Letters To The Editor For August 8th
Letters will return next week.
THE HIDDEN PERILS OF WORK MADE FOR HIRE (WMFH) CONTRACTS By Melanie Votaw
I was thrilled when my publisher asked me to write a coffee table book about hummingbirds. As an avid bird watcher who had traveled to South America to see and photograph hummingbirds, it was an opportunity to write about one of my passions. The caveat? A “work made for hire” contract. Of course, this type of contract is not unusual for coffee table books, which tend to sell fewer copies than the average title. I wanted very much to write the book, and they would pay me extra for some of my photos. So, I signed the contract. That was in 2002…
What Program Do You Use to Manage Your Subscribers?
Hi Angela,
In your book, Profitable Email Publishing, you said you use egroups to manage your subscriber list. When I go to egroups.com, it reroutes me to Yahoo Groups. Is this what you use to manage your WritersWeekly subscribers?
Writing, Obesity, and Me By Michele L. Tune
“Mom, I’m going to die,” I whispered faintly to my Mother.
“No, you aren’t!” She encouraged.
As I lay on my death bed at close to 300 pounds, with heaps of health problems, having surgery after surgery, I thought I would die…
And ANOTHER trip to the E.R.!
Okay, that makes three trips to the E.R. in the month of July. It’s a new family record!! (huge sigh….)
First, it was Max’s stomach virus. Next. it was Frank’s cow herding accident.
And, on Friday morning, Matt (age 20) woke up with severe stomach pain…
Letters To The Editor For August 1st
- Publishing Success
- POD Secrets Revealed: Inflated Shipping Charges?
- Writing About Sad Things…
- Don’t Forget Our Soldiers!
Paying Vice Markets By David Berlin
Craps, Baffert’s Gin, Santa Damiana cigars, exotic destinations like Montreal, Morocco, Costa Rica, St. Kitt. Micro-micro small batch beers and Watanabe-tailored suits. Cigarette boats.
All of these are vice-related article ideas that have appeared or appear regularly in the pages of magazines like Esquire, Cigar Aficionado, All About Beer, Wine Spectator, and the whole host of poker and gambling related magazines that you can find at any large newsstand. And if you like the things I’ve just spoken of, you can write about them too.
Country Fried Writing Success By Keith Latch
Let me tell you how I got published…
We’re Roughin’ It – Heh…
We’re spending this week on our property in rural Western Maine. Richard has us online via a dish and he’s building a storage shed while Mason and I “rough it” inside the RV, with the air conditioner running and the refrigerator stocked full of yummy stuff… that can be cooked on the stove or in the microwave (no campfire required!). We do use the campfire at night for the s’mores. Some things just aren’t the same in a microwave…
POD Secrets Revealed: Inflated Shipping Charges? By Angela Hoy
You did it! Your book is finally in print! After months of sweating over details like editing and cover colors and even the final list price, you’re ready to start that marketing campaign! You’ve even figured out that you can make more money buying copies at your author discount and doing your own fulfillment at appearances than you would if you sent potential readers to your publisher’s website. But, wait…
You just tried to place an order for 100 copies of your book…and discovered that your publisher is charging you around $1 per paperback book for shipping and handling! Say what?!