So You Want to Publish a Book?

So You Want to Publish a Book?
Author: Anne Trubek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781948742665

Anne Trubek wrote several books, was a member fo the National Book Critics Circle, and was a tenured English professor before she decided try book publishing. To start and run a small press, she had to teach herself the ins and outs of a confusing, often archaic, strangely shrouded industry from yet another angle: business owner, publisher, and editor. In So You Want to Publish a Book? Trubek, who also writes the weekly newsletter Notes from a Small Press, provides insights from her journeys through all facets of writing, making, and writing about books, offering authors, authors-to-be, and the curious concrete advice and information about the publishing industry. Chapters discuss book proposals, publicity, developmental versus copy editing, how to make friends (and enemies) with independent bookstores, the differences between Big Five and independent presses, royalties, and cover design. Handy, humorous charts such as Five Things Aspiring Authors Should Never Say, Wait, Wholesalers Receive How Much of A Discount? and The Indignity of Returns, along with illustrations by Belt cover designer David Wilson, will help readers feel less confused by the process and, armed with more transparent understanding of the industry, more prepared to publish, promote, and purchase books wisely and successfully.

Bagels with the Bards

Bagels with the Bards
Author: The Bagel Bards
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2008-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1411686500

So it came to pass that a couple of poets a a congenially munching their bagels in the spacious basement refectory of a bagelry called Finaglea aa Bagel on JFK in Harvard Square, all the while conjecturing upon the potential mental, spiritual and perhaps even physical salubriousness of occasional social interface with other human beings likewise blest or cused to pursue the word, to ply their craft or sullen art, in isolation a a gave birth to the idea of Bagelbards. At any rate, here it is: The First Annual Bagelbards Anthology, in celebration of the first full year of informal weekly Saturday morning gatherings of Bagelbards in the aforementioned spacius basement of Finaglea aa Bagel. Read it, and eat.

bookdown

bookdown
Author: Yihui Xie
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2016-12-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1351792601

bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown presents a much easier way to write books and technical publications than traditional tools such as LaTeX and Word. The bookdown package inherits the simplicity of syntax and flexibility for data analysis from R Markdown, and extends R Markdown for technical writing, so that you can make better use of document elements such as figures, tables, equations, theorems, citations, and references. Similar to LaTeX, you can number and cross-reference these elements with bookdown. Your document can even include live examples so readers can interact with them while reading the book. The book can be rendered to multiple output formats, including LaTeX/PDF, HTML, EPUB, and Word, thus making it easy to put your documents online. The style and theme of these output formats can be customized. We used books and R primarily for examples in this book, but bookdown is not only for books or R. Most features introduced in this book also apply to other types of publications: journal papers, reports, dissertations, course handouts, study notes, and even novels. You do not have to use R, either. Other choices of computing languages include Python, C, C++, SQL, Bash, Stan, JavaScript, and so on, although R is best supported. You can also leave out computing, for example, to write a fiction. This book itself is an example of publishing with bookdown and R Markdown, and its source is fully available on GitHub.

Publish This Book

Publish This Book
Author: Stephen Markley
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2010-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1402246471

From the author of Ohio (Best Books of Summer 2018 Selection in Time, Vulture, and the New York Post) comes a brilliant, hilarious, and deeply touching memoir that blows the roof off the genre. Fed up with the complicated quest of trying to get a book published, Stephen Markley decided to cut to the chase and simply write a memoir about trying to publish a book--this book, to be precise. It's the most "meta" experiment he's ever untaken, and like a Mobius strip in book form, the concept is circular, self-indulgent, and--maybe, possibly, hopefully--brilliant. For fans of Dave Eggers and David Sedaris, Publish This Book is the modern day saga of an idealistic, ambitious, audacious, unyielding young writer who is tired of waiting his turn. Like any work that claims gleefully to be about nothing, it's really about pretty much everything--sex, drugs, politics, pop-culture, ex-girlfriends and sexy vampires. From the hope of early adulthood to the rage of life's many (unavoidable) disappointments, it is a story of overcoming the obstacles and discovering a happy ending at last. Most importantly, it's a story that will inspire readers to find their true voice in their work and in their life. Praise for Stephen Markley: "Markley seems clever and funny, but it may be his "fire" that ultimately makes him worthwhile." -- Literary Chicago "Compelling, emotionally resonant passages . . ." -- Publishers Weekly "Markley is a knockout storyteller" -- Kirkus Reviews

67 Morning Ritual Habits for Your Body, Mind and Spirit

67 Morning Ritual Habits for Your Body, Mind and Spirit
Author: Stefan James
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2019-03-25
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781090196927

Discover 67 Little Known Morning Ritual Habits For Creating An Unstoppable Day!Your morning ritual is what sets you up for having a successful day. It's one of the most important habits to cultivate, as it'll set the precedent of how your day will look. As the saying goes, "How you start the day is how you'll end the day."I believe that a successful morning ritual consists of doing at least one thing for your Body, Mind, and Spirit. You must give equal attention to all three aspects of yourself in order to maximize your performance and fulfillment.I've been practicing morning rituals since I was 17 years old. It's one of the most important habits that has shaped every aspect of my life. It's an opportunity for me to give the most valuable resource we have, our time, to myself so that I can grow to become my very best.Most people the day out of reaction. They wake up and they're immediately hitting the snooze. They are flooded with the stresses and anxieties of the day, immediately checking their inbox or social media. As a result, they're not getting the most out of themselves or the day.Over the last 15 years of my life, I've studied the habits of the most remarkable people throughout history. Those who have achieved extraordinary success, are truly fulfilled, have unstoppable confidence, an abundance of energy, are physically fit, and what anyone would consider "having it all."I've studied their habits and rituals and put them together for you in this book, 67 Morning Ritual Habits For Your Body, Mind, And Spirit so that you can benefit from them.I've personally tested and utilized ALL of these rituals in different stages of my life with incredible benefit. I'm excited to finally share them with you so that you can reap the rewards of cultivating an amazing morning ritual in your life that allows you to be at your best.

APE, Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur

APE, Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur
Author: Guy Kawasaki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780988523104

APE’s thesis is powerful yet simple: filling the roles of Author, Publisher and Entrepreneur yields results that rival traditional publishing.

Gateway to American Economics

Gateway to American Economics
Author: Iris Fu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2019-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781075300561

Gateway to American Economics: An Introduction For Young Students On Their Way is filled with easy-to-follow graphical illustrations, designed for curious middle school and budding high school students. The book covers topics including American business forms, market structures, economic indicators, taxation, fiscal policy, monetary policy, economic history, and the state of the US economy. For more information, visit https://seethevoices.org/gatewaytoamericaneconomics/

How to Publish a Book & Sell a Million Copies

How to Publish a Book & Sell a Million Copies
Author: Ted Nicholas
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Self-publishing
ISBN: 9780793106202

How to Publish a Book and Sell a Million Copies debunks the myths of the publishing world and gives authors the information they need to publish books themselves. Self-publishing is one form of entrepreneurship, says Ted Nicholas, and can be approached like any other entrepreneurial endeavor--with determination, hard work, and the desire to "do it yourself". Using real-life examples of successful self-published books, the author offers time-tested tips covering all areas of book publishing.

How To Self Publish

How To Self Publish
Author: HowExpert
Publisher: HowExpert
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1647588766

If you want to learn how to self publish, then get "How To Self Publish" guide written by a real life author and self publisher Jennifer-Crystal Johnson. How to Self Publish by Jennifer-Crystal Johnson is an in-depth look at some of the most important skills for aspiring self-published authors and individuals considering founding an independent publishing company. With over ten years of writing and editing experience, Johnson points out some of the most common mistakes self-published authors make, how to avoid them, and some free tools to get your work looking professional and polished. With sections on the writing, editing, and revision processes as well as eBook formatting tips, book cover design basics, and marketing ideas, Johnson engages the reader in conversational suggestions for bettering the self-publishing experience and industry as a whole by providing new authors with useful tools and practical information to present their work professionally in print and eBook formats. About the Expert Jennifer-Crystal Johnson is originally from Germany, but was raised all over. She has published one novella under her former last name, The Outside Girl: Perception is Reality (Publish America, 2005 - this will be out of print by 2013), a poetry book, Napkin Poetry (Broken Publications, 2010), and a collection of poetry, art, and prose called Strangers with Familiar Faces (Broken Publications, 2011). Her poem, Yin & Yang, was featured on Every Writer's Resource's Poem a Day site. One of her short stories, The Clinic, has been featured in Jack Meets Jill, and her short horror story, The Huntress, has been featured in Zombie Coffee Press. She also received a finalist mention in the Summer 2011 Elephant Prize Contest for her short story, Shrapnel. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.