What is publishing? July 31, 2009
Posted by doctorhowie in e-book, e-journal, e-zine, internet/web, PDF, printing, publishing.Tags: e-book, e-journal, publishing, writing
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Seems a ridiculous question perhaps?
Well in days gone by, publishing referred to getting a book or magazine printed so that it would reach a wide audience. In some cases this was done for educational purposes, in some cases it was done to make money.
The concept of getting your ideas to reach a wide audience is as valid today as it has ever been. The purposes of publishing for education and for income remain.
However, the audience can now be wider than ever and is more easily accessed, thanks to computers and the internet.
These days, publishing is not restricted to physically printing something and making it available to others. Publishing includes material posted on the internet (like e-journals*, e-zines*, e-books*) and material available in digital or electronic form (PDFs** and CDs).
So let your creativity roam free, and get publishing!
* e-journal = electronic journal; e-zine = electronic magazine;
e-book = electronic book
** PDF = portable document format (does not care what operating system you computer uses)
Where do I start? July 20, 2009
Posted by doctorhowie in drawings/illustrations, general, images, manuscript, paintings, photos.add a comment
With an idea… you have the words and/or images but maybe you don’t know how to put them together.
With a manuscript… the words (text) you want to get published. Have some idea of what you want to say and of how you are going to say it (some kind of order or structure).
With images… the photos/drawings/paintings that may support your words (be part of them and enhance them) OR they can form the basis (main theme) of what you want to get published (for example in an art book or an architecture book or a children’s book or a calendar).
In other words, the words and images work together to make something that you want other people to read or to see.
Welcome July 15, 2009
Posted by doctorhowie in art book, design, editing, general, manuscript, printing, project management, publishing, scanning, Scott Howard, typesetting.Tags: editing, publishing, writing
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Many people have no idea where to start when they want to get something published. Usually, they know what they want to achieve but don’t know how to get it.
This blog attempts to answer typical (and non-typical) questions, and helps you get started or complete a project you have already begun.
Scott Howard
