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How Ebooks Can Be Very Valuable EBooks have a number of benefits over the traditional book. These include the following: Cheaper to create Quicker to create Easier to target a wide market High profit potential More versatile than traditional books Lets look at each of these points in turn:Cheaper to create:The eBook can be created on a shoestring budget since it is possible for its publishing and marketing costs to be minimal. On the other h...(related: Publishing)

How New Authors Can Keep Their Manuscripts Coherent In large publishing houses, many manuscripts penned by first-time authors, never make it past the "first reader" who for all practical purposes is a gatekeeper of sorts. This person's job is to weed out manuscripts that do not fit certain established submission criteria. However, many never make it to the editor's desk, simply because they are badly disorganized and downright incoherent.But even if you are self-publishing, you owe it to yourself as well as your readers to develop a theme. Not only will a theme tell what your book is about, it also serves to hold your book together. Every other element — your chapters, for example — should support your theme. It is what keeps you from rambling all over the place, and if you shou...(related: Publishing)

How The Writer Survives So it’s your dream to write novels? Be a freelance writer and make a living off of your articles? Or maybe you nurture an ambition to write and sell enough short fiction to put bread on the table, like those writers of the golden age of the pulps? Well, those are all noble dreams to have. I’m smitten by the writer’s glamour myself. Also I’m grateful for the others who were, those authors whom I love to read and return to time and again. I’m grateful that they possessed not only their artistic vision, but also the sheer stubbornness and will to persevere and see their dreams become reality. So we’ve settled on the fact that we want to be writers, and that no other dream will do. Now let’s take a look at what this is likely to mean in terms...(related: Publishing)

How To Build A Success Freelance Career (part 1) In the current job market, many editorial workers have turned to freelancing as a matter of survival. I receive many queries from applicants regarding how to go about freelancing.Here I will address what, in my opinion, is the single most important asset you need to build a successful freelance career. See Part 2 for more.EXPERIENCE:You need a minimum of three years (five is ideal), preferably as a full-time employee. Clients will feel more comf...(related: Publishing)

How To Develop A Dynamic Story Story telling is a very effective way to get your point across. Here are some tips to help you develop a dynamic powerful story. • Decide on the purpose for the story. What is the main point you want to make? Slant the telling of the story so that that point is clear. • Create the backdrop. Describe the scene so that the audience can picture it in their minds. What is the time, location, weather? What is going on emotionally, physically, or spiritually? • Introduce the main characters. Help your audience to picture the important characters through detailed descriptions. Become them; describe their relationships, quirks and personality. Add character voices or mannerisms t...(related: Publishing)

How To Find A Publisher For Your First Book Finding a publisher can be very strenuous. In fact, it may even be harder than actually writing the book itself.There are three things to remember when finding a publisher for your book:1) These things take time, even Stephen King was not signed the first night. Be patient, book publishers are quite busy and may take a while to get back to you. Just keep positive, if your book is good a publisher will sign you.2) Start big and work down. Submit your book to the largest publisher first, then work yourself downward. Chances are, if a large publisher signs you the more money you will see in return. However, don't get too stressed when the first notice comes and says you are not signed, there are many other publishers who would love to see a new book come their way.3) An easy way to get started yourself, if you do n...(related: Publishing)

How To Get A Reporter's Attention For Your Book Reporters are busy people. On any given day they are fielding dozens of phone calls, making calls of their own, reading stacks of newspapers and magazines and rushing to meet deadlines. So how do you break through all the noise to get a reporter or an editor on the phone to listen to your pitch?In my 15 years as a magazine journalist I've fielded hundreds, if not thousands, of such ...(related: Publishing)

How To Get Your Book Reviewed Imagine your book at the top of the Best Sellers List of the New York Times. Most authors do. The question is, "How do I get it there and sell millions of copies?"When planing your book, there is one critical thing that most authors forget - marketing. In the case of book reviewers this means pre-marketing. Most reviewers require a copy of your book at least three months before publication. This is because most book reviewers need time to read it and review it plus publish all the reviews on books that they have reviewed for those who came before you. Also many publications come out on a weekly or monthl...(related: Publishing)

How To Publish Your Way To Success Did you know, self-publishing is one of the easiest ways tomake money on the web. Of course, it requires talent, but it's easier to learn than you might think. Getting Started:Choose a subject that interest you. Select asubject you enjoy or want to learn about. As an example for this article, we will use "Computer Tips."Okay, next collect the information to put in thebook about "Computer Tips". A good idea to collect tipswould be to use your own knowledge, contacts, friends, ...(related: Publishing)

I'm A Romance Novel Hero! Before we get started here, let me tell y’all that what you’re about to read is the absolute truth. The absolute, unvarnished truth. I swear it on every one of my Elvis and BTO CDs. Now, let’s get right down to it, y’all just focus your eyes on the following sentence:I was the inspiration for the male lead in a published romance novel.Okay, okay, scoff all y’all want. I’m not shooting the bull here, I’m shooting just as straight as Annie Oakley. And before I give out the name of this book, I need to tell y’all a little about its author and how it all came about. Trish Jensen is the author of the book in question. Those of you who read romantic fiction might know her name, as she’s the author of several highly popular romance novels, her two latest being “Stuck With You,” and “Against...(related: Publishing)

Increase Freelance Sales With An Online Resume! Freelancing is a competitive business, especially in today’s fast-paced, e-focused world.Often there are hundreds of writers competing for the same, limited number of assignments, and the writer who can best showcase his or her abilities is the one who lands the job.Editors, however, are very busy people, and don’t have the time nor the inclination to sift through the hundreds of resumes and clips they receive in search of your information. If your credits and clips are not right there on an editor’s desk, or available with a single click of the mouse, that plumb assignment is going to go to the writer who managed to catch the editor’s eye; even if you’re the better writer for the job.So, how do you get your writing clips into the hands of the editors looking for writers? Easy, with...(related: Publishing)

Incredibly Bad Articles Will Kill Your Credibility I've noticed a disturbing trend recently of articles suggesting that people write articles to send traffic to their websites, and enhance their credibility. In theory, the more articles you write, the more traffic you'll receive, the more credibility you'll have, the more sales you'll make.It's an interesting theory. However, what those articles fail to mention is that your writing needs to be ...(related: Publishing)

Interviewing An Author: Don't Be Left Speechless Edited by Jenny Wilson Joyce Carol Oates. Langston Hughes. Anne Sexton. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Nikki Giovanni. The names of authors (dead and alive) can go on and on. But I’ll let you have first pick! You are in a room with some of your favorite authors. About ten of them. However, you are only allowed to invite one of them to Starbucks for a couple of chocolate mochas. Just you and your favorite author. It doesn’t matter if the writer is deceased—use your imagination! After all, you’re a writer, right? Oh dear, who shall it be? Should it be William Shakespeare with his purple pantaloons; Sylvia Plath who now vows to use an electric oven instead of g...(related: Publishing)

Le Poem De La Sweat I made a bad mistake a couple of weeks ago and got into a discussion about poetry with my good friend, Henry County Herald columnist Amy Eason. Amy likes poems, and was telling me all kinds of stuff about them in an effort to convince me that I should like them as well. She was fighting an uphill battle because I typically don’t like poetry at all, in fact, the only thing I can imagine that’s worse than poems would be having Perry Como sing a few ...(related: Publishing)

Learn To Write Like A Pro Many writers write for the experience. Others dream of having a number one best seller. Both are wonderful reasons for writing. What many fail to realize is that these two do not have to be mutually exclusive. With a little research, you can enjoy writing incredible stories and see to it that they generate a profit. The first thing that is needed is a business like attitude toward the process. From day one you must: 1) Know your niche. Research which books are popular in your genre. Go to bookstores and start reading popul...(related: Publishing)

Make Big Money On Your Book - 10 H*o*t Tips Wouldn't it be nice to write a book, get paid handsomely for it and be considered a top expert all at once? It's possible--if you know the rules.1. Study the publishing industry.Today celebrity books rule. Books that catch a quick trend come in second. Take chick lit, for example. Nobody cared about hip books for women ten, or even five years ago. But women buy the majority of books--and actually read them. It'...(related: Publishing)

Mission Possible: Get Published With Goals, Guidance And Persistance You send me an e-mail. You tell me you’ve written over three hundred poems since you were 16 (in your teena...(related: Publishing)

Platform Development Tip #1: Switch Writing Hats! Platform-Building Tip #1: Switch Writing Hats!Around eighty percent of nonfiction books today are written by “experts,” that is people who have a) earned credentials in the field they’re writing about, b) germinated information via articles, live presentations or other media, or c) had extraordinary, unique or memorably told life experiences relevant to their topic.For an autobiographical work, such as a memoir, an author needn’t have any special expertise—she is the foremost auth...(related: Publishing)

Publish Anything: The Saga Of A Publishamerica Author My story is that an author who’d done online writing for such dot gones as Themestream, Written By Me,...(related: Publishing)

Publishamerica - Publishing Parasites I have to admit to being readily impressed by company names. Maybe it's an age thing. You see, I was around when we had nationalised industries here in Britain, you know, British Railways, British Gas, British Steel, British Road Services, etc., etc. Those companies may have been over-staffed and under-efficient but you always...(related: Publishing)

Publishing And Promoting Of Poetry Anthologies And Chapbooks So you have always dreamed of having your poetry published? Why not self-publish it or go with a pod publisher? Poetry is something perfect for self-publishing or pod publishing. Now you are asking yourself how you get started.Start by choosing up to 100 of your best poems, think of who your market will be. Who will be purchasing your book? You also might want to go to your local...(related: Publishing)

Ready, Set, Go Sell Your Book In The Real World! We hear a lot these days about more books actually being sold 'outside' the traditional bookstore. Think about it. When was the last time you actually took time to linger and explore the bookshelves? When did you last impulsively grab a book, flip it over, read the blurbs, and finger through a few chapters? Let's face it, most of us are too hurried.So What's The Point?If you don't take the time to browse, why expect your potential customer to do so? Try This:Grab about five copies of your book, and head for the "Ma and Pa" stores in your hometown area. Pick a time when you know it won't be too bus...(related: Publishing)

Self Publishing Success Starts With Marketing Self-publishing is not for the faint of heart. The publication process is lengthy, involves a considerable number of detailed, administrative tasks and can be expensive. This is the easy part; the real challenge involves “S & M” – sales and marketing.For an author to become a successful self-publisher, he or she must make a paradigm shift in consciousness from author to entrepreneur, and view their book in the same way that Madison Avenue gurus view the newest shampoo. An author has to be able to do a dispassionate analysis of the market the book was meant to reach. Is its greatest appeal to young people? Senior citizens? Men? Women? Members of a minority group?...(related: Publishing)

Snob-bloggers: You Just Might Be A Snob If You Publish A Blog You Might Be A Snob-Blogger If…According to Jupiter Research, about 2 percent of the online community has created a blog. That works out to millions and millions of blogs, and in turn, millions and millions of snobs who publish them. That’s an awful lot of Snob-Bloggers!You see, in order to care enough to publish a blog, you really need to be somewhat of a snob. Before we get into the reasons why, let’s look at the definition of snob.Snob – 1. One who tends to...(related: Publishing)

Speak And Touch The Heart Presentations and seminars become all too familiar in the business world. Jim Speaker is there with the overhead projector and PowerPoint slides-each with four of five points. Hours later the seminar is over. Seminars are informative but can be deadly. Just give me the handout and I’ll read it at home! It takes a dynamic presenter to step out from behind the lectern and shake up and motivate their audience. Facts touch or mind, but it is the power that comes from stories that touch hearts. Everybody loves a story. Stories give us insight life and human nature. They can make us laugh and they can make us cry. Story telling will go beyond ...(related: Publishing)

Steps To Publishing Success Even if your best friend owns a top publishing company, giving you an immediate "in," this does not guarantee publishing success. First, you have to write a quality book that has a clear target audience. And your book must answer a common problem or need that audience shares. Then you have to develop a marketing plan, and stick to it for at least two years. Let's begin with the process that should commence before you write your first word. Begin by reading A LOT. Read both books you passionately love and books you can't seem to make it past page five. Then figure out what the author did in the book you loved, and what was wrong with in the book you couldn't finish. Write down these points so they are crystal clear to you. Read other people's books for inspiration and to di...(related: Publishing)

Sticks, Stones And Lawyers “But how can you say, 'It was only talk, so no harm was done?' Were this true, then your prayers, and your words of kindness, would be a waste of breath.”- Nachman of BratslavDefamation ... slander ... libel. It doesn’t take a rabbinic scholar to tell you that words have the power to wound, to destroy lives, careers, and legacies. Any writer dealing in non-fiction narrative, biography or autobiography needs to be aware of his or her legal responsibility in disseminating information about someone, living or dead, celebr...(related: Publishing)

Take My Publisher, Please! An actual phone conversation I had earlier today....“Hello, is this Ed?”“Uh, yes it is.”“Ed Williams, the writer guy?”“Uh, yeah, Ed Williams the writer guy.”“How are you? My name is Sam Filbert, and I’m a big fan.”“Hey Sam, it’s nice to meet you, what can I do for you?”“It’s really you, isn’t it?”“Yeah Sam, last time me and my mirror met, it was me.”“What? Oh, okay! I see what you’re meaning. That could even be funn...(related: Publishing)

Taming The Book Proposal Oh, that most maddening of documents! For so many of us eager to move forward with our nonfiction projects, it looms large like a guard at the queen’s castle, blocking the path to publication. Its perfection eludes us yet it stands there teasing, “Complete me, or your manuscript will never see t...(related: Publishing)

Ten Tips Articles “Ten Tips” articles are the easiest piece to write because they are made up of only an introductory paragraph, your Ten Tips, and a conclusion. Print editors love these because they can easily be shortened if there is a lack of available space.Your articles can be used in book chapters, on websites, in E-zines and anywhere else you would like to put them. If you publish an article in a magazine, that publication now holds some or all of the rights to your work. Compiling many articles into one book works well, but what happens if other people own the copyrights? Read o...(related: Publishing)

The Biggest Challenge Facing A Poet, Getting Published The best advice that I can give any child or adult who wants to be a poet is to read lots of poetry. Get a feel for poetry. Look at different styles of poetry. I have grown so much in my own writing by reading the work of other poets. Don’t be afraid to accept constructive criticism. Part of being a writer is being able to accept criticism. Everyone who writes poetry is eager to publish a book but why not start out small. B...(related: Publishing)

The Effective Way To Purchase Your Favorite Product Online In today’s world of mass communications and internet it is relatively easy and convenient to purchase the products and services online: you should not stand in queue in order to purchase the products, neither is it needed to carry the cash or confine yourself to limited hours when the shop is opene...(related: Publishing)

The Great, Okay And The Ugly Of E-publishing SHALLA CHATS with author Tina Gerow about: “The Great, Okay and the Ugly of E-Publishing”Who’s Tina? Tina Gerow has great passion for romance and anything paranormal. She writes “the weird stuff” with sarcasm. Her debut novel, Into a Dangerous Mind, published by Triskelion, comes out this May. Shalla: Hi Tina.Tina: Hi. It’s great to be able to talk with you.Shalla: So you’re getting e-published. That’s interesting. We’ve heard the great, the okay and the ugly about e-publishing and we like to ask you about your experiences with it. First of all, what made you decide to go the e-publishing route?Tina: I heard all of the bad stories too, so as a fresh newb...(related: Publishing)

The High Cost Of A Six-figure Book Advance The six-figure book advance, like the New York Times bestseller, is the object of many a writer’s fantasy. Whether it’s also a realistic goal is something else again.*Can you really get a six-figure book advance?*When Susan Page wrote *The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book* in 1997, she included the following list of the qualities that you and your book have to have if you’re going to get a six-figure advance. Your book is on a topic of wide general interest that could excite a large number of readers. Your book has a distinctive angle and makes an original contribution...(related: Publishing)

The Indie Author Revolution I remember well the night I first heard Nirvana. I was sunk in wretched and ugly despondency, not wanting to talk to anyone and hating myself. I couldn't discern or articulate my inner state, even to myself. There was no separating cause and effect. Then Kurt Cobain wove his uncanny spell. Suddenly I experienced my apathy, my sense of loneliness and alienation - even my depression itself - all these emotions as EMPOWERING. Talk about waving your freak flag. Nirvana's success paved the road to recognition for a lot of other great und...(related: Publishing)

The Phantoms Of Six Mile Road I was going through a box of personal belongings a couple of weeks ago, when I stumbled across some pictures of my 1978 high school graduation. My daughter Vonnie laughed at those pictures and asked me if everyone dressed that way in the old days. The old days? 1978 is now the old days? I guess it’s only fair since I used to look at my dad’s high school year book and laugh, thinking he lived back in the Dark Ages. You reap what you sow I guess. In that same box I happened across a batch of photos of my best friend Brian. We were the inseparable dynamic d...(related: Publishing)

The Pros And Cons Of Print On Demand Publishing When I was five years old, my parents bought me a manual typewriter for a Christmas present. I practiced every day until I was able to type letters to my grandparents and other relatives. Although it is safe to say that I have been a writer since 1963, I didn’t start making money from my writing until I started Graphico Publishing in 1988.Back in thos...(related: Publishing)

The Run-on Sentence: From Here To Eternity If you find your sentences filled with commas, and they wend from one topic to another, then you, like many people, may be guilty of writing run-on sentences.The run-on sentence is annoying. The run-on is boring. Most important, utilizing run-ons in your work is a sure-fire way of losing your reader.The run-on works in one instance – if ...(related: Publishing)

The Three Cs Of Writing An Excellent All Purpose Headline Since the headline is the first contact your readers have with your message, it must reach out to them. Promise them a benefit. Tell them how they will be better off if they read the rest of the ad. Use action verbs. Save ten dollars is a stronger heading than Savings of ten dollars because of the verb. Headlines can be classified into the following five basic types; effective headlines frequently combine two or more of these kinds. News Headlines This form tells the reader something he or she did not know before. Using the word news does not make it a news headline. "Now - a copy machine that copies in color" is an example of this type headline. Advice and Promise Headline Here you are promising something if the r...(related: Publishing)

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