whats a good reputable publishing company?

[Tassa]

I am almost finnished with my first manuscript and now need to start looking for someone to publish it for me. does anyone know anything about this kind of stuff? I have been conversing with "Tate Publishing" but they want nearly 4000 dollars and I dont have that kind of money to fork over. they said they take payments and they might be able to get "Dr Tate" (whoever that is) to reduce the price. does this sound legit to you? do you know of other companies that are for sure legit that you could recomend?
any other ideas that might be helpful
thanks so much for your consideration

P.S. they said they only offer their contracts to 4-6 percent of the people that submit manuscripts to them and that my book is readable and marketable and that's why they are offering to me, but if i remember correctly, they offered the contract to me, the barley 24 hours after i sent it to them. they said they will pay for everything except a publicist which they require. the publicist is what costs the 4 grand i guess...
what do you think?
P.S. they said they only offer their contracts to 4-6 percent of the people that submit manuscripts to them and that my book is readable and marketable and that's why they are offering to me, but if i remember correctly, they offered the contract to me, the barley 24 hours after i sent it to them. they said they will pay for everything except a publicist which they require. the publicist is what costs the 4 grand i guess...
what do you think?
P.S. they said they only offer their contracts to 4-6 percent of the people that submit manuscripts to them and that my book is readable and marketable and that's why they are offering to me, but if i remember correctly, they offered the contract to me, the barley 24 hours after i sent it to them. they said they will pay for everything except a publicist which they require. the publicist is what costs the 4 grand i guess...
what do you think?
oops... i have no idea how that happened... sorry for all the duplicate p.s.'s

[Jake]

There are certainly a number of alternatives to traditional publishers these days, I have seen some successful authors of serial fantasy titles self published to cut out the huge publishing company cut.

You could start with an easy to publish Amazon Kindle title or offer a downloadable ebook on your own site.

Here are some Online Print On Demand Publishers that save you the expense of a production run and leaves room in your garage for a car.

http://www.Lulu.com/ they also handle drop shipping to USA (overseas orders cost considerably more)

Anthony Rowe is the largest print on demand publisher for the UK and Europe:
http://uk.cpibooks.com/self-publishing/

Bridgeport National, USA
http://www.bnbindery.com/POD.htm

You have to pay about $200 for an ISBN# for a physical book, but a real book gains you a certain prestige.

There is a lot of literature regarding the subject on the web.

Self-Publishing Success Stories: The Anatomy of a Kindle Bestseller
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2013/01/2...estseller/

http://dogearpublishing.net/wordpress/in...ira-allen/

http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment...963f4.html

Certainly getting copies into the hands of reviews would be one promotion step, and perhaps a quick way to learn if there is a market for you work.

You can get a little exposure here: worthyofpublishing.com

Of course without the publishing company machine behind it you would have to do your own promotion or paid advertising, certainly you would want a dedicated web site, which can cost virtually nothing, a free blog like Blogger.com with a $12/yr custom domain name added would do.

There are neary 10,000 mostly how to titles sold with the assistance of affiliate marketers through Clickbank.com the typical 50% affiliate commission seems shocking, but these are downloadable titles with no real production cost, with 100,000 affiliates out there, a few authors have made millions there.

[Arman]

Try looking for other companies on the web which are available in your place, browse their websites and see for the specific printing services that they offer. You can also determine the cost of their service through calls. List for possible sites and contact them to verify your questions regarding what you need.