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06-19-2006, 08:25 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Weatherford
Posts: 1,383
M.O.C. #9
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Publishing Question ??
If any of our MOC family has any experience in getting a book published, would you please PM me? or e-mail me by clicking on the e-mail icon here or in my profile? It may be several days before I can respond, however. I have some basic first timer questions for starters. Thanks !
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06-20-2006, 04:53 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Tipton
Posts: 3,646
M.O.C. #191
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You can self publish at any Kinko's, just go in with your book on a CD in Adobe PDF format. The PDF freezes the page layouts so that they will not change when the file is opened with a computer with a different printer attached. Believe me, trying to fix a formatting mess is not the fun way to spend the afternoon.
If you mean, publish like with a 1000 hard cover print run, cannot help ya.
Congrats on becoming "published".
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06-21-2006, 01:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Weatherford
Posts: 1,383
M.O.C. #9
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I "publish" technical manuals at work. My question is basically how one would decide if they wanted to attempt to write a novel. I don't have a passion for writing or even enjoy writing for the fun of it, but I just went through an experience which could have readers' appeal. All I want to do is write the one best seller, get some royalties coming in so I can RETIRE and hit the road like you guys. My queations are do you write rough draft first, then find a publisher, or contact a publisher with you idea first? What's involved $$$wise upfront (legal stuff, etc.)
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06-21-2006, 04:14 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Tipton
Posts: 3,646
M.O.C. #191
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Ah ha!!
That is a totally different realm from what I publish, I do books for the local genealogy club, cemetery recordings, newspaper extractions of birth, death and marriages. Stuff like that. On my own, I publish family histories for families I have researched, Al's and mine, and one of his mother's cousins family. All these works have a limited interest group, therefore the numbers run are rather small, never had one over 75 on the first run.
And, I never make any $$ at it, doing it rather for love of family and to leave behind a record of the families for future generations. There are exceptions, but of course, but generally, those of us in this sport (family history) spend more $$ and time than we would even hope to recoup on a book sale.
Hey, good luck, there must be some forums online that assist and give hints like MOC, but for budding authors????
Let us know when it is published!!
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