The Naked Truth About Self-Publishing
Author : The Indie Voice
Publisher : Theresa Ragan
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2015-09-22
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Write Naked
Author : Jennifer Probst
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1440347468
Book Description
Learn how to transform your passion for writing into a career. New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Probst reveals her pathway to success, from struggling as a new writer to signing a seven-figure deal. Write Naked intermingles personal essays on craft with down-to-earth advice on writing romance in the digital age. Probst will teach you how to: • Commit to your current work-in-progress, get focused, and complete it on schedule • Reveal raw emotions and thoughts on the page to hook your readers • Assemble a street team to promote and celebrate your books • Overcome writer's block with ease • Develop themes that tie together your books and series • Write the most difficult elements of romance--including sex scenes--with skill and style Regardless of the genre, every novelist faces a difficult task. Creating authentic characters and an engaging plot are challenging enough. But attempting to break into the hotter-than-ever romance genre, which is constantly flooded with new titles and fresh faces? It can feel impossible. This is where Probst's Write Naked comes in. To survive--and thrive--you need the help and wisdom of an expert. Written in Probst's unmistakable and honest voice, Write Naked is filled with the lessons and craft advice every writer needs in order to carve out a rewarding career.
The Naked Author - A Guide to Self-publishing
Author : Alison Baverstock
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 2011-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1408157098
Book Description
New digital technology, falling production costs and a new type of company offering publishing services have contributed to self-publishing becoming a viable option for writers, rather than a poor second to finding a commercial publishing deal. Written by a publishing consultant and author, with plenty of advice from other industry professionals, this book offers an objective analysis of the processes and companies involved in self-publishing. It helps you to analyse your objectives, define and meet the needs of your audience and looks at the right kind of content for self publishing. It also provides insight into the editorial processes you will need to put your content through, how to commission services from freelancers and companies and how to get a product worthy of your name. It helps you to understand format and design options, and key issues concerning distribution, sales and marketing. Self-publishing is a costly venture and this guide will help you to scrutinise your investment choices and produce a more professional-looking product. Contains a Foreword by Mark Coker, Founder of Smashwords.
Naked and Transparent
Author : Vladimire Calixte
Publisher : Fresh Ink Group
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 17,49 MB
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 194786713X
Book Description
Do you feel broken or lost? Are you trapped by fear, loneliness, and heartache, but unable to see a way out? Are you unhappy in your relationships, and without a solution to make things right? If you are searching for answers to all of your struggles, Vladimire Calixte’s Naked and Transparent: Six Vital Tools for Knowing Yourself and Attracting Healthy Relationships can help you reclaim your life and help you attract more love, success, peace, and joy than you’ve ever imagined! Filled with personal experiences about love, loss, and abandonment, Naked goes beyond a traditional self-help book. It is a refreshing, honest, and stimulating experience that will help you open your heart and soul, and discover a brand-new you! Part workbook and part memoir, Naked is an enjoyable yet informative must-read for women, men, and teens who suffer from low self-esteem, unworthiness, anxiety, shame, guilt, feelings of failure, and toxic relationships.
Of Minstrelsy and Masks
Author : Christine Matzke
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9042021683
Book Description
This collection is dedicated to a distinguished scholar and writer who for a quarter of a century wrote consistently on African literature and the arts and was a major voice in Nigerian literary circles. Ezenwa-Ohaeto made a mark in contemporary Nigerian poetry by committing pidgin to written form and, by so doing, introducing different creative patterns. He also saw himself as a 'minstrel', as someone who wanted to read, express and enact his work before an audience. First and foremost, however, Ezenwa-Ohaeto was someone who 'un-masked' ideas and meanings hidden in the folds of literary works and made them available to an international academic public. With his outstanding work on Chinua Achebe, he influenced the reception of African literary biography. His networks and connections were extensive and wide-ranging, and they are partly reflected in the essays, creative writing and personal notes assembled in this volume. In their various modes and expressions, the contributions included here constitute a tribute to Ezenwa-Ohaeto's many talents and achievements. As an extension of Ezenwa-Ohaeto's legacy, they expand on various aspects of minstrelsy and the un/masking of texts in a Nigerian and broader African context. The book is divided into six sections. "In Memoriam" contains personal tributes by long-standing colleagues, mentors and friends. "Poetry and Fiction" collects the voices of three generations of Nigerian writing from the 1960s to the present day, followed by poetic and pictorial insights into the domestic and social life of the scholar and family man. Section Four comprises two interviews, while Sections Five and Six are devoted to critical evaluations of Ezenwa-Ohaeto's work and to contemporary perspectives on Nigerian literature respectively.
Inside Book Publishing
Author : Giles Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1351265717
Book Description
Now fully revised and updated for its sixth edition, Inside Book Publishing is the classic introduction to the book publishing industry. Giles Clark and Angus Phillips offer authoritative coverage of all sectors of the industry, from commercial fiction and non-fiction to educational publishing and academic journals. They reveal how publishers continue to adapt to a fast-changing and highly interconnected world, in which printed books have proved resilient alongside ebooks and the growth of audio. Major themes are explored, including the development of digital products and the use of social media in book marketing, as well as those that affect publishers’ businesses, such as the rise of internet retailing; rental models for student textbooks; and open access, where academic content is free to the user. Case studies from industry experts give fascinating perspectives on topics such as crowdfunding, self-publishing and how authors can market themselves. The book provides excellent overviews of the main aspects of the publishing process: commissioning authors, product development, design and production, marketing, sales and distribution. As a manual for those in the profession and a guide for the potential publishers of the future, Inside Book Publishing remains a seminal work for anyone with an interest in the industry. It will also be of interest to authors seeking an insider’s view of this exciting industry.
Indie World
Author : Mario Garrido Espinosa
Publisher : Babelcube Inc.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1071535390
Book Description
The Independent writers on " Indie World", they start their journey, diving with such ilusion, in an unknown world. This fact makes that many mistakes can be made, time can be lost, and also (money) and after a lot of effort, sales won't be achieved, does are also deserved. The purpose of this book is that " Indie World" won't be so unknown for all those, that want to enter it, at a certain time and obtain results. All of that, without losing a sense of humor. In this handbook all the situations are numbered in which an Indie Author steps in, and each of them are explained; if they have to be avoid or if you need to pay attention to them. All the topics that surround all this " little world" are exposed in a funny and practical way; so the author can take advantage of all that can be learnt in this book, remembering it with a smile. All the information, is based on the Author's personal experience as a self-published author. Finally, some points and tricks are explained on how to win visibility and one of the basic strategies, that you can follow to try and sell an Indie Book. Content Index: - Tomorrow I buy the book no doubt. -Social Media and other useless publicity! -The mysterious rankings on Amazon. -The " aware-ones" and their infinite and infallible, know it all. -The behavior of those editorials. -Presentations, gatherings with writers, fairs and other hobbies. -Operationals to get to the Top-100 on Amazon. -Comments good, bad and useful. -The miracle of publicity on Amazon. -And when will you write a second book? -But then, what is the method to follow so I can sell my book? All the explanations from each chapter are nice and concluding, in this volumen, you will find all the complete collection of the " Crazy Adventures of the Ignored Lopez", through out the life of this Indie Comic Author, we will review with a smile, the different as
SelfPub3
Author : Alliance of Independent Authors
Publisher : Font Publications
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 25,77 MB
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1913349411
Book Description
SelfPub3 is a concept and a publishing era defined by the concept: that any author (with the requisite skills) now has the means to establish a sustainable and scalable business. It is also a campaign from the Alliance of Independent Authors (#selfpub3.0) that works with authors, readers, literary organizations, and creative industries to support independent authors in acquiring the three necessary skills: writing, publishing and creative business. The SelfPub3 era, the era of author enterprise, began around 2018. In this era, writers are moving beyond exclusively signing all rights to a single 3rd-party publisher, or exclusively self-publishing with one platform or service, into true creative and commercial independence. This short book outlines both the concept and campaign and aims to explain to self-publishing authors why SelfPub3 is important, the tools and techniques driving this trend, and how to take part in this movement that is enabling authors in more number than ever before to earn a living from writing and publishing books.
The Forgotten Survivors of Gun Violence
Author : Loren Kleinman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000877140
Book Description
The toll of America’s gun violence epidemic is usually measured in lives lost—more than 35,000 each year. Ignored, almost completely, are the many more people who are shot every year, and survive. —Shot and Forgotten, The Trace “Nearly 40,000 people die from gun violence in the US every year. This uniquely American crisis leaves no community untouched—but it doesn’t have to be this way.” —Gabrielle Giffords The Forgotten Survivors of Gun Violence collects 20 personal essays of survivors’ visible and invisible wounds from school shootings, attempted suicide by firearm, mass shootings, gang violence, and domestic violence. Their stories remind us that these traumatic experiences are not exclusive to combat soldiers but, more notably, suffered by ordinary people during modern life. With this collection, editors Loren Kleinman, Shavaun Scott, Sandy Phillips and Lonnie Phillips expose the true lifecycle of a bullet and the trauma left in its wake. Through personal narratives and select personal photos, the wounded tell a story that’s forgotten when the cameras go away. This collection will be of interest to first responders, officers, therapists, medical practitioners, and educators.
American Independent Cinema
Author : Geoff King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0415684285
Book Description
Edited and written by leading authors in the field, this book offers an examination of American independent cinema through four sections that range in focus from broad definitions to close focus on particular manifestations of independence.
