culminating project
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My culminating project's slideshow. The adress to the Noodle Tools bibliography is http://goo.gl/mk20XwTRANSCRIPT
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PublicationBy: Clayton Kochmer
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● Always liked writing fiction.● Could be good possibility for career● Good hobby at least
Why I Chose Publication
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Three Main Types1. Traditional2. Self3. Digital
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Traditional PublishingPro’s
● paid up front● have experienced and well known group advertising your book
Con’s● Takes a large amount of time
http://goo.gl/EfPKOQ
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The Big 5Hachette Book GroupHarpercollinsMacmillanPenguin Random House-formedSimon & Schuster
Not as open to unasked for submissions
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Smaller PublishersGenerally easier and faster to get published in, but more specific in what they want.
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Query Letters● 1 page formal letter addressed to a specific editor, with contact information and addressed return
envelope● needs to be engaging fast● make it look professional
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Literary agentsExtremely helpful for getting published, publishing houses use them extensively to help sort through the volume of books
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Signs of a Good Agent● List of books they’ve helped get published● No upfront fees, they get a cut of what you get, not a flat fee
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Self-PublishingPro’s
● Easier to startCon’s
● Expensive up front● All advertising is self-advertising
http://goo.gl/tzCN3H
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Digital PublishingSeveral large companies digitally publishing,such as amazonMany smaller groups/sites
Pro’s:● Much easier to get published in the first place
Con’s:● Less income in best case scenario of the three
http://goo.gl/nMWrfu
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LengthsAround 250 words goes to a page
Short Story:1000-7,500, 4-30 pages
Novelette:7,500-20,000, 30-80 pages, Not the easiest to get published
Novella:20,000- 50,000, 80-200 pages, Good length for a non-fiction piece and for online publishing
Novel:50,000-110,000, 200-440 pages, An ideal length for an adult fiction book is around 80,000 to 90,000 words
Epics:110,000+, 440+ pages
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My Story1533 words.Would be around 6 pages long.Another 35-40 of similar length to make into novel sized book.Best path would be to publish digitally.
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Annotated Bibliography"The Big Six." Critical Pages. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.criticalpages.com/tag/the-big-six-publishers/>. A
description of the big publishers.
Ciabattari, Jane. "Now There Are 5." LibraryJournal. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb.
2014.
<http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/09/publishing/now-there-are-5/#_>. An
article explaining the merger between two of the larger publishers.
"How to Write a Query Letter." Scribendi. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.scribendi.com/advice.php/how_to_write_a_query_letter.en>.
A how-to on writing query letters.
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Annotated Bibliography Continued"Literary Agents." SFWA. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. <http://www.sfwa.org/
other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/agents/>. An article on
finding literary agents, mostly of what to avoid in one.
Masterson, Lee. "How Long Should Your Story Be?" Fiction Factor. N.p., n.d. Web.
13 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles/wordcount.html>.
Short article on how story's are sorted on length
Strathy, Glen C. "Word Count: How Long Should A Book Be?" How to Write a Book
Now. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/word-count.html>. A source on
how length affects how books are categorized.
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Annotated Bibliography Continued"Traditional Publishing versus Self-Publishing." Scribendi. N.p., n.d. Web. 12
Feb. 2014. <http://www.scribendi.com/advice/
traditional_versus_self_publishing.en.html>. A short overview on the
difference between traditional and self-publishing