Publishing is the act of printing and distributing writing in physical or electronic form. It may refer to the commercial publishing industry, small press, self-publishing and on-demand publishing. This tag should be used for any questions regarding the publishing process in any of these forms.
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How could my friend publish his Steve Jobs biography?
A friend of mine (no, really!) is well on his way of writing a unofficial/unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs. In my opinion it is a fantastic read and he did a lot of research and has a long list of ...
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Software recommendations for magazine layout?
I use Word now but I would like to find a better software for laying out a magazine.
In this magazine, I would like to create columns (2 or 3 depending on the page), insert image on 1, 2 or 3 columns ...
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What are “industry leading royalties”?
In the breakdown description I received from a publisher, they mention that they also pay industry leading royalties of ##%.
What does that mean?
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Anybody know anything about examiner.com?
Apparently it's some sort of "pro-am" site. I applied to be a travel writer and they, uh, picked me. I'm curious if anybody knows where examiner.com is on a 1 to 10 scale where "1" is "Application ...
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Do different formats of the same book need to be registered separately?
We're self-publishing a book in both paperback and e-book format. The content between the versions will be identical except for some formatting corrections (mainly white-space) made for the digital ...
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When self publishing, are there benefits to making a company to represent your books? Is that then a publishing house?
Is it possible to create a company that acts like a publishing house?
I imagine registering a company and contracting the novels I write under its name, and then putting them on Amazon and ...
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How to publish public domain books?
It is known that the copyright permission is not needed for old books (usually 70 years after the author's death), because the copyright has been expired. However, I am not sure how easy a public ...
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What determines a book's price?
Ideally, a book price should be proportional to its publication cost. Since some books and topics have potential for higher sales, publishers increase the price. What I do not understand is why a book ...
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How to Create Barcode from ISBN Number
I have published some story books for kids and I have already bought the ISBN numbers for the same. But I am confused on how to get those ISBN numbers as barcodes on covers of books. What is the ...
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Does inclusion of significant quotations from literature make a novel harder to publish?
I'm considering using quotations (a sentence to a paragraph) from various pieces of literature at the beginning of each chapter of my novel. The quotations connect thematically to the events of the ...
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Should I use different pen names for different audiences (non-fiction)?
I am working on three separate works for three different audiences. All are non-fiction. One is for children ages eight to twelve, another is for teens ages fourteen to twenty, and the third is for ...
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Do traditional publishers ever make use of “print on demand” (POD)?
Do traditional publishers always use offset printing for the books they publish, or do they sometimes use POD to make books available? If they do use POD, is it primarily for older titles?
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How do I check if an ISSN is properly registered at issn.org?
How do I check if an ISSN is properly registered with issn.org? I found a tip on wikipedia to try link like "http://www.worldcat.org/ISSN/1021-9749" to see if an ISSN is registered, but for the ISSN ...
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How many short stories make a collection
I would like to know, from someone who has marketed a collection of short stories (or is otherwise knowledgeable in these affairs), about how many short stories a publisher is looking for to ...
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How much of my (first) novel should be completed before trying to find a publisher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I shop an unfinished novel?
I assumed this question had already been answered but I found nothing regarding it.
I've heard that before publishing your first novel, ...
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Fan-fiction and legalities [copyright etc.]
I contribute to a motoring website, well, one that's got Photoshop of cars, motoring history etc. - it's a small obscure site with only a few users.
Recently I've been learning InDesign and Quark ...
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How to choose the title for a tales book?
I'm publishing a tales book and I don't have a title for it. It's not for children and it's in spanish.
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These are the titles of the tales:
El hijo del escritor
Celular
El pelo en el jabón
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Where to publish poems
I'm looking for a site where I can publish my poems.
I'm not keen on rewards; I just need a place to publish it.
I've found poetry.com that seems to be what I'm looking for but they require a ...
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What counts as a word when dealing with a word limit?
I am trying to determine if it will be feasible to revise a manuscript for a journal that has a 6500 word limit. Currently, the manuscript is between 7500 and 8000 words long, depending on how I count ...
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Can I use a different ISBN when publishing a co-authored book in two different countries?
I have what seems to be a rather complicated situation and need some advice.
I have co-authored a book with an author living in a different country. We began by using a publisher in her country but ...
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What is the business model for Creative Commons books?
I notice that a lot of computer and programming books are now licensed under various permutations of the creative commons license. Half of the books published by No Starch Press and Apress (at least ...
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Page numbers on colour plates
I need to insert a full-page colour plate into a document I am writing. The plate has been prepared in a different program. As colour plates, which I have seen in books, do not carry page numbers, my ...
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Sending a children's book manuscript to an agent or publisher with illustrations
I've written a children's story and had it illustrated. It's a picture book.
I've heard that publishers prefer to receive manuscript only -- not illustrated, unless the author is the illustrator.
I ...
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How do you get into screenwriting?
If you want to publish short fiction, you send it out to magazines. If you want to publish a novel, you send it to literary agencies.
But what if you want to sell a screenplay? Who do you talk to?
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Publishing Fantasy versus Realistic Fiction (multiple questions) [closed]
So, I have a few questions that I'll address in a short little list. I figure it's best to include them all in one rather than dumping several questions on you guys, since they all relate.
Here goes:
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Publishers favoring, or temporary initiatives tailored for, young authors
. What publishing houses would you suggest that pay special attention to young teenage authors? And what can you say about them if you'd had any direct interaction?
. Also, if there's a guide ...
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I have compiled a poetry book with poems of 4chan users. It has a lot of racial slurs and vulgarisms, is it possible to publish something like that?
It has around 200 poems, a lot of vulgarisms, and many of them seem senseless and random to a shallow person who can't see deeper. I want to allow normal people to tap into the misery of the lives ...
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What are the potential platforms for floating chapters of a business book?
I am in the process of working with a client on the development of a business book to support the development of a consulting business. The book will be comprised of multiple sections -- each which ...
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How difficult is it to get published? - The Objective Version [duplicate]
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Does anyone know the average number of times a new author has to submit before acceptance?
I've been looking through this site to understand the difficulty in getting ...
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How to elegantly convey the finer nuances of language in written form
I am fascinated by the idea of how to convey, in the written form, as much detail of expressive nuance as you originally intended in your head (i.e. what you hear when first coming up with it). I ...
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What type of writing would this fall under?
Would this be considered prose, or poetry? The reason I ask is because someone had told me that I should submit it to a magazine but I don't know what kind, if any would look at it. I write it about ...
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website to publish article on high-performance cluster computing?
I am writing a tutorial-type article on high-performance cluster computing. It is aimed at researchers and grad students who want to use clusters to answer scientific questions, especially in the life ...
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What genre appeals to the widest audience?
My writing is focused primarily on love stories, i.e. the romance genre, and I believe this reaches a relatively small audience.
Is there one genre that appeals to a far wider audience than its ...
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Which well-established vanity publishers offer publishing for money and how much money is enough?
I know that you need an agent to communicate publishing with big guys like Random House etc.
However, I also know that money can buy almost everything and surely can buy publishing of a book.
Maybe ...
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Forming a tagline for customers, drivers and software [closed]
We are designing brochures for attracting possible vendors to use our software platform to attract/retain their customers.
The kind of vendors here are the hardworking type, with not necessarily any ...
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What are my chances of getting advance funding on a non-fiction book? [closed]
I'm toying with the idea of writing a (somewhat unconventional) popular science book. How easy would it be to get a publisher to fund the writing of it based on a sample chapter or two and an outline?
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Is there a way to ask online booksellers to pull pirated editions of my books?
Eight of my books are available on Google Books as 100% online, downloadable, but no Creative Commons licensing. Now I am starting to see them show up in bookstores, in versions I didn't have printed. ...
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IF i want to write an episode to a TV sitcom, how can i send it to the TV network?
what are the steps to such thing, i want to write an episode to beavis and butthead and send it to MTV ,i don't live in the USA,i don't know if that a problem , please provide me with all the details ...
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How-To submit manuscript online [closed]
I am looking forward to submit my manuscript to International Journal of Advancements in Technology {http://ijict.org/}. Can anyone pass on me the procedure to be followed or link where it is to be ...
