Authors, Writers, Publishers, and Book Readers

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Spiderwebs

I've been spinning my own webs for a while now. One strand is my site (www.MillerWords.com), another is Authors.com, Facebook (and countless other social sites) and then, of course, this blog.

As the web grows, I seem to be catching a lot of delightful little things. I often find wonderful, positive comments from you, my readers. It really makes my day to see someone respond to my words.

Another neat thing is all the people in "the… Continue

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Added by Mark Miller on July 5, 2011 at 4:57pm — No Comments

Keeping Busy

I recently did an interview with Giovanni Gelati for his blogtalkradio to promote The Lost Queen. He invited me to do a short story together in order to give his readers and listeners a taste of The Empyrical Tales. The story is part of his Author's Lab Collaboration series. The G-Man has created a series of on-going stories with a variety of authors in a wide variety of genres. My installment is called "A Prince in Trenton, Seriously?" and is coming soon. I will post a link as soon as the… Continue

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Added by Mark Miller on June 22, 2011 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Use the Serial Comma

Commas in Series

First, two correct examples of sentences using the serial comma.

1. The toy was red [comma] round [comma] and heavy.

2. I purchased pickles at the store [comma] gas at the convenience store [comma] and flowers at the florist for my beautiful wife.

RULE A

Separate every item in a series with a comma.

Series: A series is a string of three or more…

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Added by David Bowman on April 14, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Test market your book - Free!

DLite Press is offering free eBook publishing - totally FREE! This offer includes cover design and book formatting. Just send us your manuscript. We will post it to our site allowing friends and family to view, or best of all, buy your book. Check us out at http://www.dlitepress.com

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Added by Olive Peart on December 3, 2010 at 2:51am — No Comments

"Free" Publishing Scan Exposed

Here is a scenario with many POD publishers.

Your upfront fee to publish could be as low as $14! However, PODs rarely offer the author free copies of their book. Also, your book (as an electronic file) remains with the

publisher. POD means print-on-demand. The publisher gets to keep a file of your

book and prints the books as needed. It is a fast and easy method…

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Added by Olive Peart on August 5, 2010 at 4:21am — No Comments

Who Am I? What do we Do?

Hi all, I just wanted to introduce myself. I am the Membership Director for the Association of Independent Authors. We are a non-profit organization focussed solely on independent (self-published) authors. Every resource within our community responds directly to issues faced by independent authors.…

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Added by Melanie Walsh on February 21, 2010 at 7:14am — No Comments

The readers of G.R.E.A.T.

On Wednesday I had a wonderful discussion with the book club G.R.E.A.T. (Girls Reading Everything & Anything Together). I was invited by Tracey Smith after she read my novel THE SANDMAN. I have never met Tracey in person, but had to contact her every 3 years as I renewed my PHCC Certification with the state of California. When she learned I had a book published she ordered a copy on Borders.com and presented it to her group.

It was with great pleasure to learn the group was happy… Continue

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Added by David Lucero on January 18, 2010 at 4:35am — No Comments