http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/tags/getting-published Travel Writers Exchange Forum Home » Tag: getting published - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:46:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/search.php http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-can-you-repurposereuse-articles#post-2278 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:25:59 +0000 Amandah Blackwell 2278@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>You may want to re-write articles, especially if they're destination pieces. Trisha's right, make sure you read the guidelines for writers. You may not be able to reuse articles if they're already published somewhere else. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/what-is-the-ideal-number-of-pages-for-an-ebook#post-2277 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:13:30 +0000 Trisha Miller 2277@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I have to agree with Dutchie - it really depends on your subject, and also it's price/value. I've downloaded some ebooks that are hundreds of pages, and some that are just a few dozen.</p> <p>The ideal length is however many pages it takes to get your information across clearly and succinctly. My personal writing philosophy is that every word needs to earn its place on the page - people are very busy these days and no one has time to read fluff - they want value in whatever their reading (unless it's fiction or some sort of entertaining reading). So if you keep in mind brevity and clarity, your book will find its own ideal length. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-can-you-repurposereuse-articles#post-2276 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:08:41 +0000 Trisha Miller 2276@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hi Duchess</p> <p>If they are *completely* re-written then you should not have any problems with placing them in other publications, however to be on the safe side always thoroughly read any contract you have with whatever publication published the article first, to be sure you have the right to do so. This is especially true if you're just 'revising' and the new article is not substantially different from the original. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-can-you-repurposereuse-articles#post-2272 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:09:04 +0000 DuchessOfWriting 2272@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I have articles that I wrote in the past that are okay. If I completely rewrite or revise them, could I reuse them and possibly query publishers? Thanks! </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/what-is-the-ideal-number-of-pages-for-an-ebook#post-2271 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:02:19 +0000 Amandah Blackwell 2271@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I agree that "how-to-eBooks" are no more than 80 pages. You could write a longer eBook that's about 100 or more pages and then create "mini" eBooks from it that are no more than 20 pages. You could give some of those "mini eBooks" away for free and sell the larger book. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/what-is-the-ideal-number-of-pages-for-an-ebook#post-2269 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:02:07 +0000 Maria Staal 2269@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I think it depends on what sort of ebook you want to write. I am in the process of publishing an ebook that will also be available as POD, and is the lenght of a normal novel.<br /> But I have heard that 'how-to' ebooks are in general not more than 60-80 pages and no doubt there are ebooks that are much shorter. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/what-is-the-ideal-number-of-pages-for-an-ebook#post-2268 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:05:29 +0000 Angela 2268@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I'm contemplating writing a few eBooks but am not sure how many chapters to include and how many pages they should be? I'd appreciate everyone's insight. Thanks! </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-do-you-get-an-agent#post-2253 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:36:17 +0000 Maria Staal 2253@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I tried to find an agent and discovered that it is almost as hard as finding a publisher.<br /> I did however learn that many publishers accept unsollicited manuscripts as long as they are non-fiction. Even so, I never managed to find either a publisher or agent, so I will just keep self-publishing my books. </p> <p>Keep in mind that it might take years before you are accepted by an agent or publisher. It's a very frustrating and disheartening process.<br /> Good luck! </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-do-you-get-an-agent#post-2248 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:37:09 +0000 Amandah Blackwell 2248@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>You can find an agent by:</p> <p>1. Word of mouth.<br /> 2. AgentQuery.com is a good resource to finding an agent.<br /> 3. Writers groups</p> <p>There's one more website but I can't think of it right now. I'll post it later! </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-do-you-get-an-agent#post-2247 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:57:41 +0000 DuchessOfWriting 2247@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Does anyone have an agent? Is it necessary to have an agent first and then approach publishing houses? Please share your experiences. I'd like to have my book published with a publishing house. </p>