My publisher suggested I register my novel, “Of Mixed Blood” with the United States Copyright Office. I submitted the paperwork in March of 2014. I received the Certificate of Registration in June of 2014.
How ironic is it, that months after registration, I have received emails from several publishing companies expressing an interest in wanting to read my novel to determine if they would want to publish it.
Where were they when I was seeking agents and/or publishing firms to express an interest in my novel?
Those that expressed an interest were both what I would call legitimate publishing firms and the less reputable vanity publishing companies.
I don’t have any idea as to why a novel registered with the copyright office would make them more interested in my novel as opposed to me submitting queries to numerous agents and publishing houses.
And, I did submit a query to one of those firms and they never responded. Why, what changed to have them show an interest in my novel now?
I found this strange but interesting.
Ron Penczak 