If she wants to find a publisher to publish her book, then she needs to have a manuscript, or at least sample chapters and an outline. Then she'll need to find some publisher or agent actually willing to read it. This is hard and/or takes a long time. Publishing houses with open submission policies typically have a slushpile backlog of several month, sometimes over a year in length.
So - get something put together, consider which publishers publish similar things, and which agents handle authors with similar items, and start submitting.
Although I've never used it, I understand that a really good source of the sort of specific info you need to do this can be found in the Writer's Handbook.
http://www.thewritershandbook.com/
Alternatively, if she'd just like to have a bound copy of one of her stories, and be able to point friends/family to a website where they can also buy copies, I'd recommend
http://www.lulu.com/
At Lulu.com there are no set-up fees, just a per-book cost (& postage). The per-book cost is a bit higher than one would wish ideally, but that's why there're no set-up fees. It's a good deal when you're only thinking about a small number of copies (say <20).
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Originally Posted by TallMomof2
My 11yo DD is an aspiring writer/cartoonist. She has made it her goal to publish a book by this time next year. She fills notebooks and computer files with her drawings and writings. When she's not reading a book she's writing one.
I am not a writer and would like to find some guidance for her. Any and all advice is welcome.
TIA
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