Series in Publishing
Books in Publishing
Discoverability
Discoverability: a modern marketing buzzword. For writers, discoverability means the difference between gaining an audience and publishing into the void. Now, USA Today bestselling author and renowned business blogger Kristine Kathryn Rusch deftly tackles the topic of discoverability in this latest WMG Writers’ Guide.Rusch covers topics such as when to hire help, how to measure success and the most important thing a writers can do. With Discoverability, Rusch offers professional writers the most comprehensive guide available today to help them make an informed decision about the best marketing approaches for their writing businesses. “The bible for the self-employed.”—John Ottinger III, teacher and editor of Grasping for the Wind, on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide“A soup-to-nuts guide for business. Don’t be without it.”—Virginia Baker, President, Indigo Ink Communications, on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide“Not many people understand the publishing business as well as the author business—Kris Rusch is one of them. Her Freelancer’s Survival Guide is balanced, ambitious, and packed with information that all writers, editors, and publishers should read.”—Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author, on The Freelancer’s Survival“[Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s blog,] The Business Rusch…is full of sound advice and analysis about what's going on.”—Jeff Baker, The Oregonian
Format YOUR Print Book with Createspace
KDP Print: This book was originally written about and published through Createspace. Since then, Createspace has been replaced by KDP Print. The author has migrated his paperback books to the new KDP Print platform and can confirm that the layout guidance in the book applies equally well to KDP Print as it did to Createspace, and always has done for Lulu. 2nd Edition: EXTENDED! REVISED! UPDATED! Publishing a print book with KDP Print, Createspace or Lulu is fairly easy. But unless you know how to lay out a book, AND how to achieve the results you want in your word processor, the result won't do your writing justice. In this guide, I will show you how to format your book's interior: * What you need to know about book layout and typesetting to get professional results. * How to use Microsoft Word 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 & 2013 to achieve those results (with notes for Word 2003 users) * eBook tips: how to format your manuscript in Word so you can move easily between print, Kindle, ePUB, and Smashwords editions. (Note: this is not a comprehensive guide to building eBooks). *NEW! A workflow for publishing a book through Createspace. Follow the workflow and use the cross-references to find the detailed discussion later in the book for each step. *NEW! Answers to the questions about paperback publishing that I am often asked by my book-formatting clients, such as: how to pick the right trim size, how to set pricing, what kind of ISBN you should use, and how to link print and kindle editions on Amazon. *NEW! The correct way to use paragraph and page breaks in Word. *NEW! Advanced topics: add that final level of polish with subjects such as kerning & OpenType settings, using Unicode code points in paperbacks and eBooks, dot gain & color spaces, faux glyphs and how to avoid them, the perils of transferring Word files between Mac & Windows, and how to republish your back catalog. *NEW! Many more screenshots and diagrams (now 76). All are reproduced in the paperback and eBook editions of this book, and are also available from the book’s website. A note for Mac users. Screenshots are taken from Windows editions of Word, and references made to any significant Mac differences (specifically: keyboard shortcut differences, selecting fonts, and the PDF print capability built into OS X). While I have worked with Mac users to research the second edition, in the interest of honesty I declare that although I have laid out dozens of paperback books using Windows editions of Word, I have not produced any using a Mac. Hence there is a Windows-first bias to the text and images.
Query
This valuable writing resource covers everything from basic query format to agent research to innovative strategies for creating a fabulous hook. The handbook gives examples, worksheets, and tools to enable every writer to query well. For writers seeking publication, QUERY will provide practical, usable assistance for every stage of the querying process.
The Thrifty Author's Guide to Launching Your Book without Losing Your Mind
Approximately 200,000 400,000 books are published each year just in the U.S. When my first book was published, I promised myself that, no matter how everything turned out, I was going to do everything possible to make my books successful. Ive learned a lot as my series has progressed. Ive seen some techniques work beyond my wildest imagination, while a few fizzled. Now, I want to share those insights with you so that your new book has the best chance for success. This book shares my secrets for successful book tours, attention-getting internet promotions, exciting websites and dynamic media interviews. Youll also discover tips I gathered from some of my author friends, who have learned the hard way what worked and what didnt. So dive in with enthusiasm. Experiment, remix and recombine my suggestions. Find an approach that works for you. Just get out there and live your dream!
The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook Guide to Getting Published
Written from the writer's point of view, this is an expert guide to the process of getting published, from submitting your work and finding an agent, to working with a publishing house and understanding the book trade. Harry Bingham, author of 7 titles for a leading international publisher which include both fiction and non-fiction , is founder of the editorial services agency the Writers Workshop. From his own experience, and that of working with new authors, together with interviews from authors, agents and publishers - his book provides expert advice on the best way to find a market for your writing.Topics include:* how to find an agent or publisher * how to present your work * cover letters and synopses * contractual terms with both agent and publisher * how the book trade works * working with publishers and the editorial process * your role in helping to publicize your work. Getting Published will enable you to market your work more professionally, understand the relationship you will have with both agent and publisher and offers a contemporary inside view of the publishing industry. Along with the essential contacts in the Writers and Artists Yearbook, this is a professional tool you will not want to be without.
Untold Millions: How You Can Capture and Save Eyewitness History
We lose more than 700 World War II veterans a day. With each of them, we are also burying or cremating untold millions of stories that depict eyewitness history. That is also true of those who experienced the Korean War, the Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflicts. Those who helped put the first man on the moon, survived the Great Depression, were the foot-soldiers in the Civil Rights movement, those who took part in major social change, and so many others who can tell us first-hand what it was like to live through these and other historical events. Journals, diaries, letters, and other writings hide in shoe boxes and closets. Most will never see the light of day. People are waiting for someone to ask them to tell their stories and share their experiences but nobody is capturing those fading recollections before it is too late. Now, with exciting new publishing technology, it is possible for anyone to gather, prepare and make available to the world this invaluable living history with no monetary investment at all. With digital books and print-on-demand, it is now feasible for anyone to help make sure oral histories, written documentation, in-person interviews and more are preserved for readers, historians, authors, researchers and anyone else who wants to sample and learn from first-hand accounts of history. The UNTOLD MILLIONS Oral History Project seeks to attract volunteers to help preserve history using modern technology such as Kindle, Nook, and CreateSpace. This book by award-winning and best-selling author and UNTOLD MILLIONS project founder Don Keith explains in detail why this effort is so crucial. This e-book gives you the exact steps you can take to employ this amazing technology to do your part. Learn more about this vital effort and then pass along the information to others who may be interested. We must not allow this eyewitness history to die with those who lived it now that the means to preserve it is available to all of us.
Writer Tells All
A witty and candid firsthand account -- for writers by a writer -- on how to write, sell, publish, and promote a book. This invaluable book is written by a working writer -- not a professor, not a publisher, not an editor, not an agent. Robert Masello is a writer who speaks his mind with absolute candor on everything aspiring book authors need to know. He explains the publishing process step by step -what to expect, how it works, and what authors can do at each point to keep things going smoothly. Equally important, Masello has a lot of fun doing it. His book is filled with sometimes hilarious anecdotes from his own experiences in the trenches of publishing. Writer Tells All covers many topics along the way, both large and small, including the things every writer needs to know: choosing a book topic (fiction or nonfiction), writing the proposal, selecting an agent, understanding book contracts, finding an editor, losing an editor, following the production process from manuscript to bound book, using your own savvy and contacts to maximize the effect of marketing, and publicizing the finished product.