Even though XLIBRIS refused to publish Women, Power, and AT&T, I’m going ahead with another attempt to publish with them. The manuscript of Dear Woman of My Dreams has just gone to them; this time I insisted on “content evaluation” first, before I waste time and money as I did with the previous book.
I’ve used an established publisher for one book, self-published the second, and am now trying this “contract” option with XLIBRIS. If this doesn’t work, I’ll try the agent route but think that will be difficult. If anyone out there in cyberspace has a suggestion for me, I’d be glad to hear it. This isn’t the last book I will be writing. In fact, Dear Woman…. is the first of a series of books based on family archives.
Wow, your publishing experience sounds very frustrating.