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Hatcher
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 Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 6:15 pm Post subject: Old topic; try again |
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| Has anyone had any success in publishing ESL materials? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:11 am Post subject: Re: Old topic; try again |
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| Hatcher wrote: |
| Has anyone had any success in publishing ESL materials? |
Do you mean as in books, etc for general sale by the big publishers?
(good luck unless you have something dramatic to offer).
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Do you mean as in papers presented at conferences?
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TheMeerkatLover
Joined: 26 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:23 am Post subject: Re: Old topic; try again |
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| Hatcher wrote: |
| Has anyone had any success in publishing ESL materials? |
I've published 5 texts through the large Korean publishing houses.
(Sold in bookstores, Amazon, etc..)
What would you like to know? |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:11 am Post subject: |
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I published a book on idiomatic expressions MANY moons ago with a K buddy. Wasn't with a big publisher, but it made it into the bookstores. Was professionally recorded and had two cassette tapes as well, which should tell you just how long ago that was lol. Think I made a whopping 5 million off of it, but truth be told it wasn't much of an effort to put together.
Used to be a lot easier. Several hagwon chains produced and published their own text book series, for example, though they were seldom done by people with any related background and were widely acknowledged to be crap.
Up until the financial crisis, there were a ton a small to medium size publishing companies chucking money at anything that even remotely looked like it might have legs. I sold the same children's book twice; one company bought it, went belly up, and just gave it back, and the second company bought it, but never took it to print. Got the rights back over a few beers. Still sitting in a drawer somewhere.
A lot of Koreans were making bank back then selling test prep books that were largely pilfered. I remember Korean 'authors' and publishing company employees going to Tokyo to buy all the latest test prep bibles. Then they'd get back to Seoul and start 'creating' their own books. |
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Hatcher
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| Can you suggest a publisher I can approach? |
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PRagic
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:37 am Post subject: |
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You could go to any major bookstore and look over the top selling domestically produced ESL related books, take note of the publishers, and work from there.
They'll more than likely want to see a finished product that, if they're interested, they could roll out fairly soon. A 3 book series would bring you more clout.
Your credentials will matter, too, so if you have teaching experience at a big name school or university, related degrees (BA and MA) from big name schools, or any experience that has given you some public exposure, that'll help.
Themeerkatlover has more contemporary experience, though, so go with what he/she has to offer in terms of advice. |
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