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Publishing Your Book

Finding a Publisher: The Basics
10 Steps Toward Finding a Publisher - Moira Allen
The Elephant in the Room: Marketing Your Children's Manuscript - Peggy Tibbetts
Enhance Your Publishing IQ - Marilyn Henderson
A Quick Guide to Manuscript Format - Moira Allen

Finding an Agent
Ask an Agent: Four Agents Answer Your Questions - Natalie R. Collins
How to Play the Agent Game - Chris Gavaler
How to Pitch Your Book at a Writing Conference - Cynthia Gallagher
How to Protect Yourself from Questionable Agents - Marg Gilks
The Perfect Pitch: Pitching to Agents at a Writing Conference - Sue Fagalde Lick
What Agents Really Want - Natalie R. Collins

Pitches, Proposals & Synopses
How to Write a Novel Synopsis - Marg Gilks
Selling Your Nonfiction Book, Part I: Finding the Right Publisher - Moira Allen
Selling Your Nonfiction Book, Part II: Making Your Pitch - Moira Allen
Selling Your Nonfiction Book, Part III: Check the Competition on Amazon! - Moira Allen
Writing a Synopsis from the Ground Up - Dee-Ann Latona LeBlanc

Self-Publishing
Self-Publishing FAQ - Moira Allen
Features vs. Benefits, or "Why Should I Buy Your Book?" - Brian Jud
Finding Special Sales for Self-Published Books - Brian Jud
How to Format Your Self-Published Book - Moira Allen
Why Self-Publish? An Interview With Richard Paul Evans - Carolyn Campbell
Marketing Your Book by Direct Mail - Brian Jud
Sell More Books with a Powerful Back Cover - Judy Cullins
Subsidy Publishing vs. Self-Publishing: What's the Difference? - Moira Allen
Titles Sell Books! - Judy Cullins

Print-on-Demand (POD) and Subsidy Publishing
Choosing a Self-Publishing Company - Ray Robinson
Designing a Print-on-Demand Cover - Cathi Stevenson
Formatting Your Book for Lulu.com and Amazon's KDP - Moira Allen
Ten Questions to Ask Before You Sign that Print-on-Demand Contract - Sue Fagalde Lick
The Secret of My Success? - Moira Allen
Should You Pay for Publication? - Moira Allen
Subsidy Publishing: Sacrificing the Dream - Tina Morgan
Subsidy Publishing vs. Self-Publishing: What's the Difference? - Moira Allen

Electronic Publishing
Books: Read and Delete, or Read and Share? - Moira Allen
Brave New World... Or Not? Two Sides to the E-Book Revolution - Moira Allen
The E-Book Revolution: Different Music, Same Song - Moira Allen
E-Readers and the Changing Nature of the Story Experience - Victorian Grossack
The New Publishing Paradigm - Or Is It? - Moira Allen
A Revolution We Can't Ignore: More on the E-Book Revolution - Moira Allen

Miscellany
The Art of Assembling Anthologies - Arlene Uslander and Brenda Warneka
Building a Book from Your Columns or Articles - Mary Emma Allen

Moving On...
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