Due to the high volume of story submissions we receive each month, we need to start charging a small reading fee, effective May 1, 2019. To make this fair to authors, there are several options you can choose from. These are: •READING FEE….$2.00 (response time under 1 week) •REJECTION ANALYSIS: brief explanation for rejection..$5.00 (includes reading fee) (response time under 1 week) •COMPREHENSIVE REJECTION ANALYSIS: Detailed explanation of the elements that we felt we lacking and suggestions to improve the story. (includes reading fee and also resubmission at no added charge)….$15.00 (response time under 2 weeks) Payment is made at time of submission. Submissions are for publication in Books ‘N…
5 Deadly Mistakes That Get Your Story Rejected
We get many submissions each month. And we read each of them, even if we know they will not make publication. As time has passed we know that there are at least FIVE deadly mistakes that new writers make, disqualifying them from serious consideration by most reputable publishing houses. Why do we read them? Because we deal with a lot of new writers, where suggestions can be offered, where encouragement can be given, we like to do so. Often a story comes through that has the potential to be publishable. Perhaps it lacks in just a few areas. We like to offer the writer a chance to resubmit (often more…
Learn to Self-Publish Professionally & Affordably! Hands-On Training?
Books ‘N Pieces Magazine/Alt Publish is pleaded to announce a new guided, instructional program starting early 2019: Bestseller on a Budget™️, a complete, instructional program to help you gain publishing independence easily, quickly, and affordably. This program is designed for all levels of experience, especially beginners, and will offer an affordable way to self-publish and market your books using written, visual, video and face-to-face instructional methods. Keep Your Royalties 🔘 Break Free of Small Publishing Companies… By the time you are done investing your time, energy and hopes with a company promising you the moon, you may well be wishing you could just do it yourself and keep your royalties.…
TIP: A Few FREE Ways to Edit Your Writing🖌
Let’s face it; editing your work can be a time-consuming, and costly exercise, although one that is vital to successful writing. There are a few things you can do to jump-start your edits. Obviously start with the spelling and grammar checkers that come with most word processors. While simplistic, it will catch some basic errors. There are also a number of FREE Online programs that are extensions to browsers such as Chrome. Many of these can scan your document and point out the obvious mistakes. These include After the Deadline, Grammar and Spelling by Ginger, Slick Write, Language Tool, and many more. There are also some low cost options out there as…
5 Deadly Mistakes That Get Your Story Rejected
We get many submissions each month. And we read each of them, even if we know they will not make publication. As time has passed we know that there are at least FIVE deadly mistakes that new writers make, disqualifying them from serious consideration by most reputable publishing houses. Why do we read them? Because we deal with a lot of new writers, where suggestions can be offered, where encouragement can be given, we like to do so. Often a story comes through that has the potential to be publishable. Perhaps it lacks in just a few areas. We like to offer the writer a chance to resubmit (often more…
Print/Digital Royalties and the New Kindle Print Process Pricing
Createspace has started phasing out of the self-publishing business, shifting to the Kindle Direct arm of the business, and in the process, changing up the costs and royalties involved. With some variations for book sizing, the calculations for deciding how to price and what you will get as a royalty are based on a formula. The royalty rate is a fixed 60% for standard, and 40% for expanded distribution. But that is, of course, not including deducting for the cost. Calculating the cost is straightforward: A flat $0.85 fixed cost is added to (page count x $0.012). For a 350 page book the cost would be $0.85 + (350 x…
The Scam of the Bestseller List
Have you ever wondered how one gets on the bestseller list, whether the New York Times, USA Today or even the Amazon list? Simply put — every bestseller list is a lie because no bestseller list measures the best selling books. Let me repeat that, so you can grasp the gravity of what it means. No bestseller list measures the actual best selling books. Tucker Max, co-founder of Book in a Box has a lot to say on the subject. In his editorial in Entrepreneur Magazine, he details all the reasons why you should avoid the goal of these lists. Read it at https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/280520 Thoughts? I wonder whether authors on the bestseller lists…
Notebooks, Apps, Programs and How You Prep to Write
If you’ve spent any time reading up on other writers and how they manage their work, you probably have an idea of how to arrange, organize, manage the elements that are involved. Certainly, it is easier to manage a short story––although it is more difficult to write a good short story than a novel––than it is to manage the elements of a novel. You might write a short story quite quickly, a short enough time period to be able to remember all the parts in your head; however, a novel, which extends over vast pages and time frames, character arcs and so on, it is easy to get lost. A…
