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February 1, 2009

The Mad Dash to the Finish Line

Rick finished all the drawings for What You Need to Know to Be a Pro and they look wonderful. Now he's "floating the text" in InDesign, laying out each page of the book. It can be tricky to design the text on the page when some of the pages have images. Also, each chapter has a quote from a publishing expert, so he and I are discussing how best to present those sections. In a box? Italics? Indent? Larger print, or smaller? Rick is certain he can have both the interior and cover designed this wee
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Published on February 01, 2009 13:48

January 26, 2009

1099 Misc for Royalty Payments

Heads up all you publishers. If you've paid your authors more than $10.00, you need to give them IRS Form 1099 Miscellaneous. The due date is Feb. 1, and here's the fun part: you can't download the form from the IRS website. I just went to the site and found the PDF which stated very clearly it is for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Great! Looks like I'll be hunting for a form before Friday!

Here is a link to the instruction PDF for Form 1099.

Here's a good explanation about Form 1099 from Wise Geek:
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Published on January 26, 2009 18:00