Publishing Poynters
Book and Information-Marketing News and Ideas from Dan PoynterNovember 15, 2002. Copyright Para Publishing. ISSN: 1530-5694
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6. ParaCalendar
7. ParaHumor
A. COLORADO GOVERNOR HONORS PUBLISHERS. November has been declared Colorado Independent Publishers Month. The Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) spearheaded the effort.
B. CONSUMERS ARE SPENDING MORE FOR ONLINE CONTENT. IDC estimates that
spending for online content worldwide will total more than USD50 billion
in 2002. See
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905358239&rel=true
C. OUR SUBSCRIBER LIST JUST CROSSED 14,000. One of our goals is to reach 15,000 by the first of the year. Please forward this newsletter to writing and publishing colleagues in your address book. They will thank you.
D. AMAZON SALES OF USED BOOKS INCREASE. Sales by third parties of previously-owned books and other items totaled 23% of Amazon's North American third-quarter unit sales. This was up from 16% in last year's third quarter.
E. WHAT DO SURFERS VIEW MOST ONLINE? See
http://www.e-tactics.com/Chart3_files/slide0004.htm
F. INGRAM FEES. Ingram Book Company has long charged publishers and distributors
a quarterly stocking fee for each title that Ingram carries. Beginning
1/1/03, Ingram will change the policy to charge a fee of $50 per new title
added. There are two good bits of news here. First, Ingram will no longer
charge the quarterly stocking fee for all books carried. Second, publishers
and distributors now have the option to spend a certain percentage of
sales in advertising with Ingram and have those funds apply to the title
fees. While each publisher will have to decide the best option for their
business, Ingram's flexibility and willingness to change could be a good
sign of things to come.
--Clint Greenleaf, Greenleaf Book Group LLC, 330-995-9700, http://www.greenleafenterprises.com
G. AMAZON EXPANDS INTO APPAREL. Ruby is the new Apparel and Accessories
store with over 400 major clothing brands (including Gap, Old Navy, Nordstrom,
Lands' End, Target, Eddie Bauer, Foot Locker, and many more). Amazon's
goal is to provide complete apparel selection and offer it the Amazon
way--with easy navigation, a single shopping cart, your ordering and payment
information already on file, etc.
Here is the direct URL: http://www.amazon.com/apparel
H. E-MAIL GREETING CARD COULD CARRY MALICIOUS CODE. See
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,661694,00.asp
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/11/04/021104opgripe.xml
I. IS THE TABLET PC THE NEW eBOOK READER? See
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,4148,2379,00.asp
And see the "Online Extra", a gallery of tablets since 1965.
And
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,662722,00.asp
All About Tablet PC:
http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eSr40Ey1Xh0HX60sHx0AS
Miller Lives It Up:
http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eSr40Ey1Xh0HX60sHy0AT
What are these things for?
http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eSr40Ey1Xh0HX60sCl0AB
The H-P model.
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJbk0EOkjX0V20Blli0AI
J. REPORT ON THE ASSOCIATION OF AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS SEMINAR IN HOUSTON.
See
http://www.authorsandpublishers.org/photo-gallery-10-26-02.html
And for Denver, see
http://www.bulliesbehindthewheel.com/
click on
Making an Award Winner
K. CALIFORNIA WESTERN FREIGHT SHUTS DOWN. The low-cost trucker that carried books from the Mid-West to the West Coast is no more. Margaret Clifton who represented them now works with Clipper Express. She has negotiated the same steep discounts and the same service. For details, contact her at owwnedson@aol.com
L. 121 DIRECT SHUTS DOORS. Ken Hoffmann's digital printing company in Valencia, California, is apparently closed.
M. WHAT IS AMAZON THINKING? They have been discounting some bestselling
books 30% for the past five months. Jeff Bezos promised to turn a profit
by the end of the year. For example, the brand new edition of The Self-Publishing
Manual is selling for 30% off or $13.96. Incredible! How long can this
last?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568600739/
N. DVORAK ON e-MAIL P-O-R-N:
http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eSr40Ey1Xh0HX60sHz0AU
O. THE SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARDS. The winner of the Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards will get an individualized Book Promotion Plan by Dan Poynter plus fabulous publicity in Publishers Weekly and Writer's Digest, and your books will be sent to major reviewers at publications such as The New York Times and Washington Post. The 10th annual contest is awarding more than $10,000 in prizes. Deadline for entries is December 16. See http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/self_published.asp for more information and an entry form.
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
--Groucho Marx, 1895-1977, American movie comedian.
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A. HELP DAN POYNTER TO HELP OTHERS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE A LIVING
WITH A BOOK. Dan is bringing his book writing-publishing-promoting message
to groups of writers, publishers and professional speakers. Now he wants
to approach other people with a book inside them: consultants, coaches,
mentors, professionals, clergy, and businesspeople. Contact Dan if you
know of a group that would profit from his programs. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com
B. DAN POYNTER IS COMING TO VISIT if you are near:
British Columbia
California (13 events are scheduled)
Connecticut
Colorado
Florida (4)
Georgia
Illinois (2)
Louisiana
Texas (2)
See the ParaCalendar on my content-filled seminars, below. See ALL the
listings. I will visit some states/provinces several times. Attend and
I will show you how to make a difference and make a living with your book.
http://parapub.com/calendar.cfm?
C. PERSONAL ATTENTION TO YOUR PROJECT. I insist that attendees at our Santa Barbara Power Workshops send me information on their projects 10 days prior to the event. I read and evaluate each one and draft a page or more of suggestions. This research helps me to understand you and your project so that the course can be tailored to your needs.
The next workshop here in Santa Barbara will be on January 11-12. For
more information on this $695 event ($495 for the second person from the
same company), see
http://parapub.com/accessreport.cfm?report=167&refpage=edutrain.html&userid=29919080
Or call 800-PARAPUB.
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To recommend this ezine to another writer or publisher, simply forward
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E. PEER REVIEW. We get our newsletter material from many sources. Occasionally, we get it wrong--or not quite right. Our readers let us know and then we correct the master newsletter before it is posted to our Web site. Thank you for your help.
F. SEE HOW eBOOKS ARE SOLD. The Self-Publishing Manual, Writing Nonfiction
and Successful Nonfiction are available for just $5.95 in electronic download
from CyclopsMedia.com. Now you can have a fully searchable edition of
these bestsellers. http://www.cyclopsmedia.com/v3/catalog_writing.html
The first chapters are F-R-E-E. Visit the site and see how eBooks are
sold.
G. THE NEW BOOK MODEL SLIDE SHOW. Now you can get Dan Poynter's complete
New Book Model slide show. Dan is criss-crossing North America to educate
and thrill audiences on ways to use pioneering techniques and innovative
technology to write, produce and promote books. More than 140 powerful
slides on CD in PowerPoint.
NBM-PPT, ISBN 1-56860-081-X, $19.95 See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=products.html
Just $19.95 plus $2 for airmail shipping (plus $1.55 sales tax to addresses in California.) Grab your credit card and contact Para Publishing. Send your cc numbers and billing address to Info@ParaPublishing.com or call 1-800-PARAPUB (M-F, 9-5).
Many of you have asked for our slides. We are responding.
H. DAN POYNTER IS Mr SELF-PUBLISHING and one of his new URLs is
http://MrSelfPublishing.com.
Click on it.
I. MR SELF-PUBLISHING'S NOTEBOOK is a collection of all the materials
from the Publishing Poynters newsletter. You will discover 245 pages of
book tips, resources, Freebies and humor. On a CD in MS-Word and PDF (can
be read by both the PC and the Mac), items are easy to find and the links
to Web sites are live. I figured that since I refer to these notes constantly,
other authors and publishers would find them useful too. See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=products.html
Just $19.95 Grab your credit card and contact Para Publishing. Send your cc numbers and billing address to Info@ParaPublishing.com or call 1-800-PARAPUB (M-F, 9-5).
Many of you have asked for a compilation of our tips and resources. We are responding.
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A. WANT INTERNET EXPLORER TO GIVE YOU A "TIP OF THE DAY"? Click the Help menu and then click the Tip of the Day command. You'll see Internet Explorer tips at the bottom of the browser. To make it go away, click the Help menu again and click the Tip of the Day command.
B. FTP TIPS: The basics on File Transfer Protocol and tricks it can do: http://hotwired.lycos.com@54.vg/2375
And you can use FTP through AOL. There is no need to get special software. For details: at AOL, click on HELP and type in FTP.
C. THINKING OF BUYING AN OFFICE MACHINE? If you are in the market for a fax, copier, etc., check out the reviews on amazon.com first. The reviewers/mavens provide valuable assessments and advice.
D. USB DRIVES ARE REPLACING DISKS. USB plug-ins, such as the Thumb Drive
are smaller and do not have moving parts. They may be used for backups
and for moving files from one computer to another.
See
http://www.trekstorusa.com/products.htm
E. BOOKZONEPRO PROFILES BOOK INDUSTRY LEADERS. You could be next. See
http://www.bookzonepro.com/profiles.cfm
F. USE THE KEYBOARD TO COPY A URL. To send URLs to your friends or save
them to a file, you can click the address bar in the browser and select
the entire URL, but some of them get awfully long and it makes drag selecting
a real bummer. Try this out:
1. Go to a Web page in Internet Explorer.
2. Press the F6 key on your keyboard. That will cause the entire URL to
be highlighted in the address bar.
3. Press the CTRL key and hold it down. Now press the letter C on the
keyboard (this is the CTRL+C keyboard combination). This copies the highlighted
text to the clipboard
4. Go to where you want to save the URL and hold down the CTRL key and
then press the V key (the CTRL+V keyboard combination). This pastes the
URL into the document.
There you go! You copied and pasted the URL without your hands ever leaving
the keyboard.
--WinXPnews.com
G. CHECK OUT YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION SPEED. See
http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=021105FA-Speed
H. ADD A SIGNATURE TO YOUR OUTGOING EMAIL MESSAGES. You are an author
and/or a publisher. You want people to know who you are, what your do
and how to find you. Most email programs have a system to append an address
block to every email you send. If you use Outlook, AOL or some other system,
click on Help and search for Signature.
If you have a business card, you need a signature at the end of your email
messages.
I. IF YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE A HOTMAIL or AOL ACCOUNT, remind them of the
new spam filters. Often messages to more than one person are sent to the
JUNK folder. Tell them to go to JUNK, find our Publishing Poynters newsletter
and click on
This is Not Junk.
And/or add
DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com
To your address book.
Of course, if you have a hotmail or AOL account, you are SOL; you are
probably not receiving this tip.
J. TURN YOUR BOOK INTO A MOVIE. Get a free copy of Microsoft's new Movie
Maker 2. See
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/moviemaker/downloads/moviemaker2beta.asp
K. PMA'S MARKETING CO-OP PROGRAMS.
Books for Review
Info at http://www.pma-online.org/coopcats_bfr.cfm
Target Marketing Mailing Reference & Directories ONLY
info at http://www.pma-online.org/coopcats_target.cfm
American Library Association. A few booths still remaining. Deadline:
Friday.
info at http://www.pma-online.org/exhibits_pma.cfm
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Seven days without a visit to ParaPublishing.com makes one weak
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A. BOOKSTORES ARE A LOUSY PLACE TO SELL BOOKS. Go into a bookstore and
look around. How many people came in to buy a book on skydiving? Now visit
a parachute store. How many are interested in a book on skydiving? There
are many places to sell books besides bookstore. They are easier to reach,
much more lucrative and a lot more fun. To start
Thinking Outside of the Book (trade), See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/promote.html
B. WHAT CAN THE PUBLISHERS MARKETING ASSOCIATION DO FOR YOU? See
http://www.pma-online.org/membonly.cfm
C. WANT TO RESELL DAN POYNTERS BOOKS AND OTHER PRODUCTS? See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/resale.html
A. KEYWORDS TO ATTRACT PROSPECTS TO VISIT YOUR WEB SITE. Find out what
subjects are hot when deciding on a book project. Words to use in your
book descriptions. Over 1,600 popular keywords and phrases that are most
searched on search sites like Google(TM) and Yahoo(R). See
http://www.markusallen.org/cgi-bin/keywords.pl?
B. DAVE BARRY COLUMNS. See
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/
C. PROMOTE YOURSELF & YOUR BUSINESS WITH WRITING by Eric Gelb, MBA.
How to create a how-to book, article or special report to promote yourself
and your business. Exciting audio shows how to create and self-publish
information products. MBA Eric Gelb explains how to gather material, develop
titles, generate sales, get publicity, host book signings, more…Joined
by Debbie Allen (Confessions of Shameless Promoters), interview format
will grab your attention. You’ll learn action plan to grow your
business and make more money.
To order Cassette ($10 plus shipping) call 800-295-1325 or visit: http://www.PublishingGold.com/audio.html
Or on CD at $15 plus shipping
D. WEBSITES ON BOOK PRODUCTION
Description of parts of books
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~preserve/repair/html/bookparts.htm
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Tour of a printing plant. Click on the departments to learn more about
how a book is constructed.
http://www.tshore.com/factory/factory.html
Links to printing terms; from UK
http://www.bobs.co.uk/print/glossary.html#anchor156635
Bob's print guide re 4-color process
http://www.bobs.co.uk/print/4colourProcess.html
Handmade books.
http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/handmadebooks/
Basic tutorial on bookbinding http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/artscrafts/bookbinding/ -
Australian school teaching book manufacturing http://www.quillvis.com.au/apg/html/training.htm -
E. WANT to spice up your writing with quotations? See http://www.quotationspage.com, where you can search a free database of more than 15,000 quotations.
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"PARA PUBLISHING: Showing people how to Make a difference and
make a living with a book."
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A. BOOK PROMOTION MAILING LISTS. Magazines, newsletters and other places
to send review copies and news releases. See
http://parapub.com/maillist.cfm?
B. NEED SOMEONE TO WRITE ADS OR NEWS RELEASES? See the Supplier List
at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
C. NEED SOMEONE TO DESIGN AN AUDIO OR VIDEO PACKAGE? See the Supplier
List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
D. NEED A BAR CODE? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
E. NEED SOMEONE TO DESIGN, TYPESET AND LAYOUT YOUR BOOK? See the Supplier
List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
F. NEED A BROCHURE PRINTER? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
G. NEED A CONSULTANT ON BOOK PUBLISHING AND PROMOTING? See the Supplier
List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
H. NEED A COVER DESIGNER? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
I. NEED AN EDITOR OR PROOFREADER? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
J. NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR BOOK TO TRADESHOWS? See the exhibitor services
on the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
K. NEED A FULFILLMENT SERVICE? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
L. NEED A GHOSTWRITER? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
M. NEED LEGAL HELP? See Lawyers on the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
And
http://parapub.com/accessreport.cfm?report=113&refpage=business.html&userid=44388803
N. NEED SOMEONE TO EVALUATE YOUR MANUSCRIPT? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
O. NEED SOMEONE TO HELP YOU WITH BOOK MARKETING AND PROMOTION? See the
Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
P. NEED A BOOK PRINTER? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
Q. NEED SOMEONE TO GET YOU ON RADIO AND TV? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
R. NEED RADIO AND TV COACHING? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
S. WANT TO MAKE A VIRTUAL (ONLINE) BOOK TOUR? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
T. WANT TO LEARN ABOUT BOOK PROMOTION AT A WORKSHOP? See the Supplier
List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
U. WANT A WEB SITE DESIGNED OR PROMOTED? See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
V. WHERE IS DAN POYNTER? Find out when he will be speaking in your area.
See
http://parapub.com/calendar.cfm?
W. WHO IS DAN POYNTER? SEE
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/about.html
X. THE NEW BOOK MODEL. There is a faster, easier and cheaper way to produce
a book today. See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=newbook.html
Listen to Dan Poynter being interviewed on The New Book Model. Go to
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/homepage.html
And scroll down to "On Air".
Y. GET A COMPLETE LIST OF DAN POYNTER'S BOOKS, REPORTS, DISKS, AND TAPES.
See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=products.html
Z. WHY PRINT AND MAIL MEDIA (PRESS) KITS? Save time and money, put your
kit on your web site instead. For an example, see:
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=pressroom/pressroom.html
AA. BOOK PROMOTION WORKSHOPS IN SANTA BARBARA. Come to Dan's home-office
to learn about book marketing with a small class of just 23 eager publishers.
See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/edutrain.html
BB. BOOK FULFILLMENT IS EXPENSIVE AND TIME-CONSUMING. John Huenefeld
says shipping books costs 7% to 14% of sales depending upon whether most
of the books go out in single packages or by the carton. See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/fulfill.html
CC. BOOK PRODUCTION. Discover what you need to know on:
--Prepress: book design, typesetting & layout
--Printing and Printers: pBooks.
--Electronic books: eBooks, dBooks & aBooks.
See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/produce.html
DD. WANT DAN TO COME TO SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP? See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/speaking/online_form.html
LEARN TO SELL
Writing a book is a creative act.
A finished book is a product.
Selling a book is a business.
Some writers feel that they are creative people and do not want to dirty their hands with the crass commercialism of selling their wares. Wake up! Your book has to be sold—many times.
Dan Millman (Way of the Peaceful Warrior) reminds us: “Amateur writers may have exceptional skills and talent, but they write for self-expression. Professional writers know they are creating a product to sell in the literary marketplace—a product that has to appeal to enough people who are willing to exchange money for words.
“Your book is not sold just once; it has to be sold up to eight times.
First, you sell it to yourself.
Second, you sell it to an agent.
Third, your agent sells it to an editor.
Fourth, your editor must sell it to the editorial board.
Fifth, the publisher must sell it to the sales force.
Sixth, the sales force needs to sell it to the stores.
Seventh comes the final glorious sale—to your readers.
Eighth, your readers will sell it by word of mouth to other readers.”
http://www.DanMillman.com
To become a professional writer, you need to be good at what you do and you need to be good at selling what you do.
“When you market your writing, you are in sales. Think accordingly.
Act accordingly.”
—Paul Raymond Martin, The Writer’s Little Instruction
Book.
(Excerpted from Successful Nonfiction by Dan Poynter.
For 108 more inspirational tips, See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/resource/writing.html
Scroll down to SUCCESSFUL NONFICTION: Tips & Inspiration for Getting
Published by Dan Poynter. This is a gift book for the writer within or
the writer in your life. It might be described as Life's Little Instruction
Book meets Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul. Each page hits you right
in the thought process with a tip, an explanation, an illustrative story
and a writing quotation. All writers will find this book informative,
insightful and fun. "Bet you can't read just one."
You will discover: 38 Tips on how to write, 11 Tips on why you should
write, 4 Tips on why your writing project should be a book, 21 Tips on
what to write, 7 Tips on doing research, 9 Tips for building your book,
3 Tips on Copyright, 10 Tips for finding the right agent or publisher,
6 Tips on book promotion, And much, much more.
Successful Nonfiction is a beautiful book. The soft cover book
has gold stamping, embossing, French flaps, end sheets and a matte finish.
It is a book as an "art form".
ISBN 978-1-56860-061-1. Softcover book, 5.5 x 8.5, 144-pages. $14.95
A. WORD TRIPPERS. Clarifying words that can trip you up. A F-R-E-E, delightful
newsletter that compares and defines words we often misuse.
This month: deprecate, depreciate ; purposely, purposefully ; repel, repulse.
See http://www.wordtrippers.com/
B. F-R-E-E monthly ezine helps business people write, finish, publish,
and market their eBooks or other books--fast, plus web site
copywriting. Filled with F>ree articles, tips, personal stories, and
resources by Judy Cullins, book coach, publisher, and author of
20 books plus _Write Your eBook or Other Short Book--
Fast!_ Send an email to Subscribe@bookcoaching.com
to
receive "The Book Coach Says..." and receive two F-R-E-E bonus
eBooks.
C. WIRELESS MESSAGING: PRODUCTIVITY ON-THE-GO. complimentary eSeminar
on 12/3 sponsored by Sprint. Hear about the trends & viability of
extending e-mail & instant messaging beyond typical corporate network
connections for improved productivity.
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A. INFORMATION KITS ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF BOOKS – F-R-E-E. Each
kit consists of more than eight pages of details, tips and resources.
Each is geared to a level of The New Book Model.
=> Researching and Writing
=> Producing printed books, eBooks & dBooks.
=> Marketing, promoting & distributing.
See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/infokit.html
B. BOOK PROMOTION NEWSLETTER – F-R-E-E. Tell your writing and publishing
friends about this ezine. Just forward the entire newsletter to them.
See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/news.html
C. LIST YOUR BOOK(S) F-R-E-E ON THE PARA PUBLISHING WEB SITE. See
http://parapub.com/successstories.cfm
D. BOOK WRITING TIPS - F-R-E-E. See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/writing.html
E. INFORMATION ON SETTING UP AND RUNNING YOUR PUBLISHING BUSINESS - F-R-E-E.
See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/business.html
A. Dan Poynter is circling the world to show people how to make a difference
and make a living through their books. He shares The New Book Model: how
to approach agents, publishers and self-publish all at the same time.
He will show you how to use innovative techniques and leading-edge technology
to write your books faster, produce your books for less and promote your
books more effectively. He makes writing, publishing and promoting books
easy, profitable and fun. See The New Book Model at
/getpage.cfm?file=newbook.html
Dan Poynter's seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal, and his story has been told in U.S. News & World Report. The media comes to Dan because he is the leading authority on book writing, producing, marketing, promoting and distributing. The author of more than 100 books and revisions and more than 500 magazine articles on publishing, he is one of the industry's most energetic, experienced and respected leaders.
DAN IS ON A MISSION:
He does not want people to die with a book still inside them.
At some events he provides the entire four-hour writing, publishing & promoting program while at others he gives a shorter presentation. Most presentations are in PowerPoint with motion and sound.
He also speaks on parachutes and skydiving.
For more information, get in touch with the Contact person and see the host's Website
ALSO SEE THE CALENDAR ON OUR WEBSITE: http://parapub.com/calendar.cfm?
2002
November 19: LOS ANGELES. Writing & Publishing
Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex. The full
New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677.
http://www.LearningAnnex.com
November 21: CHICAGO. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Discovery Center. 6:00 to 10:00 PM. fmi 773-348-8120; dcenter@core.com.
November 22-24: HOUSTON. Cat Writers Association annual conference. The full four-hour New Book Model program. $40. Fmi: Kim Thornton, kthornton@cox.net. http://www.catwriters.org
December 3: TAMPA. Baywinds. The full New Book Model program. 6:30-10:00 pm. Fmi: tel: 800-300-6994. info@baywinds.net.
December 6: VANCOUVER. Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. Turning Your Speeches into Books. The writing part of The New Book Model. fmi: Cheryl Cran, 604-552-9640, info@CherylCran.com
December 10: LOS ANGELES. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex. 6:27 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677. http://www.LearningAnnex.com
December 14: WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. New England Speakers' Assn. BOSTON area. Turning Your Speeches into Books; the full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Steve Shama, MD. 617-277-8332. SteveShama@aol.com
2003
January 11-12: SANTA BARBARA. Book marketing/promotion/distribution
seminar in Santa Barbara with Dan Poynter. For details, contact Para Publishing,
PO Box 8206-896, Santa Barbara, CA 93118-8206. Tel: (805) 968-7277, Fax:
(805) 968-1379. See
http://parapub.com/accessreport.cfm?report=167&refpage=edutrain.html&userid=10313032
January 14: DENVER. Colorado F>ree University. Writing
& Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter. The full New
Book Model course. 5:57–10 pm. 1510 York Street. Fmi: 303-399-0477.
NancyP@Compuskills.com.
January 15: ATLANTA. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at The Knowledge Shop, Atlanta, Georgia. The full New Book Model program. 6:27 to 10:00 PM. Fmi: TheKnowledgeShop@aol.com 678-766-6666.
January 17-19: SAN DIEGO Writers Conference. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Diane Dunaway, 858-484-8575; ddunaway@aol.com
February 19: WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. National Nurses in Business Association. The full New Book Model program. 6:27-10:00 pm. Fmi: Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN, PO Box 561081, Rockledge, FL 32956-1081. Tel 321-633-4610, bemis@nnba.net, http://www.nnba.net
March 4: LOS ANGELES. Writing & Publishing Your Nonfiction Bopok, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677.
March 6: LONG BEACH, California. Professional Coaches & Mentors Assn. The full four-hour New Book Model Program. Renaissance Hotel. FMI: Frumi Barr. 949-729-1577. ceoCoach@Frumi.com
March 8: FORT LAUDERDALE. Florida Speakers Association. The full New Book Model program and more. Fmi: George Chiswick, 561-630-7766; info@Florida-Speakers.org http://www.Florida-Speakers.org
March 28: FRESNO. The WIN-WIN Writers Conference. Fresno, California. Section One of the New Book Model on writing. Stephen Blake Mettee, 559-876-2170. sbm12@csufresno.edu
March 29: LOS ANGELES. Part One of The New Book Model on product creation (writing your book). Mark Victor Hansen's MEGA Book Marketing Seminar. The event runs 28-30 March. Fmi: Lisa Williams: LisaW@MarkVictorHansen.com, (949) 764-2640 Ext 1. See web site for details. http://www.MarkVictorHansen.com This will be Dan's fourth appearance at this event.
April 2: SANTA MONICA, CA. National Nurses in Business Association. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter. The full New Book Model program. 6:27-10:00 pm. $69. See web site for details and contact Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN, bemis@nnba.net, http://www.nnba.net
April 5: COCOA BEACH. Space Coast Writers Guild, Cocoa Beach, Florida. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Joyce Henderson, JEHwriter@cfl.rr.com
April 12: NSA-LOS ANGELES. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Contact Lynda Curtin, 818-507-6055; OppThinker@aol.com
April 26-27: SANTA BARBARA. Book marketing/promotion/distribution
seminar in Santa Barbara with Dan Poynter. For details, contact Para Publishing,
PO Box 8206-896, Santa Barbara, CA 93118-8206. Tel: (805) 968-7277, Fax:
(805) 968-1379. See
http://parapub.com/accessreport.cfm?report=167&refpage=edutrain.html&userid=10313032
May 27: LOS ANGELES. Publishers Marketing Association, First-Timer Event before the Publishing University. Section 3 of The New Book Model: Marketing, Promoting & Distributing. Fmi: Jan Nathan, 310-372-2732, Jan@PMAonline.org; http://www.PMAonline.org
May 28-29: LOS ANGELES. Publishers Marketing Association Publishing University. Dan to serve on five panels, sharing information on a number of subjects. Fmi: Jan Nathan, 310-372-2732, Jan@PMAonline.org; http://www.PMAonline.org
June 10: LOS ANGELES. Writing & Publishing Your Nonfiction Bopok, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677.
June 21: CHEMAINUS, Vancouver Island, BC. Writing & Publishing Your Nonfiction Book, a seminar by Dan Poynter. The full New Book Model program. Contact Eliza Hemingway for details. maggiedove@shaw.ca
July 16: CHICAGO, IL. National Nurses in Business Association. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter. The full New Book Model program. 6:27-10:00 pm. See web site for details and contact Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN. bemis@nnba.net, http://www.nnba.net $69.
July 19-20: SANTA BARBARA. Book marketing/promotion/distribution
seminar in Santa Barbara with Dan Poynter. For details, contact Para Publishing,
PO Box 8206-896, Santa Barbara, CA 93118-8206. Tel: (805) 968-7277, Fax:
(805) 968-1379. See
http://parapub.com/accessreport.cfm?report=167&refpage=edutrain.html&userid=10313032
August 13: STAMFORD, CT. National Nurses in Business Association. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter. The full New Book Model program. 6:27-10:00 pm. See web site for details and contact Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN. bemis@nnba.net, http://www.nnba.net $69.
September 10: HOUSTON, TX. National Nurses in Business Association. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter. The full New Book Model program. 6:27-10:00 pm. See web site for details and contact Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN. bemis@nnba.net, http://www.nnba.net $69.
September 19: UNIVERSAL CITY. Magnificent Marketing Symposium, Dottie Walters, Universal City, California. Fmi: Michael MacFarland, Michael@walters-intl.com. http://www.walters-intl.com
October 8: METAIRIE, LA. National Nurses in Business Association. Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter. The full New Book Model program. 6:27-10:00 pm. See web site for details and contact Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN. bemis@nnba.net, http://www.nnba.net $69.
October 18-19: SANTA BARBARA. Book marketing/promotion/distribution
seminar in Santa Barbara with Dan Poynter. For details, contact Para Publishing,
PO Box 8206-896, Santa Barbara, CA 93118-8206. Tel: (805) 968-7277, Fax:
(805) 968-1379. See
http://parapub.com/accessreport.cfm?report=167&refpage=edutrain.html&userid=10313032
November 8: WASHINGTON, DC. NSA/DC. Turning Speeches into Books. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi Sylvia Henderson, 301-646-1668, springboardtrain@aol.com
Here is something funny we have found on books, writing, publishing, authors and/or words. If you have a laugh to share, please send it to DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com
A. A HACKER MEETS A PAPERCLIP:
http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=021112FA-Paperclip
B. WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN
Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine
in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find
that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig
is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't
groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, two geese. So one moose, two meese?
One index, two indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them,
what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all English speakers should be committed to an asylum
for the verbally insane.
In what language do people recite a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and
a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people and not computers and it reflects the
creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights
are out, they are invisible.
Why doesn't BUICK rhyme with QUICK?
And finally, how about when you want to shut down your computer you have to hit "START" ?
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