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How to Publish Online, On Paper, Books and Journals, Ann Arbor and Elsewhere
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1 Finish Your Writing Project Session 3—How to Publish Presented Wed. July 23, 2014 Ann Arbor Rec and Ed @ Skyline High School Debbie Merion, MSW, MFA www.essaycoaching.com [email protected]
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Finish Your Writing ProjectSession 3—How to Publish
Presented Wed. July 23, 2014Ann Arbor Rec and Ed @ Skyline High School
Debbie Merion, MSW, MFA
Goals of this Session
• Familiarize you with some amazing local publications
• Provide a brief overview of the process of publishing your work in print and online
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Publishing Articles Locally
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Five steps to publishing locally (1)
1. Clarify your story
2. Explore local online publications on the handout and read
--writers’ guidelines
--deadline for submission
--who is the editor?
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Five steps to publishing locally (2)
3. Envision—where exactly will the story go? Look at the number of words, and the style. Write for that space.
4. Email an editor a query/pitch if you don’t have the entire story written.
5. Submit and be patient, but check back.
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Publishing Online and Nationally
• Online: Research the site and send for guidelines. Stronger competition nationally.
• Journals and Magazines Published Nationally: Get a sample copy. Ask for writer’s guidelines.
• Find options at Writer’s Market. writersmarket.com
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Ready to Publish a Book?
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Publishing Books
• Is your idea a book?
• Is your idea a book that hasn’t been written?
• Do you want to write without thought of publishing?
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To publish a completed manuscript:
• Find an agent– Ask other writers you know – Publisher’s Marketplace and Query Tracker– Read preface in similar books
• Contact editors directly - use Writer’s Market (book or online at writersmarket.com) or contact Ann Arbor publishers.
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Ann Arbor Area Book Publishers
• Huron River Press
• Robbie Dean Press
• University of Michigan Press
• Dzanc books
• Wayne State University Press
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To self-publish a completed manuscript (slide 1):
• eBook (e.g. Kindle is kdp.amazon.com)
• Print on demand (through createspace.com, U-M Espresso book machine
• Printhouse like bookbaby or lulu.com.
• Local printer (Kinkos, Thompson-Shore)– ISBN: bowker.com– authorsguild.org websites for writers – http://www.marketingnewauthors.com/
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To self-publish a completed manuscript (slide 2):
• Photobook: mixbook.com, photo-book-review.toptenreviews.com/
• Book from blog postings: http://www.blurb.com/bookmaking-tools
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E-book
• Tool to create and format your file: Word
• Tool to convert and format your file: aspose.wordsexpress, smashwords or calibre-ebook.com to convert to .epub, .pdf, .mobi, .txt
• Upload your file to sell (distribution): smashwords, kdp.amazon.com/pubit.barnesandnoble.com
• Royalties
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Espresso Book Machine www.lib.umich.edu/espresso-book-machine
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Books on Publishing Books
• Putting Your Passion Into Print-Eckstut and Sterry
• Thinking Like Your Editor-Rabiner and Fortunato
• How to Write a Book Proposal-Larsen
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Books on E-Publishing
• How to Make, Market and Sell Ebooks – Jason Matthews 2010
• How to Publish an Ebook on a Budget – Stephanie Zia 2012
• Word to Kindle and Nook – David DeWitt 2012• How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months – John
Locke 2011• Do it Yourself: Format a Simple MS Word Doc -
Lisa Frase 2011
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Conferences about Writing
• Erma Bombeck conference-Dayton
• American Bookseller’s Assoc. Conven.
• Listing: http://writing.shawguides.com/
• New York Pitch Conf. http://newyorkpitchconference.com/
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Once published, how to use your online publication links?
• In your email signature
• On Facebook
• On Linkedin
• In work proposals
• Book proposals
• Resume
• Biography
Websites about Writing
• www.writersmarket.com/
• www.writersdigest.com/
• www.pw.org/
• www.awpwriter.org/magazine/
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Goals of this lecture
• Familiarize you with some amazing local publications
• Provide a brief overview of the process of publishing your work in print and online
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“Writing is a dog’s life, but the only life worth living.”
--Gustave Flaubert, French novelist
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Finish Your Writing ProjectClass 3 Lecture—How to Publish
Presented Wed. July 23, 2014Ann Arbor Rec and Ed @ Skyline High School
Debbie Merion, MSW, MFA
