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Publish Locally, Get Read Globally
Presented Sat. March 26, 2011,10:30 AM - Noon
Ann Arbor Rec and Ed Conference Room
Debbie Merion, MSW
Goals of the Class
• Familiarize you with some amazing local publications
• Provide a brief overview of the process of publishing your work in print and online
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Five steps to publishing locally (1)1. Clarify your story2. Explore local online publications on the
handout and read--writers’ guidelines--deadline for submission--who is the editor?
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Five steps to publishing locally (2)
3. Envision—where exactly will the story go? Look at the number of words, and the style. Write for that space.
4. Email an editor a query/pitch if you don’t have the entire story written.
5. Submit and be patient, but check back.
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To self-publish a completed manuscript:
• eBook (Kindle, nook)• Print on demand (through Amazon, U-M
Espresso book machine• Printhouse like iUniverse or lulu.com.• Local printer (Kinkos, Thompson-Shore)
– ISBN: bowker.com– authorsguild.org websites for writers – http://www.marketingnewauthors.com/
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To publish a completed manuscript:
• Find an agent– Ask other writers you know – Take a class – Gotham writers
writingclasses.com/– Read preface in similar books
• Contact publishers directly - use Writer’s Market (book or online at writersmarket.com) or contact Ann Arbor publishers.
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Ann Arbor Area Book Publishers
• Huron River Press• Robbie Dean Press• University of Michigan Press
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Once published, how to use your online publication links?
• In your email signature• On Facebook• On Linkedin• In work proposals• Book proposals• Resume • Biography
Goals of the Class
• Familiarize you with some amazing local publications
• Provide a brief overview of the process of publishing your work in print and online
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Questions for the Panel
• Susan Ayers—Editor, Washtenaw Jewish News
• Kyle Poplin– Editor, The Ann• John Hilton–Editor, Ann Arbor Observer• Eve Silberman—Profiles Editor, Ann Arbor
Observer
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Publish Locally, Get Read Globally
Presented Sat. March 26, 2011,10:30 AM - Noon
Ann Arbor Rec and Ed Conference Room
Debbie Merion, MSW
