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Llumina Press was created by writers for writers. We know how to help you because we've been there.  We know how it feels to get a rejection letter, and how it feels to finally get that book published.  We've been through writer's block, torn our collective hair out trying to find exactly the right words, and suffered over whether to leave our finest phrases in or take them out.  We know all about writing and editing, and after almost eight years of publishing, we've got a handle on that too.

For the most part, publishing is done by people who package books, not people who write them.  The big houses, of course, handle all aspects of book publishing.  They edit, design, print, market, and promote books for their authors.  But many publishers, especially those that are offering to print your work online, are just glorified printers.  They profit by packaging your work into a book, not by selling that book once it's finished.  That's why they have no standards and will print anything that comes their way.  (Find out about our publisher.) 

As a writer, you know that even though creating your book is rewarding in and of itself, your mission will not be over until you find an audience.  It takes two to make all that work worthwhile, and a writer without readers is incomplete.  But writers today are the lucky ones.  Breakthrough technology allows us to take control of the publishing process.  No longer are we at the mercy of inaccessible editors sitting on high deciding who will make it and who won't.  No longer are we at the mercy of the NY Times Bestseller list.  Today, mid-list authors in all genres can have their books published with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of satisfaction.

Once your book is published, the real magic can begin.  It will get around; editors of big publishing houses may read it.  Many books that began life through self-publishing have found their way onto the lists of major publishers.  Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass; Mark Twain self-published Huckleberry Finn; Richard Bolles self-published What Color Is Your Parachute?  Walden was self-published by Henry David Thoreau; The Celestine Prophecy was self-published by James Redfield.  This list goes on and on; you're in good company.

So stop waiting for the phone to ring or that magic letter to arrive.  You don't need anyone's permission or approval to be the writer you want to be.  Get published today!

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