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Nothing Means No at Chronicle Books
“We are not able to personally respond to unsolicited submissions unless we’re interested in publishing them.” Despite this warning, I sent four polite inquiries to Chronicle Books after waiting four months for them to consider my Stanton Delaplane anthology book … Continue reading
Developing A Table of Contents
I’m having trouble working up a T.O.C. for my book proposal. (internal link) The reporter I’m writing about penned pieces on countless topics over fifty years. Everything from marriage to sending free books to Nikita Khrushchev. How should one organize such a … Continue reading
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Different Approaches to OCR Work
09/25/2016: Update. I’ve discovered a great online OCR tool. It does better than anything I used below. Go here to read my post about it. (internal link) Original Post I’m doing research for my anthology project (internal link). It requires scanning … Continue reading
Anthology Questions and a Catch-22
I’d like to put together an anthology but I’ve run into a dilemma. Reprinting another writer’s works requires permission and payment. How much? That depends. Who is your publisher? What is the print run? How many pages will be in the book and what … Continue reading
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