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Publish Locally, Get Read Globally
Presented Sat. July 19, 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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Publishing Articles Locally
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Five steps to publishing locally (1)
1. Clarify your story
2. 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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Publishing Books Locally
• Is your idea a book?
• Is your idea a book that hasn’t been written?
• Do you want to write without thought of publishing?
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To self-publish a completed manuscript:
• eBook (Kindle, nook)
• Print on demand (through createspace.com, 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
• Dzanc books
• Wayne State University Press
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Books on Publishing Books
• Putting Your Passion Into Print-Eckstut and Sterry
• Thinking Like Your Editor-Rabiner and Fortunato
• How to Write a Book Proposal-Larsen
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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
Websites about Writing
• www.writersmarket.com/
• www.writersdigest.com/
• www.pw.org/
• www.awpwriter.org/magazine/
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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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Publish Locally, Get Read Globally
Presented Sat. July 19, 2011,10:30 AM - Noon Ann Arbor Rec and Ed Conference Room
Debbie Merion, MSW