Letters To The Editor For February 23rd
This Week:
- COMMIT RANDOM ACTS OF WRITING
- PAPER TRIED TO SELL ME A BOOK REVIEW!
- USING THE IRS TO COLLECT FROM DEADBEAT PUBLISHERS
The New News: Paraphrasing or Plagiarism? By Gail Kavanagh
There is a disturbing trend on some content sites that could leave writers, and the site owners, open to accusations of plagiarism. It is the act of rewriting and paraphrasing stories that appear on genuine news websites, such as Fox News, where working journalists have gathered the facts and presented them as a news story…
Should I Pay for a Digital Book Review? NO!!!
I recently heard from “Foreword Digital Reviews” that our book won’t be reviewed by ForeWord Magazine since they only have space for a few book reviews…but that there’s plenty of room at Foreword Digital Reviews on-line. Their fee for writing and posting the review is $99.00.
What are your thoughts on this?
How a Small Twist on a Familiar Strategy Made a Big Difference to My Budget By Cheryl Pickett
The strategy of doing live events in order to sell stuff has been around for hundreds of years. However, I recently experienced it with a slightly twist that definitely helped my bottom line. What was the twist? Simply this: back-to-back events.
CAR ACCIDENT
Our daughter and her boyfriend were in a head-on collision on Monday night. They are expected to recover but we have been in the hospital with them all week. I have changed their names below for their own privacy.
Percy’s Dislocated Kneecap
Early Monday morning, our dog, Percy, started screaming. Ali and I both heard the racket and followed his yelps to the boys’ room…
POD SECRETS REVEALED: List Prices, Royalties and Author Discounts
When authors are researching POD publishers, they often just look at the setup fees, glance at the royalties (not knowing what they’re a percentage of), and go from there. Unfortunately, they don’t always think about asking what the list price of their book will be, don’t understand how the royalty structure works or when royalties will be paid, and don’t always ask how much they’ll have to pay for copies they purchase themselves after the book is ready to sell…
Letters To The Editor For February 9th
This week:
- NOT SURE IF THIS IS LEGAL OR NOT…
- WHISPERS AND WARNINGS
- HILARIOUS!!!
Publishing Your Book is NOT Enough! By Jim Gilliam
There is a tried and true maxim in the SCUBA diving community: “Plan your dive, and dive your plan.” This sage piece of advice is also applicable to our community of authors…
The Elephant in the Room – When Publishers Don’t Admit Having Money Problems
For years, I’ve been dealing with the editor of a pub. who has always paid me. Sometimes, she needs to be politely “reminded”, but things have worked out in pretty timely fashion. In Nov., she published my work and I got paid. In December, the trouble started. She published my article for her Dec. issue, and even emailed me telling me around Dec. 13 that the issues/payment were being sent, which is actually early for her, as she usually pays late in the month.
I got nothing from her, and didn’t get any email replies over Christmastime. Right after New Years, she emailed me saying it would be taken care of. Nothing, and she didn’t respond to my emails after about a week of waiting. I called her on January 12. She was nice and again said she would take care of the payment. Nothing again. I called her again on January 20, and she took my call and acted “surprised” that I’ve gotten nothing yet, claiming to have sent it Priority Mail, and again said she’d take care of it last week…