Hello all!! Never been to this section of the forum before, so something new!! Anyway, I am thinking of possible publishing of something I wrote, a paper on Loyalty and Justice in Samurai Film that cover eight films, several from Kurosawa, more recent films like The Last Samurai, The Twilight Samurai and Gohatto, and some unconventional films like Bunraku and Princess Mononoke. So it is all done, and the citations are all good and everything and I am seriously thinking about publishing. Here are the issues though. After writing it, it turns out that it's only about 15,000 or a few more, words long. I know this is dreadfully short, and you have talked about this before, but I am really interested in doing this, and I would rather not self-publish. Will publishers take a book of this length, or is it perhaps better to try and publish in a magazine or something (then again, what mag would take a 15,000 word long article)? I am certainly not one of those who goes back and adds random information just for the sake of word count. The thing is as done as it's going to get at this point and I am happy with it. So the question is, would any publisher go for this length? Second question is, do you think there's a market out there for something like this? Would anyone be interested in reading about samurai films? I know that I certainly was, but will anybody else find this interesting? Personally I am enamored with the romanticism of the samurai, and the sadness of their demise, which is in fact very much a part of this project, as some of the films butt right up against the Meiji Restoration. Is it worth my time to try and get this thing published? I would really like to, but if no one will take it for what it is, and if no one buys it, where does that leave me? With nothing... Which is basically what I have right now anyway, but you know, it would be nice to publish something. Anyway, any thoughts or advice would be most welcome. Thank you very much for reading this. I look forward to reading what you have to say. Cheers and merry Christmas, or happy holidays, as some of you may not celebrate Christmas.