Most people have little to no idea what’s involved in being a published author. The general public thinks it’s merely a question of stringing a few words into sentences, sentences into paragraphs, paragraphs into chapters, and voila! A complete manuscript. Send it to your favorite publisher, who will print it, advertise it, and place it […]
In the past, writers who couldn’t get their books commercially published paid companies to print their manuscripts. These printers came to be known as “vanity presses.” Because they did little if any screening of manuscripts, much less editing or proofreading, these companies (and the books they printed) garnered a reputation for a severe lack of […]
Most copy shops (like Kinko’s) and many office-supply stores (like Staples) offer various book-binding services. Alternately, you could purchase binders or report covers at an office supply store and fill them with three-hole-punched sheets of paper. If clear-front covers are used, you can design an attractive cover page using either a color printer or specialty […]
Maybe you simply want to get out the message God has given you, and you don’t care whether it gets into printed form. Many authors publish their writings on their own websites, e-newsletters, and/or blogs. An e-book publisher will take a Word or WordPerfect file, design an electronic cover for it, format it to look […]
Ghostwriting/CollaboratingGot an idea for a book, but don’t want to go to all the time, trouble, and expense of learning how to write professionally? I can help you: get your thoughts on paper organize your material categorize your book concept identify target readership get the manuscript written edit, proofread, and polish determine which publishing options […]
