How To Publish Books
How to Legally Gain Access to Music, Ebooks and Other Digital Products for Free
Author: Mike Knowles
Did you know that you can use Google to find otherwise expensive music, games and ebooks for free? Many products, including those intended to be purchased through supposedly “secure” channels, such as iTunes, paypal or the clickbank marketplace, can be hacked…
Don’t believe me? Copy and paste the following text into Google to search for Timbaland’s newest single
-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Timbaland”
As of the time of this writing, the fourth search result will take you to an index full of mp3’s by Timbaland, Fabolous, Soulja Boy, Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, Avril Lavigne, Eminem, P. Diddy and several others. Change “Timbaland” to another artist’s name and there’s literally no limit to what you can turn up. When you find a valid directory such as this, simply right-click on the song, then choose “Save Link As” or “Save Target As” to download it to your hard drive.
This same expression can be modified to search for ebooks, software and other digital products.
-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(pdf|doc) “ebook”
This is a great way to find ebooks on everything from web design to How To books on router hacking to digital copies of the Harry Potter series. Some of these are meant to be freely available, but most are intended to be sold, sometimes for hundreds of dollars. I don’t know how anyone else feels about it, but why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?
To modify the search string for other products, you need to know that anything between the ” ” is taken as a whole word. ‘intitle:index of’ is at the top of every index page and is probably the most important word in the search string. The ‘-htm -html’ parameter at the end excludes the pages without index.htm or index.html, giving us only directories in our search results. For music, you will likely be searching for mp3 or wma files. For ebooks, pdf and doc types are your best bet. For software, you can give the zip and rar extensions a shot.
Again, this technique won’t work for every product out there, especially those of which that have been protected or encrypted. However, you can hack many mp3’s, ebooks being sold through clickbank and paypal and software packages without much effort.
Finally, there is another, much more powerful technique that goes above and beyond what is described above. To get that one, however, you’ll have to visit my site www.ebookhacking.com and download the very reasonably priced (ok, so it’s cheap) report available there. It is guaranteed to have you hacking clickbank products in no time flat.
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I totally understand where you are coming from. There are lots of writers out there that are not getting the kind of recognition they deserve because number one, they do not know where to turn to to get their stories across and number two, not everybody has the same level of thinking that they have – which of course results to them turning the book down, and lastly, number three, they are minors.
Authors are made – not born at the first sign of christening and as long as you can write and pull off a manuscript at an early age of what, 6, you can be a published author.
Self-publishing is one venue for authors who wanted to test how their book will fare in the market.
To get into a contract, yes, you must have someone legal to assist you with it. Self-publishing will entail you to make a deposit before going through production and any financial transaction done should be legitimate.
How can you NOT publish? I have known of authors who started as early as 6 to 10- years old.
With parent’s consent, supervision and resources, these children are already raking exposure in the publishing industry as young as they are now.
Good luck!
Unless if you decided on publishing the book yourself, then it means you would have to hire a self-publishing company to do the book for you. Self-publishing companies have programs for you to register and dole out services that will cater to your budget and what your book needs. A production team is then assigned to you all through out production process. Some companies will compel on making you pay up front while others just require a deposit to get started with production.
With the print-on-demand technology, your print run is virtually unlimited. If an order comes in for 5,000 copies, your publisher will handle it, and be ready to print as many more as needed, any time. And if you only sell just a few books per month, no one will tell you that the book is not selling well and therefore needs to go out of print. Your book will be around as long as you want it to.
Book pricing then will also be dependent on the number of pages your book has. Most black and white books have a standard page count of not less than 48 pages while the colored ones require at least 24. Since self-published books are print on demand, prices per book is at $19.99 each the least. Remember, if you order in bulk, your book price will go as low as $3/book.
Good luck! 🙂
There should be publishing companies.
Here are some.
http://www.paginasamarillas.com/papeles-imprenta-y-editorial/puerto-rico/0_1_14_6648/index.aspx
Ignore the first answer.
Just about every wordprocessor has an option to save a file in Microsoft Word format. Consult the documentation to find out how to do this. They might call it “exporting” rather than “saving”.
I use a wordprocessor called OpenOffice, which is available as a free download from http://www.openoffice.org. It has all the features a novelist would ever need, and can open and save files in Microsoft Word format.
How competitive? There are few fields that are as or more competitive than writing. Think about it. You could be a modern day Shakespeare and you would /still/ have to start out like everybody else. Unless you already know somebody in the business there’s no way to cut to the front of the line.
In other professions there are phone numbers you could call and addresses you could visit and people you could talk to. Not with writing. With writing you start off with mail. You could send “Romeo and Juliet” to an agent or publisher in regular mail or email and you would end up in a pile of mail with hundreds or thousands of other manuscripts. You have to wait for the agent or publisher to finally get to your manuscript and /then/ they have like it. Keep in mind that some of today’s most famous and successful novels were turned down as much as 50 times. Even if they /like/ your work it could take a couple of months to receive a response. Here are some responses some famous authors received: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmkAPWawkFvehOPd5T0F0fjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070928192359AAxatT6
Being a writer is having homework for the rest of your life and not being appreciated for it. As one of the other posters said, you could “make it” as an author and still barely make any money. Most “successful” authors still have to hold down a regular job. So, as you can see, it is a lot of work and not a lot of reward.
An agent from Curtis Brown, LTD said that he accepts /less/ than 1% of the writers that query him – and not everybody /he/ accepts is accepted by a publisher. So to answer you question about how hard it is, it’s /very/ hard.
The one good thing about the whole thing, though, is that you barely need any money to become a writer. Legitimate agents and publishers don’t cost /any/ money. They get paid when a book sells. It does cost money for an independent professional editor to edit your work /before/ you send it out to agents and publishers, but it is a one time cost. Typically a writer can expect to spend $1,000 – 7,000 on a /professional/ editor depending on how many words are in the manuscript.
Of course, all of this is irrelevant if you can’t write well. That is a whole other story in itself. Skill is partially due to what’s already within you and partially due to how much you read and write. The best thing for a beginner to do is read A LOT and practice with short stories.
As you can see it is /very/ difficult to become even a somewhat successful author. Here are some links to help you understand more about the business and the craft. One of my biggest pieces of advice is to stay away from self-publishing. Self-publishing is where books go to die.
You can read the info I wrote in this link for the precise details you would need to follow in order to /maybe/ get published:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgoSzptLFR81.fQXx0HL2EYAAAAA;_ylv=3?qid=20080307135932AAV0yMZ
Read my answers to these questions:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiXEk12JHUjjuxNu7Hm235bsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080218195929AAZC5Uf
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Agf4E_uCZdLnUjJXFh8FnTbsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080306021127AAPinfJ
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Anmcv0s4YimIG6djsIzo6gjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080302004238AAiNAqB
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aox2w6yvUPw2rx0TFuwK6trsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080305151120AAFpLzS
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlTnEUw5Xcmm.UTkxs_m2Uvsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080221175422AAoMvhY
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiXEk12JHUjjuxNu7Hm235bsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080223100503AAGMZj1
Read Persiphone’s answers to these questions:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhzgwX4dlJ1Xe2HzYvd5EPjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070820223829AABIHna
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AllTA164p7RoBCo7Q0.23D_sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080228035052AABMnvc
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ar2AVUDjAKgK5fREE10K.OHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080203200459AA303hs
If you have read all of the links up to this point and it just seems like too much work and confusion, give up. Because becoming an author is going to be /way/ more work than what I posted here.
Here are a few great sites for aspiring writers:
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/
Here are a couple of blogs from professional literary agents:
http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/
http://misssnark.blogspot.com/
That is a lot of information you are asking for, and your grammar is not very good so I am unclear on several of the questions. Hopefully you have had your book thoroughly edited before begining the publication process because it is not easy.
I can’t answer many of the questions specifically because each publisher has it’s own set of guidelines and rules for how it does business. You will need to research publishers who deal with books similar to what you have written, and find out what their submission guidelines are.
There are two types of publishing, traditional and self-publishing. If you choose to go with self-pubbing, I would recommend http://www.lulu.com as a great site. They don’t pretend to be anything they are not, and have excellent service. All the decisions will be in your hands. However, going with a company like this is a difficult road and it is not considered a publishing credential if you look to go traditional down the road. Here is some other information about the downside of self-publishers (also known as vanity presses):
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/vanitypublishers.html
As far as novels go, different publishers specialize in different things, and fiction is a broad world. You have to try and sell your material to companies that produce similar works (ie, don’t try and sell a fantasy novel to a romance publisher). So do your homework. Take a look at the most recent “Writer’s Market”… or even better, try the “Guide to Literary Agents”.
I absolutely suggest getting an agent instead of approaching publishers directly. I’m assuming you are not a contract attorney, so you will need someone to look over any offers and to guide you through the publishing world.
No publisher or agent should charge you any money up front! That is the sign of a scam! They make money by selling your book. Agents work on a commission (generally 15% of the amount of money the publishers pay you).
Make sure that you follow their exact submission specifications. You can’t send them your book, but you should be sending them a query letter (Nicholas Sparks has a good example on his website).
Here are some websites that can help. Read them thoroughly and research, research, research! Pay special attention to Miss Snark, because her archives can answer any question you ever have about publishing:
http://www.publishersmarketplace.com
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
http://www.agentquery.com/
http://www.misssnark.blogspot.com
And be warned of the people on this list:
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/twentyworst.html
Good luck!
Hi.
Your sister is extremely talented at a young age. It is actually a good start if she gets to have something published and distributed to the market this early. I would suggest that you scout for self-publishing companies that provide services that will cater to her book’s requirement. A picture book with illustrations and text is ideal for the type of book she will submit and I know that Xlibris does top quality picture books.
Her book will be published, protected and distributed globally. The good thing about self-publishing companies is that they are on a Print On Demand technology and her book will be listed under a database for a lifetime.
At such a young age, her career will be geared into writing, publishing, book signings and who knows. Isn’t that exciting?
Now let me give you something to peruse at. I actually got mine and it did help. Doesn’t hurt to shop around. 🙂
I see your point. I am French-American. I love the US and I’ll do my best to insure it remains a leader in the world.
But yea, in France, no book or source of information is illegal. Even if it could be a tool to be used by terrorists, education is worth it.
We are not nazis, are we?
Takes a lot more than 4 sentences to see if you have University level writing ability.
research online. Submitting your manuscript to the editor of the publishing company is your best option. As for your pictures and cover the publishing company will choose one for you. I good book to buy is writing for children by aron shepard. Try it used on amazon. It has great basic stuff. As far as a novel it depends on the age group of your audience. So research again. Also knowing what kind of Publishing company you want is important.
Where to publish books online and how to decide which publishers is good and publish my books quickly?
I wanted to know what are the pros and cons of publishing online and what are all the top publishers in US. What are the rules and regulations for publishing. Whether I have to give my writing to them for verification or I have to take care of my writings and how to give the writing materials for different publishers
How do you rate my writings? Do you think I can publish books?
Please edit and comment on my writing. Do you think I have univ-level writing skills? Do you think people who understand my books? PLEASE BE HONEST.
Does Buffon have more class than any other player in the world?
To me yeah he does. First of all he remained loyal to the great Juve which we all respect, me especially. He also talked with Zidane after Zidane got ejected from the game in the finals of 2006 World Cup. As I said before your actions on the pitch show who you are in real life.
long writing –
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuNJXX1xZqNe.1bSrC8i2PPsy6IX?qid=20070906001231AAATk0I
How do you publish books? Like even if they choose it how do you do the pics and cover and stuff for it? HELP?
yeah, so i was thinking bout doing a book- picture book 1st then novel. So just need help with everything- from writing the book to selling it. PLZ EVERYTHING WILL HELP!
How competitive is it to publish books and to be a successful writer?
I’m just curious. How hard is it to be a novelist? Any good tips? Advice?
Thanks.
why is it illegal to publish books advocating terrorism?
or any other politically controversial issue..
like they say, guns don’t kill people, people kill people. so why should mere information- which, without a person to act on it, is absolutely harmless- be censored? how can we legitimately call reading/publishing such information illegal, when in fact no crime has been committed? if you go on the assumption that it may, then you might as well apply the same principle to other things- for example, the police could legitimately take away your gun on the assumption that you may go insane in a crowded shopping mall with it. do you understand what I’m saying?
How do you become a publisher and publish books?
Its because my sis wants to write a book and i wanted to be her publisher because i love it so far and i want to help her out.
Are there any places where you can publish books in puerto rico?
Im writing a book and I want to publish it. But i have no clue where or how. I’ve been writing since i was 8 and the closet i’ve ever gotten to publishing was getting my story put in the school library.
How can I publish my own books?
I’m fifteen and wrote about four books. I have no idea where to find someone to publish my books. Does anyone know someone that can publish my books? Even if you publish books, please give me your email or just tell me how.
How to publish books on a budget?
We are currently taking part in young enterprise and had the idea of creating books. Would this be cost effective and would there be any ways of funding our own publishing?
Would it be possible to print around 50 books for under £100 for our young enterprise project? If not, how much would it cost to print 50-100 books?
if i do not have microsoft does that mean i cant publish books on eBook?
i want to publish a book on eBook but it wont let me unless if it’s a microsoft document. so does that mean i cant publish a book on it unless i use microsoft. if i do need micro. then how can i get it without buying it? or do i have to buy it?