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Book and Information-Marketing News and Ideas from Dan PoynterJune 1, 2002. Copyright Para Publishing. ISSN: 1530-5694
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7. ParaHumor
A. WINDOWS TO HAVE NEW GRAPHICS ARCHITECTURE. See
http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701&a=26893,00.asp
B. SOUL MATE STORIES WANTED. pmgpress is looking for wonderful love stories describing how you met your soul mate. Stories will be featured in a special book "On Today I Met" written by Edna Baugh, Esq. Please forward stories to ebiddy@nextstepmag.com.
C. DSL LINES IN NORTH AMERICA TOTALED 6.2 MILLION AT THE END OF Q1. See
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357963&rel=true
D. IF YOU USE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS AT A WEB-BASED SERVICE LIKE HOTMAIL OR YAHOO to subscribe to this newsletter, please be sure to add our address (DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com) to your address book. If you do not, future bulletins may be improperly filtered by Hotmail or Yahoo, in their efforts to combat spam. We apologize for the extra effort, and appreciate your help. Please tell others. (And thanks for this reminder from Dan Snow).
E. SANTA BARBARA BOOK PROMOTION WORKSHOP NEARLY SOLD OUT. The next workshop
here in Santa Barbara will be on 20-21 July. As usual, we will start a
waitlist once we hit 23. 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
Or call 800-PARAPUB.
F. CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE CELTIC SOUL (r). If you have a heartwarming, motivational, and inspiring story in any way related to things past, present and future connected to the Celts or Celtic culture, e.g. Scots, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Manx and their descendants throughout the world, send it now.
Chicken Soup stories are about 300-600 words. See sample stories at http://www.celticsoul.com/stories.html. If your story is not Celtic, go to http://www.chickensoup.com to submit a story there. If it does have a Celtic connection, email it to Lilly Walters, http://www.celticsoul.com, 626-335-8069, fax 626-335-6127
G. DO YOU HAVE A REGIONAL BOOK IN THE AREA OF GARDENING, LANDSCAPING
OR COOKBOOKS? A scout for special sales has been asked to find these types
of books for non-returnable bulk quantity sales. If you are interested
in seeing more detail, he recently wrote a meaty article for Bookzonepro
and it is at: http://www.bookzonepro.com/insights/articles/article-139.html
Contact Tim McCormick, greentreepub@earthlink.net
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A. BEA AND OTHER SHOWS. Many publishers are led to believe
you shouldn't sell your books at the show. At all shows we attend,
we sell books (we always offer deals). At the most recent BEA we sold
enough books to pay for our booth! Two other side benefits--we didn't
have to pack and lug any books home with us and shows are a lot of fun.
--Ken Leebow, Leebow@300Incredible.com,
770-953-8123
www.300Incredible.com
B. THE BROWSER SLOWS THE MAC. (A comment on a news item in our last edition).
it’s the browser--not the computer that’s causing the problem. Explorer
5.1 for OS X has been revised all of once. It’s just an OS X recompile
of the Carbon OS 9 version. It's not native.
Mac owners can go to www.versiontracker.com's OS X tab and search under
"Internet Browser" The Open-source browsers are Cocoa and Native. They
render REALLY FAST but have some issues with M$ specific webisms and some
Java functions.
-- Eloise Cameron
C. OLD BOOKS NEVER DIE. If you are looking for out-of-print books or want to recapture (purchase) copies of your old books, try these antiquarian book sites:
http://www.abebooks.com
http://www.bibliofind.com
http://www.bigwords.com
http://www.bookdepot.com
-- Jeff Davidson (Jeff@BreathingSpace.com)
A. SELLING TO SENIORS? See
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=31
And the seniors magazine list at
http://parapub.com/maillist.cfm?
B. NONTRADITIONAL MARKETS. What is the potential? How many businesses and how many stores are there in the U.S.? See the charts at http://www.bulkworks.com/stores.htm
For step-by-step instructions on how to approach both traditional and
on traditional markets, see our Special Report Book Marketing, A New Approach
at
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/promote.html
(Scroll way down)
C. INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE COUNTRY CODES from Brenner Information Group.
http://www.brennerbooks.com/telephonecodes.html
D. TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS to this ezine, please go to /getpage.cfm?file=/news.html. To recommend this ezine to another writer or publisher, simply forward the entire newsletter. He or she will thank you.
E. WANT TO STOP RECEIVING JUNK MAIL? Go to: http://www.newdream.org/junkmail/step1.html
F. AN INTERESTING SITE ON SPAM LAW: http://www.SpamLaws.com
G. SELLING BOOKS TO THE MILITARY MARKET by Michael Sedge
gives you the inside track for reaching these 12 million people who spend
over $10 billion annually. Full of details, addresses and resources.
Document 637, 10 pages, Paper: $13.95; self-service Electronic: $9.95.
To get this report instantly and save on the shipping charges, see:
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/promote.html
and scroll down.
H. SELLING BOOKS TO CATALOGS. Catalogs buy books in large
quantities and they are committed to you for the life of the catalog,
often more than a year. This report shows you how to find the right catalogs
out of more than 7,000, how to submit to them and how to deal with them.
Be prepared to order another print run.
Document 625, 4 pages. Paper: $12.95; self-service Electronic: $8.95.
To get this report instantly and save on the shipping charges, see:
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/promote.html
and scroll down.
COMBINE WRITING WITH . . .
Do two things at once.
One way to find time to write is to combine projects—to write while you are doing something else.
You might dictate on your daily walk, use your laptop when commuting on public transportation or just think about your title and subtitle in the shower.
Dianna Booher has mastered the "Interstate Book"; she has written
a couple of books while driving. For example, she dictated the first draft
of the 172-page Clean up Your Act (Warner) driving from city to
city in Florida. Typically, she plans her book with idea wheels
(in sequence and subordination) and then dictates from her outline. When
she returns home, an assistant transcribes the dictation and Dianna begins
the editing process—which may take three times as long.
http://www.BooherConsultants.com
Writing is best combined with projects that do not require concentration or thought. It is safer taking the train.
"Lost time is never found again." —Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), author, printer, scientist and statesman.
(Excerpted from Successful Nonfiction by Dan Poynter.
For 108 more inspirational tips, See
http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=/resource/writing.html
A. PUBLISHING 101: A Short Guide to the World of Publishing & Printing Books by Barbara Hagen. FREE book from Color House Graphics, Phil Knight, pskni@aol.com. Provide your postal address for delivery.
B. FREE SPECIAL REPORTS: "Boomerang, Don't Ricochet your Web Site Visitors" "How a Book is Born: One Author's Story". Send an email to freespecialreports@bookcoaching.com
C. BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR. FREE book on book production from Tom Gregory, info@InfinityPublishing.com. Provide your postal address for delivery.
A. Dan Poynter is criss-crossing North America to spread the word on eBooks, dBooks, pBooks, digital printing and The New Book Publishing Model. At some events he provides the entire four-hour writing, publishing, promoting program while at others he gives a shorter presentation. Contact the FMI names for details. And see /getpage.cfm?file=newbook.html
Come to meet Dan and hear his vital book writing-publishing-promoting message. See the props and get the handout. If you want Dan to come to your area, contact him at DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.
2002
June 12: Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex, LOS ANGELES. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677. http://www.LearningAnnex.com
June 22: Text & Academic Authors Assn. SAN DIEGO. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Michael Lennie, Esq., 619-515-5456. mLennie@aol.com
June 26: SANTA BARBARA Writers Conference. How to Write Your Nonfiction Book. 1.5 hours. 4 PM. Fmi: Barnaby & Mary Conrad, (805) 684-2250, PO Box 304, Carpinteria, CA 93014.
July 9: Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex, LOS ANGELES. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677. http://www.LearningAnnex.com
July 20-21: 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
August 13: Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex, LOS ANGELES. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677. http://www.LearningAnnex.com
August 24: ST. LOUIS Publishers Association. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Sue Sylvia, 314-516-3551. slpa@StaircasePress.com
September 5: SPOKANE Author & Publishers Association. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Tim Hillebrand, chief@synergetics,org
September 10: Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex, LOS ANGELES. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677. http://www.LearningAnnex.com
September 21: NSA-Virginia. NORFOLK. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Doris Young, 757-624-9603, dYoung9603@aol.com
September 22: Independent Publishers of New England. MARSHFIELD, Massachusetts. The full four-hour program. FMI: Shel Horowitz shel@FrugalFun.com
October 3-6: Infinity Publishing Conference. VALLEY FORGE, PA. Fmi: John Harnish, 610-348-6182. jHarnish@BuyBooksOnTheWeb.com. See http://www.infinitypublishing.com
October 9: Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex, LOS ANGELES. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677. http://www.LearningAnnex.com
October 19-20: 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
November 19: Writing & Publishing Nonfiction, a seminar by Dan Poynter at the Learning Annex, LOS ANGELES. The full New Book Model program. 6:30 to 10:00 PM. fmi (310) 478-6677. http://www.LearningAnnex.com
November 22-24: Cat Writers Association. HOUSTON, Texas. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Fmi: Kim Thornton, kthornton@cox.net. http://www.catwriters.org
December 6: Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. VANCOUVER, BC. Turning Your Speeches into Books. The writing part of The New Book Model. fmi: Cheryl Cran, 604-552-9640, info@CherylCran.com
2003
March 28-30: WIN-WIN Writers Conference. FRESNO, California. Section One on writing. Stephen Blake Mettee, 559-876-2170. sbm12@csufresno.edu
April 12: NSA-LOS ANGELES. The full four-hour New Book Model program. Contact Lynda Curtin, 818-507-6055; OppThinker@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
BOOK RETORTS (extracted from the NY Magazine Competitions)
From Dan Seidman.
Did you read that book on echoes?
Book on echoes? Book on echoes?
Did you read that book on crime in New York City?
Yeah, I stole it from the Canterbury Book Shop.
Did you read that book on modesty?
Read it? I wrote it!
Did you read that book on insomnia?
Finished it at 5 a.m.
Did you read that book -
On ESP?
Did you read that book on paranoia?
Why do you ask?
Did you read that book memory improvement?
I think so.
On levitation?
Couldn’t put it down.
On milk?
Skimmed it (or the condensed version).
On suicide?
No, dying to.
On the Titanic?
Fortunately, no.
On the Waterfront?
No, at home.
On palindromes?
Did I? I did.
On procrastination?
Not yet.
On being a good listener?
Oh, look, it’s snowing!
On the sex life of the pygmy ants of Krakatoa?
Which one?
On the anatomy of waterfowl?
Does a duck have lips?
On manners?
Yes, so kind of you to ask.
On how to get children to eat?
Yes, but it didn’t explain how to cook them.
On phobias?
No, I’m afraid not.
On squirrels?
No, I put it away somewhere and can’t find it.
On exhibitionism?
Yes, I have it here under my raincoat.
On how to say no?
Yes.
On identity problems?
Who, me?
On banking?
I started to, but I lost interest.
On decision-making?
No. Should I?
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