My grandfather has recently written a biographical book on the surprisingly exciting life of a Catholic priest. He's looking to find a publisher for this book, which, he jokingly says, "will revitalize the priesthood".
However, he's wary of publishers such as PublishAmerica and other vanity presses and print-on-demand pbulishers. What publishers should he send his book to and which publishers does he stand the best chance of getting his book published?
Thanks.
If the priest is local and/or well known to your area then his best bet will be to research local or regional small presses, including, if available, the state University press.
Otherwise you may find something of use to you here:
http://www.cbpa.org/members.html
http://www.keepingitcatholic.org/publishers.html
It is fairly unlikely that a large national house will express interest in his work unless there is something major that sets it apart from the pack. This sounds like a work well suited to niche publication. He is wise to avoid self publishing. That's a nasty little rabbit hole.
By the way, just as with any other publisher, he should not just send his work off to them. He needs to research their requirements and query them to see if there is interest, though frequently with small press there is less of a need for an agent than there is with the national houses.
Look in books and check out the companies.
Many companies are joining together though. Penguin Books is sucking up a lot of them, so try there.
try st jude media and (ugh can't think…..) look for catholic publishers