Continued from part II. THE FINAL UPLOAD Only a few more steps and my 2002 out-of-print travel narrative, Searching for Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez, would be available to e-readers. I did not use the “Kindle Create” feature, now available at Amazon’s KDP, for example, so I can’t speak to its ability to ease the chore […]
Continued from part I Assured, thanks to a simple phone call to my publisher, that the basic rights for my 2002 book, Searching for Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez, had reverted to me, I had other things to consider, like interior design or any other artwork. Unlike the text, I discovered, those weren’t mine to use.
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Part 1 of 3 My favorite book is the one I’m writing, or even better, the one I plan to write after that. There is nothing more artfully conceived and less commercially sullied than the book that has existed only in one’s mind. Given that I prefer to dwell on my future books, you might
In the 21 years it took me to complete my book and pitch it to an agent, the publishing world had changed dramatically. No longer were the big six publishing houses paying hefty advances to newbie authors. No longer did agents clamor for unknown memoirists. “Why don’t you self-publish?” I was asked repeatedly. The reasons
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Author Autumn Dawn, a former student from North Pole High School. Like many writers, I was a teacher first. Following a news article on my latest novel, I received an inspiring email from a former student, now a fellow author who writes under the name Autumn Dawn. “I wanted to thank you again for teaching
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Traditional publishing? Author services? “Vanity presses”? Self-publishing? The options can be overwhelming. When author and former (and sometimes) Alaskan Tanyo Ravicz of the independent author cooperative Running Fox Books wrote to tell me he’d left an author services arrangement to release fully independent editions of his books Alaskans and A Man of His Village, I asked if he’d be willing to share
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Following my post on “The Way In: Where to Publish,” a reader wrote with questions so well-articulated that I asked if I might answer in a more public forum. Here, our Q & A: Q: I am so disappointed I can’t be there for your self-publishing seminar. I just read your piece on what happened with Dana (Stabenow) after
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The German edition of Fairbanks author David Marusek’s story collection, ‘Wir waren außer uns vor Glück,’ is a finalist for the Kurd Lasswitz Preis. Wunderbar!A few weeks ago Andromeda wrote an excellent post on the topic of book covers. Publishers, especially the big houses, seem to hold the opinion that cover design is an esoteric
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So you want to make an ebook. While a single (albeit longer than usual) posting can’t do justice to the method for turning your manuscript into a Kindle- or Nook-ready file, an outline of the process may be beneficial. So, here’s a list of the things you’ll need: your manuscript, a cover, a conversion app,
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I finished writing my third book almost two months ago. I sent it to Cathie Woods, my editor, and she did her “thing” to it, although not as quickly as she had hoped. Yes, life takes precedent over words, or should. Then the text was back to me for final care. I combed out all
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