What Type of Editor Do You Need for Your Book Project?
You are in the midst of writing your book. You have gotten into the process, utilizing all your enthusiasm, will power, organization skills, and chutzpah to plow ahead, envisioning a book with your name on it. Maybe you‘ve written 10, 50 or even 200 pages. You’re more or less proud of your effort so far, but […]
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Oct, 16, 2014
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Seeking New Ideas to Publish
As we end 2013, it feels like the world is on the precipice of something new. It’s exciting, thrilling, and, dare I say, honestly optimistic to believe that we can actually fashion a better society whose values are humanistic, collaborative, and evolutionary. We at Publish to Get Clients are seeking authors who have new ideas. […]
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- Dec, 19, 2013
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Foreword, Preface, Introduction, or Prologue – Which One?
Many authors of non-fiction books get trumped up starting their book because they can’t decide which they need—a foreword, a preface, a prologue, or an introduction–or may it’s some combination of these? Here’s the difference. Foreword – First of all, be sure to spell this correctly. DO NOT SPELL IT as “forward,” or “Foreward.” THOSE […]
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- May, 08, 2013
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How Long Should My Book Be?
One of the vexing questions many authors face is how long their book should be. They know they have to produce more words than a college essay, but exactly how long is a book? Many authors will, of course, scout out the books they consider their competitors, and then try to imitate their page counts. […]
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- Apr, 23, 2013
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Should I Self-Publish My Great Idea or Get an Agent?
If I had a nickel (well, make that a dollar) for every time I’ve heard this question, I would perhaps not be writing this column but sitting on a beach somewhere, enjoying life. Of course, when I began my career in publishing, this question did not exist. There was no self-publishing in the way we […]
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- Apr, 08, 2013
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New York Publishing Comes to the Self-Publishing World!
Good day, my new friends. I’m Rick Benzel, a publishing veteran with 40+ years in the book industry. Thanks for taking the time to check in with my blog. Let me introduce myself. I began my career in educational publishing with Houghton Mifflin and Allyn & Bacon back in the 1970s and 1980s. I am perhaps […]
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- Apr, 01, 2013
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