Where can i publish my book and do you think age really matters if you want to publish a book?

If you want someone else to publish your book, you need to know what books are similar to yours so you can narrow down the field of publishers and select the ones who are likely to publish your material. Look at the spines of books written by authors who influence you is one way to find publishers.If you want to publish a romance novel, just knowing that narrows it down to whichever publishers accept romance novels. When you have your manuscript ready, print the novel or the sample pages according to the publishers' guidelines and then send out the information they request. You can also send in pages to a literary agent who will help you not only in finding the right agent but also in getting the best deal. These are a couple of resources: http://www.sfwa.org/BEWARE/index.html http://www.writers.net/agents.html If you write in a genre like horror, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, romance, chick lit, etc, you can find resources online based on that genre, like Mystery Writers of America or Horror Writers Association. (It helps me answer your question if I have more information to go on.) As far as age goes, it really doesn't matter. Don't include your age in your query. If you land an agent or a publisher makes an offer, then you can let them know at that stage before you're both committed. They'll need parental consent, but that won't affect whether or not they want to publish you if they like your work. If your book is a novel, I'd suggest trying the traditional route before resorting to self-publishing, especially if your goal is to see your book in mainstream bookstores. Unless you pay thousands for promotion, it will be hard to organize a grassroots effort to get people to read your book even if it's fantastic. You'd have to contact regional buyers for the chain bookstores, smaller bookstores individually, and you might not get your books into public libraries. People might find it by word of mouth, but artificially creating buzz around your novel is a long shot. However, if your book is nonfiction or a collection of short stories or poetry, self-publishing is probably the way to go.

Amelia Atwatter-Rhodes wrote her first book at 13 and had it published soon after so for the age part, no it doesn't matter. And she's one of my favorite authors.

This answer assumers an adult perspective. Firstly, the good news is that there are several options available - whether you want to self publish, go the traditional route via a literary agent to a commercial publisher - or go the third way - that of book publishing services. In reality, it depends on what your long-term aspirations are for your book. There are many http://www.publish-book.com/ firms around (make sure you always sign a non-exclusive contract to keep the rights to your work) A good book publishing services firm is Schiel & Denver http://www.schieldenver.com/; look to the Writers Handbook for traditional firms. Secondly, from the publisher's pov as long as there is parental consent, there is no laws against children publishing their work - so technically a child of any age could legally publish their "book", as long as the work itself is lawful. Sources: - http://www.publish-book.com/ Resource - Wikipedia - S&D http://www.schieldenver.com/