How do you publish a book without using your real name?

6 Responses to How do you publish a book without using your real name?

1. Sammy says:

   July 20, 2010 at 6:10 am

   Larry

   Simply use a made up pen name. As long as it isn’t someone else’s real name. A pseudonym, is what it’s called. Heaps of Authors do that. Instead of John Smith you might be Justin Oxford (ok those were two of the first words I saw around my room lol). But obviously you can’t go using the name Barack Obama or Stephen King.
2. cathrl69 says:

   July 21, 2010 at 2:42 pm

   Clinton

   Well, you can use any name you like on your website (you think I was christened cathrl69?) and the name you choose to have printed on the front cover of any book you write is up to you.
3. Maryn Bittner says:

   July 22, 2010 at 10:47 am

   Erik

   Publishing under your real legal name doesn’t expose you to ID theft, especially.

   But if you prefer your book to appear under a name other than that, you use a pen name.

   Start your contact with any agents or publishers under your real name. If you get so far as a contract, with either, again you’d use your real name. (That’s who you want the checks made out to, after all.)

   Your manuscript’s cover page would include your real name and address at the top left, and in the center, the title, plus “by” and a name. That’s the first time your pseudonym appears. Then on each page, the slug line would use the pen name, real name, a one-word abbreviation for your title, and the page number, like:
   Fakename (Bittner), TITLE, 41
4. peaceandlove says:

   July 25, 2010 at 6:55 pm

   Francisco

   tell the publishing company that you dont want to use it
5. booklover1020 says:

   July 26, 2010 at 11:45 pm

   Edith

   On your question about how to publish a book, check this article that I stumbled upon. The writer calls it the 7 Ds of publishing:

   You can always use a pen name when you publish by specifying it to your publisher.

   I hope this information helps you.

   Booklover1020
6. valerie c says:

   July 29, 2010 at 8:39 am

   Carmen

   Dude i don’t Know…..