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A Publisher’s Rant – A Checklist of Items
Assuming you’ve read my rants on newarticles, you may want a checklist of items to consider for future newarticles. I am at your service. Checklist This checklist is going to be short and to the point. Rem...
A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate The Body of Your Article
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your newarticles. Here’s why I hate the body of your article and what you can do about it. You’re Giving Me A Headache Let’s cut to the chase on this i...
A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your Article Headlines
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your newarticles. Here’s why I hate your headline and what you can do about it. The Headline There is a school of thought out there that your headline ...
A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your Byline
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your newarticles. Here’s why I hate the byline of your article and what you can do about it. Bylines The byline of an article is your chance to pimp yo...
A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your First Paragraph
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your newarticles. Here’s why I hate your first paragraph and what you can do about it. A Biggie First paragraphs are a huge issue with me. Better to ha...
A Publisher’s Rant – Why I Hate Your newarticles
I’m a publisher for numerous sites. I HATE many of your newarticles. Here’s my rant and what you can do to change my mind. Don’t Send Me Your newarticles First of all, don’t send me newarticles. I only take ...
Book Proposals 101.: What Publishers Want
Lots of writers like to talk about writing books. You hear very few talking about writing book proposals. Maybe that's why it's easy to forget that a strong book proposal is the first step to getting...
Can You Afford To Publish Your Book?
Money blinds. It's as simple as that. Aspiring authors ask about the money issue all the time, in varying forms, (How much does it cost to publish? How much will I get paid in royalties?, etc.) but t...
Don't Let Your Book Promotion Specialist Disappoint You
When authors place sole responsibility for their book promotion campaigns into a book publicist's lap and leave it there, the results are often disappointing. Despite their best intentions, book publ...
Getting A Publisher & Getting What You Want
In the basic scenario of book publishing, a writer finishes a book and then finds an agent who helps sell the book to a publisher. When someone asks, "How do I find a publisher?" they're often lookin...
Is Your Book Selling Well?
If your campaign isn't doing so well there might be a million reasons why. Everything from the book cover to the timing of the book release could affect sales. But there are a few other components th...
Publishers Are Standing In Line To Publish You
As a publisher, one of the hardest things to find is fresh material for your ezine. There is a lot of material out there and it would make it very easy to just grab something and call it good. In fac...
Publishing Your Book
Format Your Manuscript for the Publishing Firm If you want to publish your novel, you must present your manuscript in the accepted format or else it may never see the light of the day. You have to m...
Query and Cover Letters: A Quick How-To
Writing a good query or cover letter will demonstrate to an editor or publisher just how serious you are about your work and getting it published. There is a small difference between query and cover ...
Rejection Slips? Sock 'em In The Eye!
Don’t you hate rejection slips? If they make you despondent, then here’s a way to deal with them: sock ‘em in the eye! But first, you need to realise that the editor or publisher who had the gall to...
Reviewing New Writers
New writers are very vulnerable and need to be handled gently, but not with kid-gloves. Keeping a friendly tone is very important for the reviewer. Because we are working together online, we can...
Self-Publish Your Book With National Distribution
Many writers struggle with constant rejection from the publishing world. A rejection, though a part of the industry, is difficult for writers at any stage in their career. You pour your heart and sou...
The Business of Publishing
Congratulations, you're published! But what exactly does it mean to be "published"? Besides the fact that your work is finally in print and your college alumni has asked to interview you for their ne...
The Difference Between a Copy Editor and a Story Editor
It is often said that if they had to choose, many novelists would prefer to have the developmental (or content) editing completed on their manuscripts versus the copy editing. Why? Because if the sto...
The Subjective World of Book Sales Numbers
Nielsen BookScan reports 4.1 million copies of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold in the U.S. in its first 24 hours of release. Industry tracker, Scholastic, reports when sale...
Using "Tipping Point" Concepts To Market Your Book
Ever wonder how trends get started? As much as we'd like to think that all trends are Madison Avenue creations propagated by the media, many times a movement is sparked by the action of a few. Then w...
Your Literary Agent—How To Get One Fast!
There are a few ways to find and get an agent quickly for your book. In this report I'll deal with the most popular. To begin with, your book doesn't need to be complete. You could have written only...
Zero Cost Self Publishing
Self publishing can actually cost you little or nothing! In fact, if you’re paying to self-publish your book, you’re missing out on an incredibly valuable resource to make your book a winner. Ever h...
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