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"Absolutely Bursting with writing, publishing and marketing content for the online writer..." |
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| Editor: Darren Andrews. | 25th July, 2003. |
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CONTENTS
EDITORIALI'm Going Into Traditional Publishing As most of you will have now read, I'm currently in the process of setting up a publishing company together with a couple of friends. It was so good to get so many responses from the letter I sent out a few days ago. Thank you! We are in great need to begin building up material for publishing. If you have a completed manauscript please drop me an email and tell me about it: mailto:publish@writers-and-publishers.com And ILLUSTRATORS - we need you! Whether you draw, generate graphics by computer, paint, take photos... we want your portfolio! Many of you have had questions about this new venture. I will be putting up the details later, but for now here are some clarifying points:
More details to follow! We look forward to your submissions! Get in early and we can focus on you before we get swamped! ;) **************************** MANUSCRIPTS PLEASE! If you have a completed manuscript for a book then send it in and we'll review it! All manuscripts will be read and as we are not yet inundated you'll have more chance of being accepted! HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT You can post or email your work. Word format is preferred. Physical manuscripts (or CDs) should be sent to:
Darren Andrews email: publish@writers-and-publishers.com Print manuscripts *cannot* be returned. We prefer full manuscripts at this time but if you have a series of articles or short stories please send them in one file and not in multiple files. Please use Word or a txt attachment rather than putting your work in the body of an email. **************************** CRITIQUE CONTEST #2 "Guerrilla Marketing for Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work" by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman & Michael Larsen...
Take a peek inside the cover of this contest's prize: (Just click"look inside" on the cover) "This book teaches the marketing tools every writer needs to know today." (John Gray, author of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus") Details in Contest Corner section of this issue! Enjoy the rest of this issue, To Your Online Writing Success! Darren Andrews, Editor.
FEATURED ARTICLEWhere To Publish? by Darren Andrews You may have a completed (or near-completed) manuscript tucked away in a draw somewhere, or perhaps a multitude of articles, essays, etc. At some point you ask yourself "How can I get this published?" and then, after that, you think to yourself: "Should I publish electronically or traditonally? What about this Print-On-demand (POD) option?" This is my take...my opinion... Should you set up your own web site? You can do this whether your book is in electronic format or not. Most people online will be looking for non-fiction books, especially very informative ones such as 'how-to' books, acadamic and marketing topics. However, there's no reason why you can't promote your books online even though they are only able to be ordered from bricks-and-mortar stores. That includes fiction. Setting up an author web site, running your own little ezine, discussion group etc. is an excellent way of keeping in touch and building a community thirsting for your next book... There's an all-in-one solution to this route - Sitesell's SBI! which will - even if you have no techie knowledge - provide you with the means to build, promote and host your own site (it will also provide you with the ability to run a newsletter, take payments and a host of other benefits all for an incredibly inexpensive price)... http://www.freecoursescentral.com/sbi.html (If you want to know more first then take one or more of the free courses at http://www.freecoursescentral.com ) This really is the best all-in-one solution, hands down! What about POD? Print-On-Demand (POD) publishing is simply the creation of a physical book one-at-a-time. So, when a customer orders your book, the ebook publisher takes an electronic copy and prints it out and binds it. This way there are no costs for printing books that havenot yet been sold (and may never be sold!). Where Can I Publish an Ebook (and have POD too)? http://www.booklocker.com is considered one of the best ebook publishers. It has the spirit of enterprise to it which is always a good sign.
However, you need to read the frank and honest remarks of
the owner of this site as to the reasons why you might
*not* want to work with booklocker.com: The truth is, there are advantages and disadvantages to all routes. It depends upon a number of factors as to what route you pursue. Do read the advice in the link above - it is important to know it! (especially the last few paragraphs) What about traditional publishing? Even within this area there are differing models such as vanity publishing. Even though profit margins are greater for ebooks (no printing or delivery costs!), getting a physical book published massively expands distribution potential and thus potential customers. If you want to get your book in the shops and do not want to spend time marketing it, then the traditional route is the way for you. In some ways (though not for all) successful ebooks (and POD books) can be the early forms of traditional print books. Most ebook/POD publishers will not ask for exclusive rights (i.e. you are free to publish your work with anyone) but when you go to a traditional publisher they will ask for exclusive rights (including electronic rights) to market your book nationally or internationally - with the view to making as much money for you (and thus themselves) as they can. No one option is correct for everyone but whatever your choice, the Internet can help you promote your book/ebook.
-------------------------------------- DDarren Andrews is a writer and Internet marketer who is in the process of setting up a traditional publishing company in the UK. If you want something published contact him at: mailto:publish@writers-and-publishers.com and he'll see what he can do!
Take his free e-course, "Write Your Way To Success
and Profit" by visiting:
(c) copyright 2003. Darren Andrews.
Author Notes - Profit from this Article! The above article may be distributed freely as long as it is done so in its entirety (including the "About the Author" box). WORDCRAFTInspiration, Tips and Exercises to Help You Write Well (+) Writers' Wisdom"What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers." ~ Logan Pearsall Smith. Source: http://www.quotegarden.com/writing.html (+) Writing Tip REALLY Odd Nouns Some words have TWO meanings in the singular form and take two DIFFERENT plural forms: * brother - brothers (members of the same family) - brethren (members of the same society) * die - dies (metal stamps for badges etc) - dice (cubes for playing games) * index - indexes (tables of contents in books) - indices (mathematical term) Contributor: Jennifer Stewart. Subscribe to her free weekly Writing Tips: or start your six-part Writing Course now. (+) Writing Exercise Here's what you do... Write an email telling me about a writing exercise you enjoy, something that helps you write. Send it off. I publish it in this section with your name & link as the contributer! Simple! ;) (+) Wordhoard toothsome - lambent - adj. touching lightly, playing over; softly radiant). noun lambency / adverb lambently This comes from the Latin root meaning "to lick" (hence a lambitive is a medicine you take by licking it) which has reference to light or flame licking a surface. Please send all Wordcraft contributions here. (do not send attachments or large html emails - they will not be downloaded!) YOUR ARTICLES!
Read the latest articles at: If you want to submit an article, a word of warning: I reject most and give no explanation. Of course, most of them are non-writing-related marketing articles which I clearly state as being inappropriate on the submission page. For the rules and the form to submit your article, go here: http://www.writers-and-publishers.com/submit.html If - and I highly recommend it - you want to earn revenue from the writing course advertised at the bottom of your article page then sign up (free) to do so here: ---------TIP
CONTEST CORNER(+) Critique Contest #2 AUGUST CONTEST The reader who best critiques the sample below will win the prize. If you want to submit your own sample for a future contest then here are the rules:
Now the rules for the Contest... Make your critique as long or short as you will. Try to be as complete as possible in your critiques: consider the overall 'feel' of the piece as well as the finer critical points. Provide a balanced critique! Make your critiques more than just an edit. When submitting a critique you should end with your name, email address and/or link that you wish to be published under should you win! Your name/link will be mentioned in the WAPA if you win! Critiques must be in by 4th September 2003. Here's the Sample:
A cool breeze lightly brushed her cheek as they rode along.
In the distance gulls in graceful flight cried out their
lonesome call, and for a moment, she was lost in the
serenity of it all.
They made their way down the narrow, very rough roadway,
climbing with the switchbacks to a ridgetop that crested a
thousand feet above the sea. She was in awe of the great
expanse before her. It was rugged, windblown and fogdamp.
They rollarcoasted from timbered gulch to craggy headlands
and wheeled along the brink of knife-edged cliffs where
Pacific waves exploded with thunderous eruptions of surf
and spray. The truck jerked and swayed back and forth as
they made their way along the steep hill towards the ranch
house. She could barely see the rooftop of the house
nestled in a grove of trees to the right of the roadway.
Her mind wandered back to Bayberry where she grew up. Why
had things turned out so badly? She could still remember
the sorrow in her mother’s voice and the emptiness in her
father’s eyes.
THE PRIZE "Guerrilla Marketing for Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work" by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman and Michael Larsen... The winner will receive a print copy delivered to their doorstep! This book has sold over 1 million copies and I have a copy myself!
See the book at Amazon: MARKET WATCHTools, Resources, Services, Products and Opportunities to Help You in Writing, Publishing, Promoting, and in Generating Revenue and Traffic... (+) Google Adsense Google is a search engine and is now generally accepted as just about the best out there (knocking Overture off the number one position according to many Internet marketers). Now it's just launched a new program called Adsense. What is it? Well, basically you allow your site to display the AdWords (the green boxed ads to the right of the screen when you look at Google search results) of their advertisers and they'll pay you according to how many people click on those ads. Some believe this revenue model could be the beginning of the demise of affiliate programs! I don't know about that, but it is very simple to put in place and that will attract a lot of users. You join Google (free) and then just insert a piece of code into your site and you're done! They deal with everything else. I'm testing it in the WAPA. I hate unrelated ads, so this will be my bugbear. If it can be overcome then I might keep them and see how they perform! Find out more here: https://www.google.com/adsense/home If you've got a good traffic site this could be a way to start getting extra revenue in a matter of minutes! (+) Free sample ebook - 30 Days To Internet Marketing Success by Joe Kumar hot! Joe Kumar is 18. He came online just 2 years ago. He has made hundreds of thousands of dollars since his first ebook launched just a few months ago! His ebook is the hottest info product out there right now. Period. What's in it? Well, Joe went to all the top Internet marketing gurus and asked them what they would do if they lost their money, name, list and contacts and had to start from scratch - as if they had just come online for the first time. In his book "30 Days To Internet Marketing Success" Joe has each guru go through the exact steps - day by day - they would take to become successful in 30 days. Get a f re e sample of this ebook (content-limited) at: http://www.writers-and-publishers.com/sample30days.pdf Or go straight to the main site here. (+) New Way To Make and Receive Payments Online StormPay is set to become the new PayPal but with some interesting and welcome differences... (+) Writers' "Value" Link Exchange hot! "The World's only True-Blue, Real Link Exchanger that works!" A powerful PREseller, now your friends, colleagues, visitors, readers, and just about anyone else can find high-value, similarly themed sites, then exchange links to truly increase your link popularity, in a way that then engines love. Visit: http://value-exchange.sitesell.com P.S. If you want to use the value exchange as a way of earning commission on Sitesell products then sign up as an affiliate for free at: http://affiliates.sitesell.com (+) Would You Like To Be In the Top 50 Writing Sites? If you want to be in the "Top 50" then click here now. Or how about being listed on the "Best Writing Sites and Top Writer-Related Sites"? Get listed by clicking here. ANNOUNCEMENTS & REQUESTS(+) New Ebooks Published by WAPA Subscribers #1 Writing Basics by Liana Metal Subject: How to get published fast. A mini guide book for new writers, practical and easy. Get it from : http://liamet.tripod.com/ebooks #2 Bedtime Stories by Liana Metal Subject: Children’s stories/fiction/illustrated Six original stories for kids, or for the kid in yourself! Get it from : http://liamet.tripod.com/ebooks (+) Do You Own A Writing-Related Site That Makes $1000 or More Per Month? If so, a new site launching in a few weeks wants to hear from you now! It won't cost you a penny, and will bring you some great exposure! For more information email me and write that you are responding to this announcement.
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