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1. Edit and proofread.

2. Check out what a publisher actually publishes and submission guidelines.

3. Don’t do this:

(Group email listing every email in the Association of Canadian Publishers’ directory in the “TO” box.)

Friday, October 27,200612:23 PM Looking_for _a _publ isher.pdf Looking for a publicher

Estimable [...]]]> What you must do:

1. Edit and proofread.

2. Check out what a publisher actually publishes and submission guidelines.

3. Don’t do this:

(Group email listing every email in the Association of Canadian Publishers’ directory in the “TO” box.)

Friday, October 27,200612:23 PM 
Looking_for _a _publ isher.pdf 
Looking for a publicher 

Estimable Sir 
I wrote two books in informatics. I think that these are good and I send to you the cover, the contents 
- and a paragraph from everyone. If you are interested, please answer to me for sending the entire fist form for every book. Everyone has a CD with the application programs, whose design was performed in the books. I trust in you, for helping me. See attachments. No viruses. 

the authOr. 

Thursday, October
16, 2008 3:22 AM

Subject:Good Book

Attachment: The Master’s Stick.doc (908 KB)

Dear Literary Agent, Dear Publisher,

(His picture was inserted here)

My name is ___, and I am an Italian writer. It is an honour for me to send you a piece of my work entitled: “The Master’s Stick”. It consists of a collection of short stories and aphorisms, based on the zen style, and it has already been published in Italy, obtaining a good number of sales. 

If you are interested in my work, as I hope you are, you might like to know that a second volume of such work is already available and has not been published in Italy yet. It would be a pleasure for me to collaborate with you for our mutual economic and moral satisfaction. 

Yours faithfully,

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Before you send your book to layout, here are some [...]]]> The copyright page is that page on the left-hand side where you find information about the publisher, ISBN, and the library cataloging number. This is also where publishers leave instructions to the reader, such as whether the material is shareable, disclaimers, and publisher contact information.

Before you send your book to layout, here are some questions you’ll need to answer:

1. Who is the publisher? Me or my business?
If you are self publishing, you choose what you want the publisher name to be. Think of your branding, if you plan on doing more than one book. You need to know this before you start applying for an ISBN.

2. ISBN number?
You always include the ISBN number.  This is your book’s DNA. The ISBN is applied for in the publisher’s country of residence.

3. Edition?
Is this the first edition, or did you revamp your book and reprint with several changes and updates, in which case, you should have a new ISBN and call it the second edition.

4. “Printed in …” — what does it mean?
For printed books, you must have “Printed in Canada, U.S., China…” in the copyright page and the back cover, mainly if you intend to move books in or out of the country.

5. Format and layout of the page
The format and layout of the page is somewhat standard. The best thing to do is pick a book off your shelf that has the layout that resonates with you and copy that format.

6. Cataloging in Print data
Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cip/041003-3000-e.html;
U.S.: http://www.loc.gov/index.html. You can’t apply for a cataloguing in print number without the ISBN and you can’t generate a barcode without the ISBN.

The copyright page should be on the left-hand side.

The copyright of the written manuscript belongs to the author. As soon as you put your thoughts into physical (print, audio, electronic form), it is IS already copyright material. Ideas cannot be copyrighted. But if everyone in your address book wrote about the same idea with the same angle, each person would use different words. Each representation of that idea is copyright.

If a publisher (other than the author) publishes the book, you lend the rights to publish to that firm. Contracts vary, but with traditional publishers, you are giving your rights to publish until the publisher deems it out of print. If you are using a print on demand company, you need to CAREFULLY read the contract and know that firms have a tendency to change their contracts unilaterally without advising the author. Publish at your own risk with a print on demand firm.

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The purpose of this email was to solicit me to advertise in the print magazine. Here was the selling pitch:

Reasons you should advertise [...]]]> I just received an email from a magazine to which I do receive its e-newsletter — and it does provide many great nuggets that I frequently share with my online peeps.

The purpose of this email was to solicit me to advertise in the print magazine. Here was the selling pitch:

Reasons you should advertise in xxxxx magazine:

• Reach more than 1700 non-profit communications, social media, production, publications and membership professionals that keep the magazine at their fingertips.
• Target your niche audience: association/non-profit publishing and media professionals.
• Additional exposure: Your advertisement is part of the digital editions available online to members.
• xxxx delivers practical information and news about the industry, addresses current issues and technology, and keeps members abreast of new developments in association media and publishing management.

(Also…I really don’t know why the spacing between paragraphs won’t take in this post after the bullet points. If you have a suggestion, I’m all ears.)