# I wanna be published

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-be-published/152179>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 1, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-be-published/152179 "2003-02-01T22:39:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruralrage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@ruralrage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruralrage)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-be-published/152179/1 "2003-02-01T22:39:59Z")

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Just curious…does anyone know a good publishing company where i could sell my book as soon as its ready and not get shafted…

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanna-be-published/152179/2 "2003-02-01T23:03:47Z")

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Look them up in “Writer’s Market.”

Rule number 1: Money flows _toward_ the writer. They pay you; you don’t pay them.

Rule number 2: anyone who tells you otherwise it out to scam you.

The simplest (and best) method of avoiding being ripped off by a publisher is never sending them a cent.