Back and blogging again…
It’s been a while since we last had a working blog site. Internet problems, computer problems, life problems and so on. Little by little we should have most of our past content up and available. If you...
View ArticleMy Manuscript Has Been Edited!
When I hear, “My manuscript has been edited!” I usually cringe. Nine out of ten times when I ask who it was that edited the manuscript the response is invariably: “My neighbor who is a retired...
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Have you tried postcards for promoting your book?
One really effective way we have managed to promote awareness of books is using a simple postcard. While it does not replace the need to use websites, blogs, and social media, it is a very...
View ArticleQuestions to ask your book printer
We can get into all kinds of other issues about preferred file format, setup and costs, corrections, and shipping options. For now I want to just consider the issues involved in the production of the...
View ArticleUsing your book to drive customers to your website
A quote attributed to Herbie Hancock goes, “One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.” A lot of what I see offered in website driven...
View ArticleWhat you need to do before you publish your book
Whether you are going the traditional publishing route or are self-publishing there are a number of things you need to do before the book makes it to market. First, you need to create an awareness of...
View ArticleYour Two-Sentence Summary
So you are at a book signing. You are sitting at or standing by a table with your books on display and what’s this? Someone is looking over? What? She’s heading this way! She’s in front of the table!...
View ArticleResurrecting Your Lost Manuscript
If you have an older manuscript that was published a few years ago and do not have the original text file available what can you do to resurrect the text so you can make a new edition or possibly offer...
View ArticleThe Elements of Book Layout
In a recent conversation with an author we were discussing the various “parts” that make up good book layout. After looking over what he had I made a number of recommendations. He did not layout the...
View ArticleSending Us Your Manuscript
An Unmolested Manuscript is Best We see a lot of interesting things come in at Gray Dog Press. And it’s not just the content of a manuscript it’s how some of them come to us “ready to go”! Laying out...
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