55 Ways to Promote & Sell Your Book on the Internet
After spending nearly 20 years building a thriving, home-based publishing business in the music marketing niche, author Bob Baker is ready to show you the insider steps that led to his success. This new book reveals the most practical and cost-effective ways that Bob and other successful authors have promoted themselves and their books online. It demystifies Internet book marketing and makes it accessible to any author at any skill level. "As the co-author of 'Guerrilla Marketing for Writers' and the director of Author 101 University, I know smart book marketing ideas when I see them. Bob's new book is filled with simple but highly effective strategies any author can use to get attention and sell more books online." -Rick Frishman, founder of Planned Television Arts, www.RickFrishman.com "Bob Baker's fantastic '55 Ways' book should be at the top of every author's required reading list. It is an essential guide to the new world of online promotion and marketing - a must-have for any writer who wants to harness the Internet to build an audience and sell more books." -David Mathison, author of "Be the Media," www.BeTheMedia.com "If you want to increase your book sales, read Bob's '55 Ways' book. This comprehensive, easy-to-understand resource will demystify online marketing. It's just the kick in the pants you need to goose your book sales." -Steve Weber, author of "Plug Your Book!" and "ePublish."
The Work and The Reader in Literary Studies
By the late 1980s the concept of the work had slipped out of sight, consigned to its last refuge in the library catalogue as concepts of discourse and text took its place. Scholarly editors, who depended on it, found no grounding in literary theory for their practice. But fundamental ideas do not go away, and the work is proving to be one of them. New interest in the activity of the reader in the work has broadened the concept, extending it historically and sweeping away its once-supposed aesthetic objecthood. Concurrently, the advent of digital scholarly editions is recasting the editorial endeavour. The Work and The Reader in Literary Studies tests its argument against a range of book-historically inflected case-studies from Hamlet editions to Romantic poetry archives to the writing practices of Joseph Conrad and D. H. Lawrence. It newly justifies the practice of close reading in the digital age.
Genders, Cultures, and Literacies
This volume brings together leading scholars in their fields who offer much needed and wide-ranging perspectives on the intersections of genders, cultures, and literacies. As incidents of racial and gender aggression grow in number and in global attention, it is essential to understand how racial and gender identities and their expressions interplay and influence literacy development and practice. Contributors examine how social identities intersect and are expressed in literacy practices across an array of school and out-of-school settings and discuss how gender and race are represented in individuals' multimodal practices. Chapters address such topics as the literacy practices of incarcerated fathers of color, Black girls' literacies, Indigenous students' cultural literacies, the writing practices of Latinx women for identity representation, and more. Ideal for scholars in literacy studies, gender studies, and cultural studies, this volume is a necessary and original update to the ways cultural, racial, and gender identities are viewed in current educational and sociocultural climates.
Notes App
Typically, a book can only provide readers with an obscured vantage of its text's origin. By the time that book reaches bookshelves, the ideas that had first enticed its author have already passed through countless rounds of revisions. While the outcome may provide a more refined, readily palatable book for readers, it nevertheless buries the text's origins under smudged hauntological layers of edits, rewrites, and omissions. But might there exist value in excavating and examining such origins, in actually encountering writing ideas in their initial expressions, regardless of how unpolished they might be? It seems one can already observe and benefit from such vantages in other creative disciplines, whether learning from a fine artist's sketchbook or appreciating the intimacy of a musician's early, rough demos. So what might the creative writing version of such archives look like, and could it similarly enrich readers' perspectives?For his second book, Matt Brand has published his "Free Writing" note from the Notes app on his phone, where he would capture creative writing lines and fragments as they arrived to him between the dates of 9/4/18 and 12/08/20. Some entries are only a few words in length, whereas others are entire poems and paragraphs of thought. Yet they all provide vantage into creative ideas at their initial point of reception, before they could get molded or compromised over time. Here, bits of text are just as likely to stimulate one's inspiration as they are to spur reflection on the nature and lifespan of creative ideas themselves.
Flash Nonfiction Funny
From Dinty W. Moore, founding editor of the popular journal Brevity and prolific and pioneering author of several books of creative nonfiction, including Between Panic and Desire, Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy, and Crafting the Personal Essay, and Tom Hazuka, editor of the anthology Flash Fiction Funny, comes a new book that will make you laugh out loud in 750 words or less! Flash Nonfiction Funny explores the exploding form of very short creative writing and offers an accessible anthology that's perfect for individual entertainment or in a classroom setting. Teachers are increasingly embracing the very short form because it lets them use brief pieces to illustrate various styles and structures. The anthology includes work from both new and established writers from all over the world. It's like they always say: It's funny because it's true!
Manual for Beginning Interpreters
Manual for Beginning Interpreters answers the question: "How can I become a successful interpreter in U.S. immigration courts?" Using vignettes and an asylum hearing, this manual will teach you how to embark on this career. Plentiful exercises are provided for practicing the different modes of interpretation. The mock trial will expose you to the vocabulary, colloquialisms, and cultural practices often needed in these types of cases. At the time of the launching of Manual for Beginning Interpreters: A Comprehensive Guide to Interpreting in Immigration Courts it is the only book that coaches interpreters in the English Spanish pair and other languages used in Latin America to navigate immigration courts and how to be successful from the start. Here is why you should read this book: *easy guide to read *presented through various characters that tell you their stories and experiences *a hands-on book *while navigating through courts provides you with concepts, definitions and vocabulary used *many real vignettes with words employed so the student reinforces concepts, definitions and vocabulary learned *tips from experienced interpreters and attorneys, so the beginning interpreter avoids mistakes and improves their interpreting skills *terminology used in court through bibliography that allows for further reading and studying *many vignettes for practicing for preliminary and individual hearings. This manual shows the new interpreter how the main actors think, plan, strategize, prepare for their cases and conduct their job in courts so the beginning interpreter can learn and practice their skills. And finally, the beginning interpreter will delve into an extensive practice mock trial with full direct and cross examinations by fictitious respondent's attorney and ICE attorney with a wide variety of themes and vocabulary to practice and hone their skills, all unique for books in the subject of interpreting that exist in the market nowadays.
Get to the Publishing Punchline
As a literary agent, Joy Eggerichs Reed sees book proposals that, unfortunately, she writes off after about sixty seconds of skimming. While that may sound harsh, there are specific things she looks for that show her immediately how seriously a writer takes their goals of getting published. Even though the first steps of writing and figuring out how to publish a book can feel daunting, this book will not only give you everything you need for an incredible proposal, but demystify the publishing process, tell you how to market yourself authentically (and enjoyably), and cheer you on with practical next steps as you decide which publishing route is best for you. And, Joy wants to make this whole process FUN. This is an upbeat 30-day guide with easy to follow examples, stories, and funny illustrations (that you're more than welcome to color in because your brain will need a break), as well as insider knowledge about how to catch an agent's eye, how to land your dream endorsement and how to wildly increase your chances of getting a book deal. Non-fiction, memoir, or novel-this book will help authors (especially first-timers) who have questions and feel alone in the writing process. Let Joy be your (slightly aggressive) friend who will encourage you, tell you what to do, and leave you feeling oh-so-confident because of all the progress you've made by day 30. If you let this book guide you, I PROMISE you will close the last page, involuntarily shout, "WOW, I did that!" You'll also get to know way more about Joy's personal life than you probably wanted.
The Business of Book Publishing
This book covers every phase and function of the book publishing process as well as specialized types of publishing and is based on the curriculum developed at the University of Denver Publishing Institute.
Speak With No Fear Workbook
Mike Acker's best-selling book Speak With No Fear (now in its second edition) is consistently rated as one of the best books for overcoming your fear of public speaking-and for good reason. It's practical, easy-to-read, and effective.This workbook is a companion to Speak With No Fear, complementing it with new tools and directed exercises to help you fully implement the Seven Strategies of the original book: 1. Uncover & Clean the Wound2. Imagine the Worst3. You Be You4. Speak to One5. It's Not About You6. Channel The Power7. Be in the MomentFrom the Introduction: Speak with no fear.Does that sound impossible?You've heard the statistics that say people are more afraid of public speaking than death. That doesn't mean we'd choose a firing squad over a podium. It means our fear of death is less pressing than our fear of speaking. In other words, death seems a long way off, but that Zoom presentation is in five days, seven hours, and nineteen minutes.But there are some people who don't mind public speaking. They actually enjoy it. I know because I'm one of them. No, I wasn't born without adrenal glands. Nor was I always this way. In the Speak With No Fear book (SWNF), I share stories of my early struggles with public speaking, including the time I literally gave myself a psychosomatic fever to avoid facing my audience.Learning to speak without debilitating fear is a skill that can be learned by anyone.Who is this for? In short, it's for anyone who doesn't want to be held back anymore. If you're ready to conquer your fears and reap all the benefits of being a confident public speaker, you need to get this workbook now!
How to Market a Children’s Book
A practical guide to all aspects of children's book marketing from bestselling children's author Karen InglisWhether you've just published your first children's book and aren't sure where to start with marketing, or are struggling to increase sales of your existing titles, 'How to Market a Children's Book' is here to help.Packed full of practical guidance, and drawing on over 10 years' experience of children's book marketing by international bestselling children's author Karen Inglis, it offers a trusted resource for you to return to again and again for support with both offline and online marketing and advertising strategies.This book assumes you already fully understand the various self-publishing options and distribution processes for print, eBooks and audiobooks, or that you are a traditionally published children's author looking for new ideas to help promote your book(s). If you also need guidance on the self-publishing process, look instead for Karen's combined flagship publication How to Self-publish and Market a Children's Book (Second Edition).After reading 'How to Market a Children's Book' you will understand: How to establish your brand locally and why this is importantHow to get reviews both at and after your children's book launchHow to set up successful school visits and other face-to-face eventsHow to plan and run virtual school visits or other online eventsBest practice and expectations for getting into bookshopsWhy and how eBooks should be part of your print book marketing strategyWhich tools and collaborative platforms can help with your children's book marketingHow to use email marketing, including staying within data protection rules for minorsKey strategies for Amazon advertising, and why this is the best place to startOther social media and advertising options, including Facebook, Instagram and PinterestChildren's audiobook marketing - your key optionsTranslation and foreign rights as part of an advanced marketing strategyKaren Inglis is a successful self-published author of picture books, illustrated chapter books and middle grade novels. Her time travel adventure The Secret Lake has sold over 250,000 English language print copies worldwide, close to 20,000 paid eBook copies and over 8,000 audiobooks. She has also sold rights to seven countries and overseen its translation into German, where 'Der verborgene See' is an Amazon.de bestseller in key categories at the time of writing.Karen's picture book 'The Christmas Tree Wish' was shortlisted for the UK Selfies Award for best self-published children's book in 2020. Her latest picture book 'The Tell-Me Tree' has received praise from parents and teachers alike, and is being used in UK classrooms to help children talk about feelings. Her picture books and chapter books have sold in their thousands through a combination of school visits, bookshop sales and online sales.Karen has presented on children's self-publishing at conferences around the UK and is Children's Advisor at The Alliance of Independent Authors.
Speak With No Fear
Public speaking is the #1 fear in America. Millions of people are terrified at the prospect of going up on stage and addressing a crowd even more than they're afraid of death. And yet, it's an unavoidable experience if you want to succeed in this world. Maybe it's a business presentation for your career path, a speech in school, or a toast at your best friend's wedding. Fear of speaking grips you. But it doesn't have to. Not anymore. Full of relatable anecdotes, executable tips, and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, this book promises to teach you 7 proven strategies to help you find your inner presenter. Don't wait any longer. Today is the day you take charge of your anxiety, calm your nerves, and - most importantly - speak with no fear.
Speak With No Fear
Public speaking is the #1 fear in America. Millions of people are terrified at the prospect of going up on stage and addressing a crowd even more than they're afraid of death. And yet, it's an unavoidable experience if you want to succeed in this world. Maybe it's a business presentation for your career path, a speech in school, or a toast at your best friend's wedding. Fear of speaking grips you. But it doesn't have to. Not anymore. Full of relatable anecdotes, executable tips, and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, this book promises to teach you 7 proven strategies to help you find your inner presenter. Don't wait any longer. Today is the day you take charge of your anxiety, calm your nerves, and - most importantly - speak with no fear.
Composition Studies 49.1 (Spring 2021)
The oldest independent periodical in the field, COMPOSITION STUDIES publishes original articles relevant to rhetoric and composition, including those that address teaching college writing; theorizing rhetoric and composing; administering writing programs; and, among other topics, preparing the field's future teacher-scholars. CONTENTS OF COMPOSITION STUDIES 49.1 (Spring 2021): 2020 Composition Studies Reviewers From the Editors: Marking a Year AT A GLANCE Into the Wild: Teaching for Transfer at the Two Year College by Howard Tinberg, Sharon Mitchler, and Sonja Andrus ARTICLES Disciplinary Lifecycling: A Generative Framework for Career Trajectories in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies by Laurie A. Pinkert and Lauren Marshall Bowen Cross Postings: Disciplinary Knowledge-Making and the Affective Archive of the WPA Listserv by Zachary Beare Pandemic Pedagogy: What We Learned from the Sudden Transition to Online Teaching and How It Can Help Us Prepare to Teach Writing in an Uncertain Future by Jennifer Sheppard A Pedagogy of Amplification by Danielle Koupf COURSE DESIGN Constellating Community Engagement in a Cultural Rhetorics Seminar by Maria Novotny, Claire Edwards, Gitte Frandsen, Danielle Koepke, Joni Marcum, Chloe Smith, Angelyn Sommers, and Madison Williams WHERE WE ARE: INTERGENERATIONAL EXCHANGES Intergenerational Exchange in Rhetoric and Composition: Some Views from Here by John Brereton and Cinthia Gannett The Intergenerational Blunder of Elitism as Fun(k)tionality, aka An Open Letter on Choices When "Keepin' It Rea1 Goes Wrong ..." by Todd Craig On Podcasting, Program Development, and Intergenerational Thinking by Eric Detweiler Intergenerational Knowledge, Social Media, and the Composition Community: Insights and Inquiries by Amanda M. May When the Family Tree Metaphor Breaks Down, What Grows? by Benjamin Miller Where Would We Be?: Legacies, Roll Calls, and the Teaching of Writing in HBCUs by Beverly J. Moss Intergenerational Exchange as a Practice of Negotiation by Juli Parrish and Wendy Chen A Form of Phronesis by Diane Quaglia Beltran Tradition and Change by Victor Villanueva Too Green to Talk Disciplinarity by Zhaozhe Wang Notes on Intergenerational Exchange: The View from Here by Kathleen Blake Yancey BOOK REVIEWS Dismantling Anti-Blackness and Uplifting African American Rhetoric: A Review Essay: Rhetorical Crossover: The Black Presence in White Culture by Cedric D. Burrows; Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy by April Baker-Bell. Reviewed by Chloe J. Robertson Graduate Student Writing Is Graduate Student Work: A Review Essay: Conceptions of Literacy: Graduate Instructors and the Teaching of First-Year Composition, by Meaghan Brewer, Graduate Writing Across the Disciplines: Identifying, Teaching, and Supporting edited by Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Elena G. Garcia, Soo Hyon Kim, Katie Manthey, and Trixie G. Smith; Learning from the Lived Experiences of Graduate Student Writers edited by Shannon Madden, Michele Eodice, Kirsten T. Edwards, and Alexandria Lockett, Reviewed by Turnip Van Dyke On African-American Rhetoric, by Keith Gilyard and Adam J. Banks, Reviewed by Mikayla Beaudrie Unruly Rhetorics: Protest, Persuasion, and Publics edited by Jonathan Alexander, Susan C. Jarratt, and Nancy Welch, Reviewed by Rebecca S. Haynes Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Compassionate Writing Classroom, by Asao B. Inoue, Reviewed by Stephie Minjung Kang Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of Critical Race Theory by Aja Y. Martinez, Reviewed by Louis M. Maraj Personal, Accessible, Responsive, Strategic: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors by Jessie Borgman and Casey McArdle, Reviewed by Kailyn Washakie CONTRIBUTORS
How to Self-publish and Market a Children’s Book (Second Edition)
An indispensable, easy-to-read resource from international bestselling children's author Karen Inglis. "A masterclass all wrapped up in a book."Have you written a children's story that you can't find a home for? Do you need help with your early self-publishing journey, or with more advanced children's book publishing and marketing strategies? Are you traditionally published but curious about other options?If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, you're in the right place.How to Self-publish and Market a Children's Book (Second Edition) provides practical, in-depth guidance and key strategies for self-publishing in print, eBooks and audiobooks, and for selling more children's books face to face and online.After reading this book, you will understand: How you can self-publish your children's story at little or no costWhy print is King for children's self-publishing, but why eBooks are also critical for children's book marketingWhy it's important to work with professional children's editors, illustrators and cover designers, and where to find themHow to set up successful school visits and other events - and how to plan and run virtual school eventsBest practice and expectations for getting into bookshopsWhich tools and platforms can help with your book marketing, including key strategies for Amazon ads and other advertisingHow to get reviewsHow to create and market children's audiobooksWhen and how to approach translation and foreign rightsOptions for upfront printing and who this is suitable forWhere to find other self-publishers for ongoing support and adviceSelf-published international bestselling children's author Karen Inglis has sold over 300,000 children's books in print, over 20,000 eBooks and over 8,000 audiobooks. Her popular middle grade time travel adventure The Secret Lake is now in translation in eight languages. Karen's picture book The Christmas Tree Wish was shortlisted for the 2020 UK Selfies Award for best self-published children's book. Her latest picture book The Tell-Me Tree has received praise from teachers and parents alike for helping children talk about their feelings, and is being used in UK classrooms.As well as writing for children, Karen has over 30 years' experience as a professional copywriter and writing training consultant. Her ability to organise and explain topics in plain English won her praise for the first edition of this book. This expanded and updated edition for 2021 will not disappoint.One reviewer described the first edition as "A masterclass wrapped up in a book". We think that pretty well sums up the second edition too!With everything together in one place, and a comprehensive table of contents to help you quickly find what you need, How to Self-publish and Market a Children's Book (Second Edition) provides a powerful ready-reference that you can come back to again and again.Need marketing support only?If you are a seasoned children's book self-publisher and are looking only for marketing support, search for Karen's 'sibling' publication 'How to Market a Children's Book' . This includes the marketing element of the combined book.
Public Speaking for Kids, Tweens, and Teens - Confidence for Life!
Everyone can develop self-confidence and powerful leadership and social interaction skills at home. Gabberz Public Speaking for Kids, Tweens, and Teens single-student edition is a do-it-yourself at home public speaking training program designed for youth ages 8 to 18. The parents and student do NOT need to know anything about public speaking to use this program. Gabberz is the most comprehensive self-training program on the market today. This program includes over 260 pages that make no assumptions about previous knowledge or skills. All the tools and information you need are included. Most importantly, this is NOT just a book to read. Gabberz is an interactive and entertaining experience that trains through active exercises at every step. 260+ easy-to-read pages. Everything you need is included. 12 Fun and exciting lessons. Includes 4 pre-written speeches. A combination of pre-written speeches and speech-writing guidance. Each lesson is self-contained and builds on basic skills. No memorization is needed. There's no wrong way to do any lesson, as long as the student does them. Every lesson can be done in the privacy of your home. Promotes family interaction and participation. Step-by-step easy to use tools. STUDENTS: Are you shy? Socially anxious? Awkward in groups? Gabberz helps you develop the self-confidence and social interaction skills that seem so easy for others. You can do every lesson in the privacy of your home or invite others to share in the fun as you grow more confident. Are you already outgoing? A social ham? The center of attention? Gabberz helps you focus your awesome powers and be a major influencer to larger audiences. Every lesson includes all the information and tools you need to develop your skills at your own pace and comfort levels. PARENTS: Help your kids develop a powerful voice to influence their own amazing futures and prepare for college, career, and life. The ability to speak in front of others comfortably helps them gain a tremendous advantage in an extremely competitive future. Gabberz is designed as an experience for the entire family that helps youth develop confidence, leadership, speaking, and persuasion skills through unique private exercises and family speech events set in the safe, positive family environment of your home. Have more kids? Get a book for each kid and have them do the lessons and speeches together for even more fun! Gabberz helps students: Develop strong leadership skills. Develop a powerful and engaging voice. Overcome or use shyness and social anxiety to your advantage. Build self-confidence. Write engaging speeches and presentations. Improve interview skills (college admissions, jobs). Expand future career and social opportunities. Develop better social interactions. Respond more actively in group activities. And much more. Prepare for college, career, and life. Gabberz Public Speaking for Kids can help them gain an advantage in an extremely competitive future. In today's aggressive growth and entrepreneurial environment, youth need every tool they can develop to stand out from the noise. Gabberz can help bring out the superhero in all of them. Gabberz mission is to help youth from all walks of life develop a powerful voice to influence their own amazing futures! Try Gabberz Public Speaking for Kids, Tweens, and Teens and see what a difference it can make in your child.
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Self-Publishing
Self-Publishing: The Ultimate Guide On How to Self-Publish a Book, Learn the Easiest and Most Effective Ways on How You Can Publish Your Book Without a Traditional PublisherIf you have looked into publishing your book before, you are probably aware of the traditional way to publish books. You also probably have a basic idea that you can actually self-publish your own work. Although going through the traditional way will give a better chance of your book being read by people, it's usually a long process and may take about a year or even longer from the time you submitted the manuscript to the time it gets produced and published. This is the reason why more and more authors have taken the self-publishing route. But you must have a plan or a publishing strategy. Studies show that 90% of self-publishing success came from authors taking ample time to plan and strategize how they would produce and market their book.This book will provide you a comprehensive guide on the different ways you can self-publish your book. You will learn the viability of each option as well their advantages and disadvantages. You will discover useful information about the different types of books you can publish and different book-delivery systems. This book will teach you about the following topics and many others: Traditional Publishing vs Self-PublishingThe Forty-Seventh PrincipleThe Excitement FactorMarketing and PromotionKindle eBooksBooks on CD/DVDPer Demand Product Fulfillment For Print BooksCreateSpaceMarketing Your Book as a Self-Publisher"Which Option is Best and Most Easy For Me?"Once you learn the different ways you can publish your book, you can make an informed decision on which one you think would work best for you. There is no one best way as it depends on each author and their goals and priorities.If you want to learn more about different ways to self-publish your book, scroll up and click "add to cart" now.
Mox II
Inside Mox II, Alejandro Moreno-Ramos tackles the subjects of slavelance translators, thedangerous threat of Gurgle translate, less-than honest colleagues, and much more.This book includes 205 comic strips, more than half of which have never been published before, twelve articles written by distinguished translators and interpreters well known in theindustry and some surprising bonus material.Since 2009, the very popular Mox cartoons have provided some much needed laughter tomyriads of translators and interpreters, capturing the microcosm of translation
Mox III
Modern translators have to cope with numerous challenges, such as Psychopathic Project Managers (are there any other kind?), Gurgle Translate (Rise of the Machines), idiotic customers, amateur translators, fastidious editors, bug-ridden Crados, eternal payment terms... If any of the above rings a bell, this book is for you.Mox III features more than 200 black and white comic strips, more than half of which have never been published before, as well as eight articles written by some of the best-known names in the industry.
Mox IV
This fourth volume of the best-selling series Mox features well-known Calvo becoming the richest translator on earth, Mox committing a crime and spending some time in prison, where he will learn valuable lessons. In the meantime, his wife Lena is not sure that freelance translators are human and will do some research.Meanwhile, readers will learn some practical lessons on the best way to flirt with a translator and about livening up translator parties. This book is a must to understand the translator's universe.Mox IV features more than 200 black and white comic strips, more than half of which have never been published before, as well as articles written by some of the best-known names in the industry.
How I Survived My First Year of Fiction Writing
Writing Fiction isn't very hard - if you throw out 95% of what you've been taught is true.Academics and those who earn their income marketing how-to books and courses, as well as freelance editors, proofreaders, and cover designers all have a vested interest in making it seem that writing and publishing is very difficult. It's just not true at all.Yes, there is a lot of hard work to it. And it's not something you can learn overnight. And you have to keep studying and practicing your craft to get any good at it - just as musicians and athletes practice daily.But you can publish your first book on Amazon in a half hour from now. It's that simple. (Of course you can use a pen name to avoid being embarassed later.)The point is that writing and publishing is simple, and inexpensive.Here's the secret: Write short and narrow, publish long and wide.Write short stories for a specific sub-genre you like to read.Publish long in advance (pre-schedule) and wide to every possible outlet - including free ones like Wattpad and Medium.Including setting up all the accounts, you can publish everywhere on the globe in an afternoon. For no cost, except your time.This book is a compilation of the blog posts I wrote and published while I was busy doing a test of everything I'd rounded up and studied about writing and publishing fiction.And it's a very raw, passionate description of exactly what I found works - as I was testing it. So it's more an adventure that starts from having no published fiction and ends up with have well over a hundred books published. Step by step, blow by blow.To test what I'd found and bring it all to you.Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.
Writing the Mystery
This third edition of G. Miki Hayden's award-winning guide for mystery writers provides invaluable step-by-step advice on shaping plots, developing characters, and creating a fast-paced and compelling mystery for the modern market. Regular exercises throughout the book help you put into practice what you've learned, and once you've created your masterpiece Hayden provides guidance on how to get your novel to market: how to approach agents and publishers; how to prepare your manuscript and cover letter; and a whole new section on the self-publishing phenomenon that has exploded since the publication of the first edition. Hayden also offers tips and advice from some of the biggest names in modern mystery, through interviews with such renowned authors as Mary Higgins Clark, Tony Hillerman, Rick Riordan, and others.
Metaphoric Madness
Birth, dream, fruits, mother, street, ........................well, ............................Do not shrug your shoulders dismissively. Do not wave all these words away as plainly pedestrian. Many more Simple Simons such as these straddle across the English linguistic landscape as powerful and potent metaphors. Only that you should know when, where, and how to use them all as pictorial metaphors.Metaphoric Madness will precisely help you gain that rare expertise. Using simple words as sexy metaphors for a variety of emotions, conditions and circumstances is actually multiplying your word power manifold. And discovering artful metaphors in mundane words is actually mastering quality in communication. Ideally, treat this book as the first leg in your new metaphor journey.You are sure to find Metaphoric Madness absorbing and addictive. That addiction is certain to prove creative and constructive. In more ways than one.
An Author’s Guide to Working with Libraries and Bookstores
Any author can get their book listed in an online catalog. But what if you want more? What if you want to rise above the digital masses and be relevant to booksellers and librarians? In today's digital age of publishing, it's easy to get your book listed on major retail and library sites around the world. But what about: Attracting the attention of the curators of these sales channels. Succeeding in getting some of these channels to highlight, spotlight, and promote your book to their customers or patrons. Having a bookstore or library actually order and stock your print book. Being invited to either host or participate in a live event in a bookstore or library. Standing out as a talented and relevant professional or subject matter expert. All of these things take a bit more effort than the average creative person is willing to invest. But that's where you come in; because this type of success is reserved for the truly dedicated author like you. With the right amount of foresight, preparation, effort, and determination, you can rise above the digital slush to a place where you and your book can stand out to exactly the right people. This book walks you through all that you need to know in order to leverage the tools available for successfully working with both bookstores and libraries. It is derived from the author's three decades of experience in the book industry as a writer, an editor, a bookseller, and a publishing industry representative. If you want to leverage insights into the systems and logistics associated with print, eBook and audiobook distribution to retailers and libraries, to maximize your availability in these formats as well as your overall sales and earnings, then this is the book for you. An Author's Guide to Working with Bookstores and Libraries is a no-BS overview of the publishing industry, bookstores and libraries. It outlines the basics of what authors need to know when navigating their way through the complex print, eBook and distribution options available to authors. Whether you are traditionally published or self-published, this book provides guidance and insights to help you maximize your sales, your earnings, and your author brand.
More Metaphoric Madness
Is mothball a metaphor for a proposal abandoned or for a project shelved? When does history become a metaphor for geography? How does the metaphor hive provoke a publication to jettison by-lines for good? How does butterfly win its metaphor battle with the beetle?Can chameleon be a metaphor for a colourful person? When does textbook become a positive metaphor for an individual? What is that useful metaphor in the frog-scorpion fable? Is albatross a metaphor now for power of flight or pathetic plight? Are all hounds pesky metaphors? Why is spine a wrong metaphor for physical heroism? Why isn't maverick a metaphor for me-toos?Metaphors are everyday business and everyone's right of speech. So, it is high time you had questions like these answered by an expert.As the second volume in the metaphoric madness series, More Metaphoric Madness brings expert advice, word-pictures and imagery to your doorsteps and ensures metaphors are no longer the sole preserve of academia and elite speakers and writers.
The 7 P's of Publishing Success
What seven traits do the most successful authors have in common? Which strategic approaches can have the most positive effect on your author career? Where should you focus your energy and effort for maximum results? How do these components work together to help you forge a powerful path through publishing?Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who draws upon more than three decades of experience in writing, publishing and bookselling as well as his affinity for alliteration to highlight the importance of and provide examples of how these 7 P's (Practice, Professionalism, Patience, Progression, Persistence, Partnership, Patronage) can guide you on your writing and publishing journey.Regardless of whether your path involves traditional publishing or indie publishing, this book will help you understand the fundamental stepping stones to publishing success.
Actions and Goals
How is A Game of Thrones the same story as The Lego Movie? How is the mind-bending plot of Inception identical to the terse narrative of Gravity? In what way is Clarice Starling's struggle to silence the lambs indistinguishable from Harry Potter's pursuit of the philosopher's stone? Despite the striking difference in these stories, they share a less conspicuous similarity: they're all structured on a universal pattern of actions undertaken by their characters.This sequence of six Actions and Goals is the hidden foundation of modern story structure. By aligning the unique actions your characters takes with these universal story actions, you can create propulsive narratives that grab your audience by the lapels and punch them in the face (figuratively, of course). Whether you're writing for television or plotting a novel, penning your first screenplay or coming off your most recent bestseller, this groundbreaking storytelling technique is guaranteed to change your perception of story.Actions and Goals will teach you: How to use the actions of your character to structure your story.Why your character's goal should change as the story progresses.The five turning points and the decision your character must make at each one.How a conflict of ideals creates the opposition your character faces.How your character's attempt to fulfill a new role propels him through the narrative.Successful storytellers understand the importance of structure. Actions and Goals gives you beat by beat examples of this structural secret at work in over a dozen critically acclaimed novels and films. From The Hunger Games to The Empire Strikes Back, from Titanic to Iron Man, you will learn the simple, effective structure at the heart of them all.
Why You Should Write A Book
There is a book in everyone but not everyone ever gets to write their book. Many go to the grave with their best-selling books unwritten, denying the world of their voice. In this book, I would give you more than 20 reasons why you should start writing and publishing your own books. In case, you were wondering if that book sitting in your head is worth the stress, this is for you!In case you were wondering if the book in your head is worth the stress, this is for you!
The Write Spot
The Write Spot: Musings and Ravings From a Pandemic Year, the seventh book in The Write Spot series, chronicles emotions and experiences during a tumultuous year. Whether you are a seasoned writer or just now beginning to capture your thoughts and feelings in words, the relatability and humor of this anthology provide a variety of heartfelt lessons in how to capture the essence of our times and emotions with encouragement and tips for writing. Contributing writers: Brenda Bellinger, Cheryl Moore, Christine Renaudin, Dave Seter, Deb Fenwick, Julie Wilder-Sherman, Karen Handyside Ely, Kathy Guthormsen, Lynn Levy, Mary Dooley, Nona Smith, Patricia Morris, Su Shafer, Susan Bono, Susie Moses
Descriptive Writing Matters in English
The book titled 'Descriptive English' is a modest attempt on the part of writers to provide a supporting system for English language teachers working in low resource conditions across the globe. Description requires creative thinking, originality, looking beyond what others can possible think or view besides being a range of vocabulary and command on mechanics of writing. This book aims at developing mechanics of writing by introducing various interesting activities from basics of grammar, sentence construction, variety in sentence length and structure, words often confused apart from sentence correction. In addition to this, it gives practice to students in email, letter, creative and independent writing besides study skills such as paraphrasing. The activities designed in the book are ideally suitable for Intermediate level learners. We sincerely hope and believe that this book will be a source of help and support to all the English language teachers to fulfill their learners' academic and professional language requirements to a great extent.
Publishing Your Psychology Research
Dennis McInerney's Publishing Your Psychology Research has bridged a much needed gap in the research process literature, providing a well-oiled treaty from both insider and outsider perspectives as to what it takes to become a credible and published author.Dr. Shawn Van EttenDirector of Institutional ResearchHerkimer County Community CollegeState University of New York Do you want to publish your psychology research in the 'best' journals? Whether you are new to the game or a seasoned researcher, Dennis McInerney shows you how to maximise your chances of publication from the very beginning of your research project. Richly illustrated with tips and examples, Publishing Your Psychology Research demystifies the publication process. It explains how to design your research to ensure it has potential for publication, and how to write up your results into an effective article. It outlines what journal editors are looking for, how to select the appropriate journals to approach, and how to react to reviewers' feedback. Publishing Your Psychology Research is an essential handbook for anyone interested in building a reputation as a researcher in their chosen field of psychology.
Virago Reprints and Modern Classics
Reprinting, republishing and re-covering old books in new clothes is an established publishing practice. How are books that have fallen out of taste and favour resituated by publishers, and recognised by readers, as relevant and timely? This Element outlines three historical textures within British culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s - History, Remembrance and Heritage - that enabled Virago's reprint publishing to become a commercial and cultural success. With detailed archival case studies of the Virago Reprint Library, Testament of Youth and the Virago Modern Classics, it elaborates how reprints were profitable for the publisher and moved Virago's books - and the Virago brand name - from the periphery of culture to the centre. Throughout Virago's reprint publishing - and especially with the Modern Classics - the epistemic revelation that women writers were forgotten and could, therefore, be rediscovered, was repeated, again and again, and made culturally productive through the marketplace.
English for Specific Purpose
The objective of the book is to build a strong and effective personality of engineering graduates of India by referring to certain kinds of pieces of training for e.g. self-reliance, beliefs, cross-cultural studies, and global exposure for GD and Interview. The reason, that Indian engineering graduates are facing difficulties for surviving in these testing times of transitional phase, is that the world is undergoing an unprecedented and rapid transformation towards a new era of human history. The present education system is changing due to global pressure. Besides providing livelihood it is inculcating the knowledge of the world which nurtures the holistic development of personality that grooms student towards responsibility, duty-bound, vigilant, thoughtful, talented, caring, and compassionate citizens
How to Get an Audible Version of Your Book
Remember the thrill the first time you held your book in your hand? Well, get ready to experience that again when you hear it for the first time. In this updated version of her popular book (How to Get an Audible Version of Your Book), teacher, coach, author, and publisher, Dorothy May Mercer will share her ten years experience with Audible Inc. After publishing 20 audiobooks with Audible Creation Exchange (ACX.com), Mercer has drawn on her know-how to publish this new edition of How to Get an Audible Version of Your Book. No doubt, there are a few things holding you back, i.e. questions such as is it expensive, will my audible book sell, how do I get it done, can I do it myself, how long will it take, and can I make a profit. Dorothy May Mercer will answer those questions in a direct, comprehensive, and sometimes humorous way, showing you, step-by-step, exactly how to get on the website, find what you need, engage with a narrator, download your Audible book, and get it placed for sale on Amazon, iTunes, and Audible. In the meantime, Audible has grown exponentially, sold out to Amazon, redone their website, improved their author services, streamlined their marketing, and expanded their customer base.
Je me perfectionne avec Word 2019, publier un livre
Vous 礙tes un auteur confirm矇 ou un 矇crivain en devenir, vous trouverez ici tous les 矇l矇ments dont avez besoin depuis la cr矇ation de votre ouvrage jusqu'? sa publication sur les grandes plates-formes et m礙me son impression sans avance de fond...Vous utilisez Word ? des fins professionnelles, r矇daction d'un journal d'une commune, d'une entreprise, de proc矇dures, de rapports, de catalogues... etcVous trouverez aussi ici toutes les informations dont vous pourriez avoir besoin. Dans tous les cas, vous gagnerez un temps 矇norme ? lire et ? mettre en pratique les informations de cet ouvrage.Word 2019 permet de structurer un document en le dotant d'un plan, de styles, d'une pagination, d'une table des mati癡res, d'un index... de telle mani癡re qu'il soit ais矇ment et rapidement modifiable: Les styles automatisent la mise en forme et la font 矇voluer rapidement Le mode plan permet de remanier simplement la structure du document Pagination, table des mati癡res, des illustrations, index: tout est toujours ? jour...
Intercultural Crisis Communication
Intercultural Crisis Communication poses pertinent questions and provides powerful responses to crises that have characterised the modern world since 2010. Language mediation in situations of disaster, emergency and conflict is an under-developed area of scholarship in Translation Studies. This book responds to a clear need for research drawn from practical experiences in the field and explores the crucial role of translation, interpretation and mediation in contexts of crises. Particular consideration is given to situations where rare or minority languages represent a substantial obstacle to humanitarian operations. Contemporary case studies from the USA, Africa, Europe, and Armenia provide major examples of crisis communication that call for more efficient language mediation. Such examples include Syrian displacement, the refugee crisis in Croatia and Italy, international terrorism and national public administration, interpreting in conflict and for M矇decins sans Fronti癡res, as well as the integration of refugee doctors for employment in the UK. With contributions from experts in the field, this volume is of international relevance and provides a multifaceted overview of intercultural communication issues and remedies during crises.
Diachronic Syntax
This second edition of Ian Roberts's highly successful textbook on diachronic syntax has been fully revised and updated throughout to take account of the multiple developments in the field in the last decade. The book provides a detailed account of how standard questions in historical linguistics - including word order change, grammaticalization, and reanalysis - can be explored in terms of current minimalist theory and Universal Grammar. This new edition offers expanded coverage of a range of topics, including null subjects, the Final-over-Final Condition, the diachrony of wh-movement, the Tolerance Principle, and creoles and creolization, and explores further advances in the theory of parametric variation. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading, and the book concludes with a comprehensive glossary of key terms. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, the volume will remain an ideal textbook for students of historical linguistics and a valuable reference for researchers and students in related areas such as syntax, comparative linguistics, language contact, and language acquisition.
Systemic Functional Linguistics and Translation Studies
The field of translation studies has grown rapidly over recent decades, with critical questions being investigated across the globe. Drawing together this scattered research, Systemic Functional Linguistics and Translation Studies consolidates important propositions by drawing on systemic functional linguistics (SFL). Using the SFL dimensions of stratification, rank, axis and delicacy to show how languages are more similar or more different, this book provides a state-of-the-art critical assessment of the interaction between SFL and translation studies. Highlighting the major contribution SFL can make in developing translation theories, a team of world-leading experts investigate how intricate and wide-ranging translation questions, such as re-instantiation and multimodality, can be most efficiently explored through a detailed meaning- and function-oriented linguistic theory. Examining the theoretical concepts and practical applications of SFL in the translation of a range of languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese, Systemic Functional Linguistics and Translation Studies provides a stimulus for new work spanning the two fields and suggests new directions for future research.
English Translations of Shuihu Zhuan
This book offers a novel perspective on the intersection of translation and narration in literary translation by investigating how three translations of Shuihu Zhuan present the original narrative mode to the target readership in terms of four narrative elements--voice, commentary, point of view and motif--in different periods of history. It not only validates but also quantifies the differences in strategy-making patterns between translators, as well as between different narratological categories. The established theoretical frameworks (including a narrative-descriptive model and a sociological explanatory framework) and the data collected may provide methodological and empirical support for further studies on shifts of narrative features in translation. The tendencies manifested by different translators and identified by the study may also shed new light on the teaching and learning of translation skills.The book offers a valuable reference guide for scholars, practitioners, translators and graduate students in the fields of e.g. language, translation, literature and cultural studies, and for anyone with an interest in Chinese classical literature, Chinese-English translation, narrative studies or cross-cultural studies.
Negotiating Translation and Transcreation of Children's Literature
ABCs of Acrostic Poetry
Acrostic poetry can be artistic, absorbing, and even astounding. It may also be as basic as a tower of wooden ABC blocks. It's all about the construction. Creative writing teachers and students will find this little book fits nicely into the acrostics unit in a poetry curriculum. The content is arranged in workbook-style, with explanations and instructions followed by opportunities for participants to practice their own acrostic poetry craft along the way. Writing club and creative writing workshop leaders will also discover that this resource offers an appropriate launching pad for new and practicing poets to polish their skills with acrostics.
Love & Literacy
When our students enter middle and high school, the saying goes that they stop learning to read and start reading to learn. Then why is literacy still a struggle for so many of our students? The reality is that elementary school isn't designed to prepare students for Othello and Song of Solomon: so what do we do? Love and Literacy steps into the classrooms of extraordinary teachers who have guided students to the highest levels of literacy. There is magic in their teaching, but that magic is replicable. It starts with a simple premise: kids fall in love with texts when they understand them, and that understanding comes from the right knowledge and/or the right strategy at the right time. Love and Literacy dissects the moves of successful teachers and schools and leaves you with the tools to make these your own: Research-based best practices in facilitating discourse, building curriculum, guiding student comprehension and analysis, creating a class culture where literacy thrives, and more Video clips of middle and high school teachers implementing these practices An online, print-ready Reading and Writing Handbook that places every tool at your fingertips to implement effectively Discussion questions for your own professional learning or book study group Great reading is more than just liking books: it's having the knowledge, skill, and desire to experience any text in all its fullness. Love and Literacy guides you to create environments where students can build the will and wherewithal to truly fall in love with literacy.
The Plot Thickens
"Noah Lukeman, one of the top literary agents in New York, gave writers a great gift."--James Frey (regarding The Plot Thickens)"This will certainly help writers of any kind defeat rejection and possibly score."--Writers.com (regarding The First Five Pages)Many books have been written about how to get published. But few have been written by literary agents, who receive thousands of submissions each year and who grapple with them on a daily basis. Even fewer have been written by active literary agents who are willing to write from the trenches and offer their perspective on why they reject manuscripts, and why they accept them. And few books have been written from an agent's perspective on what it's like, step by step, to work with an agent on a daily basis, and on how to assure that you maintain a long, happy working relationship with your agent.HOW TO LAND (AND KEEP) A LITERARY AGENT, written from a literary agent's perspective, teaches authors why agents reject or accept manuscripts; why they decide to represent certain authors and not represent others; the best way to approach agents; the best way to work with an agent on a daily basis; and that offers them dozens of specific resources to make the difference in their finally finding the perfect agents for their work.HOW TO LAND (AND KEEP) A LITERARY AGENT is a must-read for any author serious about getting published. Geared for a broad range of authors, its subject matter is relevant to authors of fiction and non-fiction, screenwriters, poets--any serious author--offering principles that will help lead to success no matter what your craft. Practical and engaging, filled with exercises, anecdotes and sidebars, this 200 plus page book takes you on a journey, and will bring you that much closer to finally landing a literary agent.Many books have also been written about the query letter. But few have been written by literary agents, who receive thousands of queries each year and who grapple with them on a daily basis. In HOW TO WRITE A GREAT QUERY LETTER, critically-acclaimed author and literary agent Noah Lukeman offers his insights on the query letter, sharing an insider's perspective, giving insights and practical tips about what works and what doesn't. He writes from the trenches and offers his perspective on why agents reject query letters-and why they accept them.ASK A LITERARY AGENT compiles dozens of questions and in-depth answers from Noah Lukeman's blog, offering writers a handy collection of invaluable as Noah answers many of the most pressing questions from writers who are navigating the complex publishing world.New York literary agent Noah Lukeman, President of Lukeman Literary Management Ltd, has represented multiple New York Times bestsellers, winners of the Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award, National Book Award Finalists, and has himself written three critically-acclaimed books on the craft of writing. During his 25 years as a literary agent he has read thousands of manuscripts and represented hundreds of book deals, and in these books he shares his insider's perspective, offers insight and practical tips about what works and what doesn't."Lukeman's advice is practical-and often entails multiple, time-consuming steps-without a hint of the flakiness that creeps into many writing guides."--Publishers Weekly (regarding The Plot Thickens)
The Plot Thickens
As a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Often the stories sound great in concept, but never live up to their potential on the page. Lukeman shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building and heightened suspense and conflict. Writers will find it impossible to walk away from this invaluable guide-a veritable fiction-writing workshop-without boundless new ideas."One of the best-ever books about the craft of writing. It is a book that can change the world of every writer who embraces Lukeman's ideas. His classroom on paper should be on every writer's shelf to be read again and again." -Authorlink
Path to Powerful Communication
This book, Path to Powerful Communication: Six Steps for Effectively Presenting Your Ideas began in a college classroom, as an off-the-cuff attempt to clarify the strategic thinking concepts involved in developing a preparation outline for a speech. This explanation has evolved over time, and has proven to be of value, not only for public communication, but for written and interpersonal communication, as well. Remember: Clear communication follows a path.To prevent communication failure and allow for clarity of your communication to achieve your goals, follow the Path to Powerful Communication
Deutsch Uebersetzen Und Dolmetschen
Der Band erweitert und vertieft Ergebnisse einer Fachtagung der Germanistischen Abteilung der Universit瓣t Genua, die im Herbst 2018 stattfand. Er m繹chte eine Br羹cke zwischen aktuellen Forschungsergebnissen der Translatologie und der Universit瓣tsdidaktik in 羹bersetzungs- und dolmetschwissenschaftlichen Studieng瓣ngen schlagen. Die Beitr瓣ge besch瓣ftigen sich in drei Sektionen mit linguistischen Aspekten der ?bersetzung: der allgemeinen, der fachsprachlichen sowie der literarischen ?bersetzung. Dabei werden anerkannte Forschungsans瓣tze aus aktueller Perspektive weiterentwickelt und neue Erkenntnisse vorgestellt. Die behandelten theoretischen Aspekte werden im Hinblick auf ihre unterrichtspraktische Vermittlung in der akademischen Lehre diskutiert und mit didaktischen Anregungen erg瓣nzt..
Voice of Her Own
From Simon & Schuster, A Women of Her Own is Marlene Schiwy's treasure chest of inspiration for every woman seeking deeper self-awareness and new outlets for creativity. Voice of Her Own offers advice on keeping a journal, including choosing a blank book, keeping the journal private, and deciding when to reread old journals.
Speak and Get Results
From Simon & Schuster, Speak and Get Results is Sandy Linver's complete guide to speeches and presentations that work in any type of business situation. Now fully revised and updated, Speak and Get Results helps you to be a "natural"--helps you to get the results you want, teaching you how to do so.
