Where can i find a publisher to send my mom's stories to?

Question

THE STORIES ARE IN SPANISH

Answer 1

Please excuse the length of this, but...

http://www.amazon.com

The source above simply gives this book as closest to what I asked for:

--Contemporary Spanish Women's Narration and the Publishing Industry by Christine Henseler

...which may be helpful.

The book you should really study to help your mom is The Writer's Market, and I'm not sure if it's in Spanish.

Look at this book at a public library (may have to ask the reference librarian, who can also tell you if it's in Spanish). Study only the first section about how to properly publish stories. Copy the relevant pages on the library's free copier to take home with you.

Again, study how to do this.

For example, you would not send your mom's stories to a publisher (for a book) first. First you study this section of The Writer's Market.

Do not get copyrights. Keep copies of these stories, with her name and a date on every one, at home, always, because these are her copyright, even for incomplete stories. A form of copyright is what you are selling; so don't even use that little copyright symbol.

Next, learn how to write a great query letter. Show your mom so she can write her own.

Then send it only to agents (good people) and/or publishers who take unsolicited queries. Send out more than one at a time.

--*If these are stories for magazines, not books, look again at the library, (once you get a list of 'likely-to-say-yes' from magazine lists in The Writer's Market) and read any magazines her stories may be good for.

Read several issues of these magazines. Check length of stories as well as subject matter.

Take note of who the current editor is, (the one who takes submissions), the current address, etc. Take note of any information given on the page referring to editors of the magazines.

When you look back in The Writer's Market, see if your target magazines want the full story right away or not. If they do want the whole story, be sure to include an stamped, self-addressed envelope (SASE) with the story, and that postage on both is sufficient if you want it back. Be sure to address your envelope to the correct editor, meaning magazines have more than one, usually, and there is one who reads submissions.

Do not staple the pages of a story together. Just be sure they are in order, and the pages numbered. Use a paper clip if you like, but leave the pages unfastened by a staple.

There is more, but you'll see it in The Writer's Market.

Best of luck to you and your mom, and I think it's great that you are helping her out this way.