RH Publishing

Jenny from Random House Publishing came in today to talk to us about publishing, and to ask us what we liked to write ourselves. Publishing sounds quite daunting but she tried to make it as positive as possible. Her area of editing is in the area that I am most fond of, the 8-12yr olds. She also does other fiction too. But what was most interesting was the fact that my area was the best selling area. This is good as I want to be a bestseller and make lots of money (hate me, I don't care, because you will be crying when I am wearing Ralph Lauren). She also gave us her card, so straight away with have an instant connection with a publisher. It also depends on the type of writing that you do, whether the she is the right publisher to aim for. It was horrible when she said they only published 6 books for the year, and penguin published less. It was good when she answered my questions about publishing overseas, as I don't think my writing is really that well made for the typical NZ audience - except the children. As I could get published here and also find publishers over there, or agents, or some publishers try and link up overseas. It is also horrible to hear about the statistics overseas of how many Ebooks are bought compared to paper. Paper is good, Ebooks are rather evil. I need to edit some chapters of something and just see how it goes. Barbs also gave me the name of another useful publisher. Plus we got tips on finding the right publishers and agents for ourselves.