[authorme] PUBLISHING NEW WRITERS NEWSLETTER, MAY, 2001
- From: "Bruce L. Cook, www.author-me.com" <cookcomm@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:07:46 -0500
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In this issue...
WHAT IS AN E-BOOK ANYWAY?
NEW AUTHOR-ME.COM FEATURES FOR YOU!
WRITING ASSIGNMENT - CONFLICT WITH ENVIRONMENT
See our Home Page ReDesign www.AuthorMe.com!
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WHAT IS AN E-BOOK ANYWAY?
Here at AuthorMe.com we have become so accustomed to news about e-books
that we may have left our audience behind.
Are you one of those asking, "What is an 'e-book' anyway? Is is like
canned
beans, or more like an onion?"
If so, now is your chance to truly understand. An e-book primer we all
should read:
An E-book Primer By Sarah Ormes, UKOLN, on behalf of EARL, the Library
Association and UKOLN
An issue paper from the Networked Services Policy Taskgroup
Series Editor: Sarah Ormes, UKOLN
http://www.earl.org.uk/policy/issuepapers/ebook.htm
Ever wonder how much you could make if you just produced your own
e-book?
It'd do away with that pesky 10-20% for the agent, you may gloat.
Prepare yourself. The agent isn't the problem. It's the seller and
distributor that does it.
Take Amazon.com, for example. Yes, they will list your book. But only if
you obtain an ISBN Number (plan on $100). And it helps to provide paper
copies (plan on $200-$300 or more).
And then there's a 65% or so commission, extracted by Amazon before you
are
paid.
So we ask you... Which is worse. A distributor's rip-off or a
publisher's
rejection?
If you haven't seen the picture before, see it now. In the publishing
process, the writer is taken for granted. Many, many appeals to new writers
are actually sales pitches, encouraging you to pay for your dream. (Wasn't
it supposed to be the other way around?)
Meanwhile, the e-book has the potential to cut through this monopolistic
opportunism. But e-book marketing has to be done at grass roots level.
Unless someone like Amazon steps back in wonder and notices - there are new
writers, and they write good stuff. How much effort would it really take
for the "big guys" to encourage new writers?
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NEW AUTHOR-ME.COM FEATURES FOR YOU
ABBE WILLNER has joined AuthorMe.com as Writing Coach, She'll pull all
you
writing recluses out of the closet and into publication! Don't let anything
stand in her way.
STORYTHREAD. One of Abbe's major new ideas was our new StoryThread
stories
(visit our new site at www.storythread.com). Read the current story and add
a paragraph. We're all very excited about this writing activity!
HITLIST. Another of Abbe's brainstorms was our new "hitlist" listing
that
shows your story and, in the adjacent column, a count of the number of times
someone "hit" it (clicked on its link) during the past week. Check your
story or poem. You will probably be surprised to learn how popular your item
is.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. Brand new, this page connects you with AuthorMe's
inner workings and makes our specialists available to help you. Look for
critiquing, typing, and grammarchecking/spellchecking. More to come.
Visit... www.authorme.com/editorialdept.htm.
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT - CONFLICT WITH ENVIRONMENT
Like last month, now that you've done all the background work, the
"easy"
part lies ahead. All you need to do is lead your character toward the goal
you specified earlier.
Last month you portrayed a character who blocked the main character from
his or her goal. This month you will take a different tack.
This time select something from the environment which will block your
main
character's progress to goal. Use an earthquake or some other event which
will radically alter your main character's quest.
Again, this is an exercise, so you may be writing chapters you will
later
throw away. But it's important to learn how to show environment as a
possible hindrance to your main character's progress.
Let's review now. You created a character and setting, and then aimed
the
character at a goal. Now it is your duty to introduce an environmental
conflict to interfere with the character's quest.
Go! We look forward to receiving your exercise.
Good luck!
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WRITERLY WEBSITES
Writerly Websites...
Meet Sandy Tritt's new Critiquing Assistant, Kathy Hartwell.
Inspiration for Writers:
http://home.wvadventures.net/tritt/
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If [you] can continue to send me more useful information of any sort
pertaining to writing it would be greatly appreciated. Your March newsletter
has already been of a good deal of help to me.
Thank you,
Dave Fox
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More on e-books...
Read our latest e-book...
FRAGMENTS by Diane Oatley at www.AuthorMe.com/poetry.htm
Poetry in honor of the human body - feminine awareness and meanings.
Sample view at www.AuthorMe.com/FragmentsSample.PDF
Purchase your copy now! Just $5. www.BuyByByte.Com/item.asp?code=685
BEST guide to low-cost e-book publication at... www.AuthorMe.com/e-book.htm
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Publishing New Writers, May, 2001 (no.205)
Editor Bruce L. Cook, P.O. Box 451, Dundee, IL 60118 USA. Fax (847)
428-8974.
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