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Digital Books and Book Length

September 19th, 2011 | 6 Comments

Digital Books and Book Length Harry Potter’s book were famous not only for their success but also for the sheer number of pages per book as from the 4th volume. Before Harry Potter, manuscript for young adults were supposed to range in the 50k to 80k words. After Harry Potter, for a while, the over 80K words became the norm and shorter books by previously unpublished writers had better fill up to be considered. Then came the … Read entire article »

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We Love to Hate our Editor

June 27th, 2011 | 4 Comments

We love to hate our editor. Really, we love it. Actually, it does make perfect sense. What does an editor do? He takes our beloved manuscript, the manuscript we have amorously crafted during many month of hard labor, investing every spare second in its creation. It has kept us awake at night, interfered with our daily lives as our thoughts suddenly drifted away from the here and there as we were suddenly struck by a wonderful way … Read entire article »

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Editors

June 21st, 2011 | 46 Comments

One absolute must when publishing a book, whether through self-publishing or when looking for a literary agent, is to have the manuscript thoroughly edited. Skipping the editing step is showing a lack of professionalism and a lack of respect for the intended readership. Guess what! If we do not respect our readership, they will not respect us either, so let’s have our manuscripts edited before launching them in the world. … Read entire article »

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D. Self-Publish alone, breaking your head to perform the necessary formatting etc.

June 17th, 2011 | 4 Comments

Now, we are all capable individuals and should be able to manage on our own with the resources made available to us on-line. If we want to publish a book on our own, there are a number of tasks we will have to perform. 1. Editing 2. Formatting 3. Book cover layout 4. Procuring an ISBN number 5. Distributing 6. Marketing Let’s examine these one by one Editing: no possible shortcut there, the book will have to be edited by a third party. In the absence … Read entire article »

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