In January 2015, SPJ and ASJA hosted an event focused on New Options for Authors in the Changing Book Publishing Game. Nell Minow and Tom Allen spoke at the beautiful Fund for American Studies in Dupont Circle. Here, by request, is the handout, helpful links from my Writers and Editors website. Clicking on the title should take you to the right page.
• Publishing and e-publishing
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm
• Self-Publishing and Print-on-Demand
http://bit.ly/PODselfpublish
• Ebook basics and beyond
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm#bookmark8
• Ebook formats and formatting
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm#bookmark11
• Ebook prices and price wars
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm#bookmark8a
• Narrative Nonfiction
http://bit.ly/NarrativeNonfiction
• Awards, grants, and fellowships for writers
http://bit.ly/AwardsWriters
• Agents and book proposals
http://bit.ly/agentsproposals
• How to write a book proposal
http://www.writersandeditors.com/agents_and_book_proposals_57412.htm#bookmark1
• So you want to write a book (wisdom from the late great Sarah Wernick)
http://www.writersandeditors.com/so__you_want_to_write_a_book__63351.htm
Told she couldn't write, Sarah taught herself to write so well that she had a couple bestsellers.
• Rights, copyright, and fair use
http://bit.ly/RightsCopyright
• Fair use basics
http://bit.ly/fairusebasics
• Style, grammar, and word choice
http://www.writersandeditors.com/style__grammar__diction_57354.htm
• For editors
http://www.writersandeditors.com/for_editors_57430.htm
• Editing checklists
http://www.writersandeditors.com/blog.htm?post=958659
• Books for writers and editors
http://www.writersandeditors.com/books_for_writers_and_editors_57711.htm
• What’s the difference between a memoir and an autobiography
http://bit.ly/biomemoir
• Radio talk shows for listeners who think (a/k/a marketing)
http://bit.ly/talkshows
• Publishing and e-publishing
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm
• Self-Publishing and Print-on-Demand
http://bit.ly/PODselfpublish
• Ebook basics and beyond
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm#bookmark8
• Ebook formats and formatting
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm#bookmark11
• Ebook prices and price wars
http://www.writersandeditors.com/publishing__and_e_publishing__57759.htm#bookmark8a
• Narrative Nonfiction
http://bit.ly/NarrativeNonfiction
• Awards, grants, and fellowships for writers
http://bit.ly/AwardsWriters
• Agents and book proposals
http://bit.ly/agentsproposals
• How to write a book proposal
http://www.writersandeditors.com/agents_and_book_proposals_57412.htm#bookmark1
• So you want to write a book (wisdom from the late great Sarah Wernick)
http://www.writersandeditors.com/so__you_want_to_write_a_book__63351.htm
Told she couldn't write, Sarah taught herself to write so well that she had a couple bestsellers.
• Rights, copyright, and fair use
http://bit.ly/RightsCopyright
• Fair use basics
http://bit.ly/fairusebasics
• Style, grammar, and word choice
http://www.writersandeditors.com/style__grammar__diction_57354.htm
• For editors
http://www.writersandeditors.com/for_editors_57430.htm
• Editing checklists
http://www.writersandeditors.com/blog.htm?post=958659
• Books for writers and editors
http://www.writersandeditors.com/books_for_writers_and_editors_57711.htm
• What’s the difference between a memoir and an autobiography
http://bit.ly/biomemoir
• Radio talk shows for listeners who think (a/k/a marketing)
http://bit.ly/talkshows