P-47 WN Template Writing - Handout

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2007 Dan Poynter, CSP - Mr Publishing

I havebeenhere

You areon theright path

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Authors & publishers arecollegial

Conspirators not competitorsEach book is uniqueWe brainstorm each others

promotion plans

My Mission

Making sure people dont diew it h a book st ill inside t hem


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Qualif y t he Proj ect

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Ficti on v. Nonfict ion

Fiction is entertainment

Competes for attention with otherforms of entertainment

Nonfiction is valuable informationNo competition

Set u p t he Binder

Insert the pagesPortableMakes use of unexpected free timeShows progress

Feeling of accomplishmentTransfer to computer

Frontmat t er - Overv iewFront & Back CoversTestimonial pagesTitle PageCopyright Page Dedication PageEpigraph PageTable of Contents

About the Author pageForeword

AcknowledgementDisclaimer

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Make Notes on the Template

Fron t Cover

Get Cover ArtNeeded for both pBook and eBook

Good packaging sells products

Anyone who says you cant judge a book by its cover hasnever met the buyer from Barnes and Noble. Terri Lonier, Working Solo .

Cover Artistshttp://parapublishing.com/supplier.cfm?

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Draf t Your Back- Cover Copy


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Book Covers Work SheetPage one - Test imonials

Testim onials, St ep 1

Each chapter to at least 4 experts (3 rd draft)Match the chapter to interest & expertisePayment: Name in Acknowledgements and an

autographed copy

Use email or Priority Mail/SASE

What they send is valuable

10% of your book could come from peer review

Test im onial s, St ep 2

Place 3 on back cover and the rest on pages 1 & 2

Because

It is easier to editthan it is to create

Tit le Page


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Select a Worki ng Titl eStart with the key wordSpecific, familiar & shortDo not start with a numbersuch as 101Get the DotCom for the titleSelect a subtitle. More descriptive.Test title/subtitle on colleaguesDrafting your back-cover copy willhelp you find a title /subtitle

Copyright Page

Dedicat ion Page Epigraph Page

Ive never met an author that was sorryhe or she wrote their book . . .they are only sorry they did not write itsooner.

Sam Horn, Author and Speaker

A pertinent quotation

Table of Cont ent s About t he Aut horReaders want to knowwhat you look like

(Your readers know moreabout you than you knowabout them)


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Note Tag Box

Margin settings are inWriting Nonfiction

Build Your Book

Wri t e in Page Layout Form atw ith MS- Word

Note Tag Box

Set chapter numberand chapter title

Build Your Book

I mport Photographs (half tones)Take your own

with a digitalcamera

Scan existingphotographs

Crop & size tofit

Use Adobe PhotoDeluxe or PhotoShop or PhotoSuite

Scan & I mport Draw ings

(Leonardo Da Vinci, 1495)

Crop & sizeto fit thepage

Easy nowthatcomputersare faster.

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Quot ati ons Confi rm Your MessageRelevant quotation

Name

DatesBackground

I quote others only the better toexpress myself. --Michel Eyquem de Montaigne,1533 1592

Quotation: The Truth Well Stated

Finding Quotat ions

Search for quotations at Google.com

Find Curr ent Quotat ions

See Amazons Inside the Book feature Also http://Print.Google.com

Add t o Quot ationsfr om Web Encyclopedias

StoriesRequest From Coll eagues

Use email for speed

Set stories in differenttypeface in book

Credit contributor withname & URL

Requestin g St oriesI n Publishing Poynters Marketplace

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Reference Web Sit es

Hyperlink URLs for more information

Link will be hot in the eBook editionsDownload editioneBook reader editionCD edition

Backm att er: Appendix

AfterwordResources

Glossary of TermsBibliographyIndexOrder Blank

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Afterword

Related to Foreword

Last word of encouragement

Glossary of Term s

Words peculiarto the subject

matter AlphabeticalCan combine the

Glossary and theIndex

Bibliography of Books, Et c.

Resources you usedResources you recommend


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Index

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Your book is startedJust fill in the blanks

Questions

When Next We Meet,Will You have?

An idea inyour head, or

A book underyour arm

I t is up to you

Make a Difference

Anyone who has ever taken a showerhas had a good idea.The people who make a difference arethose who get out of the shower andhead for the keyboard.

Dan Poynter

"As you grow older, you'll find the onlythings you regret are the things you

didnt do. Zachary Scott, 1914-1965, Actor

My name isDan Poynt er

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I dont want you to die w i tha book st illinside you.

I havebeenhere

You areon theright path

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P-47 WN Template Writing - Handout