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What’s the best medium for my new book?

July 25, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Writing and Publishing / 7 Comments

Dave, what format do you recommend for distributing a 75-page comprehensive research glossary for a popular and prolific alternative health author? He suggests that it should be an ebook, but that lends itself so easily to piracy. Plus people are going to want it printed out and handy during workshops and individual sessions. However, one of the biggest features are the zillion hyperlinks within the document and the ability to search for keywords. My thinking right now is to do a spiral book (like my poetry) and to include the file on CD for an extra charge. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions on this?

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How do I get an ISBN Number?

July 18, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Writing and Publishing / 66 Comments

Dave, I’m trying to publish my own book and just found out I need to get an ISBN. What is an ISBN, how do I get one, and how much does it cost?

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Advice for a new book author?

July 7, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Writing and Publishing / 3 Comments

Dave, I’ve written a lot of articles for magazines, but never anything as substantial as the half of a book I’m co-authoring with a colleague. I know my question is pretty broad, but I’m hoping for stuff of the “I wish I had known / done this when I first started out” variety. So, Dave, what’s your best advice to me?

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How important are deadlines for a book writing project?

June 9, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Writing and Publishing / No Comments

Dave, I’ve been slogging through writing a book for rather a long time now, and with various health issues and some technical glitches (I had my computer broken for a month, for example), I’m concerned that I won’t be able to hit my delivery date for the manuscript. Did I mess up with my original schedule in the contract negotiation phase? Is this really a problem, or is the managing editor going to whine, but it’s really not a big deal?

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How do I become a full-time writer?

May 18, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Writing and Publishing / No Comments

On a writer’s mailing list, professional full-time computer book authors are sharing their own experiences about how they became full-time authors. My friend and colleague Ray Lischner shared a particularly interesting story…

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What are the pros and cons of author blogs?

April 4, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Wordpress Help, Writing and Publishing / 2 Comments

Over on the International Association of Online Communications weblog, Steve O’Keefe asks an interesting question this week: What are the pros and cons of author blogs? His response; “Yes, if the expense of maintaining the blog can be spread over multiple books or author projects. No, as a single-title project produced by publishers. Just as book companion sites aren’t worth maintaining unless they’re attached to an author, imprint or brand, single-title book blogs are seldom a good idea.”

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How do you become an “Amazon Reviewer”?

March 11, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Amazon, eBay, and Online Shopping Help,, Writing and Publishing / 3 Comments

Dave, this might be a bit of a daft question, but I buy lots of books at Amazon.com and I’m curious how you move from being a reviewer to being a rated reviewer? Can you tell me how that works?

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How can I get an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)?

March 10, 2005 / Dave Taylor / Writing and Publishing / 18 Comments

Dave, I’ve just wrapped up an ebook that I want to sell, and I’ve been told by a couple of publishers that I should get an ISBN before releasing it. What’s an ISBN and how do I get one for my ebook?

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