published. I also think that they are a little more spread out in genres, not saying the others aren't, but I honestly can't remember when I've picked up a book from Penguin or Harper Collins. Now they may have something that I just don't remember reading, and it had most likely been since high school since I've read something from St. Martins Press.
My main reason for not choosing the other three were because they either weren't marketing my genre and therefore didn't seem to be all that interested in what I would want to give them. Also I didn't feel like with Penguin that their site was as user friendly as some of the others, St. Martins press was user friendly but didn't really stand out to me. Although Harper Collins was interested in the writer and helping the writer get published most of what was being marketed was either a romance novel or something more female oriented in my opinion.
Michael,
ReplyDeleteRandom House is a good choice. They focus on global marketing. I would also recommend not leaving Harper Collins out. They are a great publishing company, also global. Their website is horrible, but they have been very successful in marketing.