false 1624717 1140730 0312271913 9780312271916 2 <![CDATA[How To Publish and Promote Online]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181346443m/1140730.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181346443s/1140730.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1140730.How_To_Publish_and_Promote_Online 4.40 5 Lip Service) and Angela Adair-Hoy (www.writersweekly.com) have collected everything you need to know in this honest-to-goodness-old-fashioned, conventionally published print book. A book that reads very much like an e-book: the chapters and paragraphs are the epitome of brevity, and there are hundreds of links to Web sites. Twenty-two of the 58 chapters were provided by Rose and Adair-Hoy's e-publishing cohorts, who may well have traded their services, as Rose and Adair-Hoy recommend e-authors do, for a byline complete with Web-site link.

Whether you're interested in publishing by download, e-mail, or CD-ROM; whether you'd like to do it yourself or hire an e-publisher, all you need to succeed, say the authors, is "a good book and a good marketing plan." Packed into this book's 266 pages is solid advice on creating an e-book, becoming an e-publisher, and selling your book online. Banner ads, it turns out, are a waste of money. Better to mention your book in your signature, then make your presence known by joining appropriate discussion groups, writing free articles for related Web sites, and sending out catchy press releases. Throw yourself a cyberbook party, do a virtual book tour, and schedule some author chats. And never hesitate to give away free chapters, or even whole books. "Every free book you give away," says Rose, "will be more valuable to you than the few dollars you might have made on it." --Jane Steinberg

]]> 69003 3.42 1200 292 437091 4.40 5 2 1624717 3.70 10 3 2001 1614564 0756402883 9780756402884 1 <![CDATA[Magic Tails]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185904606m/1614564.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185904606s/1614564.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1614564.Magic_Tails 3.25 4
Introduction (Magic Tails) • essay by Janet Pack
Ali Babette • short story by Alan Dean Foster
Cat Among the Pigeons • novelette by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Dark Eyes, Faith, and Devotion • short story by Charles de Lint
Sleeping Beauties • novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
The Snow Queen • novella by Michelle Sagara West and Debbie Ridpath Ohi
The Devil's Bridge • short story by Edward Carmien
Pharaoh's Cat • novelette by Lisanne Norman
Cat-Friend • short story by Josepha Sherman
The Bedtime Story • short story by Edward Serken
Bargains • novelette by Richard Lee Byers
All the Pigs' Houses • short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Ever So Much • short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
Suede This Time • novelette by Jean Rabe
The Cobwebbed Princess • short story by Andre Norton ]]> 16407 3.57 112 15 26064 3.56 4921 594 9615 3.73 5363 183 6256 3.81 5585 458 1624717 3.70 10 3 1223 3.62 4013 171 676964 3.56 18 4 2904565 3.25 4 1 32916 3.67 2347 74 26354 3.96 376 34 34861 3.66 3411 132 12583 3.56 233 29 3406 3.27 1318 85 4766 3.72 14849 625 11735 3.57 13474 726 11906 3.65 6898 206 8456 3.95 21681 1561 2005 3810112 1582970165 9781582970165 0 <![CDATA[Writer's Online Marketplace : How & Where to Get Published Online]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3810112.Writer_s_Online_Marketplace_How_Where_to_Get_Published_Online 2.00 1 Writer's Online Marketplace. Definitely. But "finding the Web sites of publications that care to act professional, pay money, edit with heart, and stick around," warns Christopher Reynaga (creator of the Web zine The Write Market), "is like a mad crap-shoot." Once you do find those sites, it's not enough just to show up. You still need to know how to write a winning query and follow through with good content. As editor and Webmaster of Inkspot.com, an online Web site for writers, Ohi is perhaps uniquely qualified--and connected--to write about the brave new world of online writing. Her book is a solid generalist's introduction, covering everything from e-queries to e-rights and e-publishing. Ohi has called upon her e-colleagues to contribute pieces on such subjects as e-courses, e-networking, e-promoting, and "the chunk" ("the basic unit of discourse," explains Crawford Kilian, author of Writing for the Web, "for a great many Web users"). Ohi enlightens her readers about the hidden benefits of listservs (particularly the invitation-only ones), describes the five types of e-publishing for authors, and interviews 12 industry insiders. But the most enticing aspect of this book is its listings: 161 paying online publications, 10 potentially lucrative alternative markets, and 26 commercial e-publishers. Writing for the Internet can be great. It can also be unbelievably frustrating. You very well might find yourself dealing with, as one writer puts it here, "clueless kids with $9 million in venture capital." --Jane Steinberg]]> 1624717 3.70 10 3 2001