Both magazines and book publishers purchase manuscripts for the same reason: to make money. Magazines make money with ad sales, subscriptions and newsstand or in-store purchases. Of course, many magazines now are available on-line as well; they may make money via subscriptions or a variety of types of on-line advertising. Book publishers make money purely through books sales; today these…
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You Have Freedom as a Writer to Pursue Happiness
Like the founders of our nation promised, as a writer you have the right to pursue your happiness–and interests–and you do this via the choices you make. As a a writer, you can make choice about what you write.You can write about what you want. In this day and age, you also can choose to publish your writing, rather than…
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Books and Articles Begin with an Angle on an Idea
A book or an article begins with an idea. That idea might be quite broad. It could be based on an opinion or a principle that has meaning to you about a broad subject. You might find it interesting. You might even think your idea has a purpose, achieves some goal. However, to really be of service to someone—meaning a…
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Become a Publisher by Blogging Your Book
Each time you write a blog post and hit the “publish” button, you publish your copy. You become a publisher. You self-published your work. Therefore, consider blogging a book. It gives you the opportunity to actually publish your book as you write it instead of waiting until you complete your manuscript. Plus, you don’t have to wait for a publisher…
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Focus Your Writing on Making a Difference
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” Tom Brokaw, American TV journalist and author In today’s publishing world, Tom Brokaw’s quote could be reversed. Writers often find it hard to make a buck. However, they may find it easy to make a difference. I’ve seen this with my blog, “My Son Can Dance.”…
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B&N Predicts Growth in Consumer Book Market Due to E-Books
In an industry that seems beset with bad news, here’s some good news for writers wanting to get into book publishing as well as for authors hoping for good book sales and to continue publishing books. However, keep an open mind about turning your manuscripts or books into e-books. In an investor conference this morning, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, Barnes…
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Beyond Books: Building Multiple Streams of Income
As a journalist and author, as well as an editor, writing coach and publishing mentor, I am always looking for ways to earn more money with my writing. The publishing world constantly changes–not always for the better when it comes to the ways writers make a living. Newspapers and magazines struggle to stay alive in the current economy and as …
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