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<\/a><\/p>\nI am taking a different viewpoint, based on many years of earnest and hopeful observation. If they want you to have a pony, they will hand you the reins when you join up. <\/p>\n
As a result, in my book I have assembled the key strategies you should employ to ensure that you get the job and the pony you deserve, and what to do if things are not working out.<\/p>\n
In order to help people, I need to get this book into their hands. I’ve made a start, because Since most of you have at least one book in you, you may wish to follow along as I blog this new adventure. <\/p>\n You can second-guess me, offer suggestions, and generally feel free to be thankful that it isn’t you careening along the cliff edge of publishing a first book. We could title this series of posts: On the edge of madness<\/em>…or What was he thinking<\/em>… But, we won’t.<\/p>\n This is totally new ground for me, as I have never published a book I have already set up a publishing house, Bent Crow Press, and am It appears at this point, that I can get first-rate paperbacks with I am pleasantly surprised at the excellent response I have had to my I am now waiting for samples from at least five printers. I asked them to send me examples of their best work.<\/p>\n I will continue this saga in the next few posts, as I learned some Incidently, for Fred and other photographers, four-color coffee Update<\/strong>: My download count is now up to 1204 copies<\/strong> of Danger Quicksand – Have A Nice Day. Words fail me. I am very grateful. Thanks.<\/p>\n Second Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n The free download<\/strong> <\/a>version of the book is still available and so is the free PDA version<\/a><\/strong> I’ve had a great time learning how to write over the past few years. Now it’s time to actually do the deed, so to speak, and publish something!<\/p>\n Danger Quicksand – Have A Nice Day strikes off in a different direction than the usual job-hunter’s bible. Most career advice books seem to operate on the basis that you can find a pony in your cubicle if you shovel enough horsepoop away. I am taking a different viewpoint, based on many years of earnest and hopeful observation. If they want you to have a pony, they will hand you the reins when you join up. <\/p>\n As a result, in my book I have assembled the key strategies you should employ to ensure that you get the job and the pony you deserve, and what to do if things are not working out.<\/p>\n In order to help people, I need to get this book into their hands. I’ve made a start, because Since most of you have at least one book in you, you may wish to follow along as I blog this new adventure. <\/p>\n You can second-guess me, offer suggestions, and generally feel free to be thankful that it isn’t you careening along the cliff edge of publishing a first book. We could title this series of posts: On the edge of madness<\/em>…or What was he thinking<\/em>… But, we won’t.<\/p>\n900<\/del> 1204 people have already downloaded it as a PDF file. Now, what I need to do is put out a book to carry my message where broadband internet can’t.<\/p>\n
\nbefore. I have no role models yet, because my experienced friends are
\nfollowing the traditional model of write book, find agent, submit
\nmanuscripts to publishers, and grow old waiting for good news.<\/p>\n
\nnow negotiating with printers to print 500 copies of the book in
\npaperback format. I would rather reorder, than have cartons of unsold
\nbooks in my garage. Friends who self-published before digital printing
\nwas available still had pallet loads stashed away years later. Their
\nexample makes me cautious.<\/p>\n
\na four-color cover delivered into my hot little hands for about $4.00.
\nThe final price will depend on my final page count and the paper I
\ndecide to go with.<\/p>\n
\nrequest for quotation. The printers responded quickly and
\nprofessionally. Some of them actually called to make sure my questions
\nwere answered.<\/p>\n
\nthings which may help those of you who decide to self-publish. <\/p>\n
\ntable books can now be manufactured at reasonable prices in quantities
\nas low as 100 copies. (Dan Poynter, The Self-Publishing Manual, pg 345)<\/p>\n
\nof the book. Download them and feel free to pass them on to your
\nfriends. You will be able to pre-order the paperback soon for delivery
\nin March. Check back next week for exact availability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a><\/p>\n900<\/del> 1204 people have already downloaded it as a PDF file. Now, what I need to do is put out a book to carry my message where broadband internet can’t.<\/p>\n