Writing And Publishing A Book
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Book Report Writing – a Step by Step Guide!
Author: Jenny Stewart
Book report writing is not an easy task. You have to give your full concentration and time in order to get some good piece of work. You have to do a lot of reading and usually reading a book, that you already have read, is not an exciting thing at all. Here is a complete step by step guide in writing your book report with ease.
Introductory Paragraph
The first sentence should state for which instructor and class the book-report is being written.
The second sentence should state the title of the book and the author’s name.
The third sentence should tell how many pages the book has and the name of the publisher.
The fourth sentence can state basic bibliographic information about the book. Bibliographic information means not only the author and title but also what company published the book, what year it was published in and any other relevant information such as the edition and if the book has been translated, simplified or abridged.
The next sentence should state the reason(s) you decided to read this book. Why did you choose this particular book for writing a book report? Typical reasons might be:
- You like the author.
- You like this type of book (i.e. mystery, western, adventure or romance, etc.).
- Someone recommended the book to you.
- It was on a required reading list.
- You liked the cover.
These reasons do not have to be complex. Most people choose the books they read because they like the author or somebody recommended it to them. If you chose the book because you like the author, then state why you like that author.
An optional sentence can be used if the cover (back cover) of the book gives you any additional information then adds a sentence with that information.
- Was the book a best seller?
- Are there X million copies in print?
- Did it win any major awards?
· Main Character(s) Paragraph
The first sentence of this paragraph should state who the main character or characters of the book are, and why they are important. Refer to this person or these persons as the Main Character or Main Characters.
You will need at least a complex sentence for this, and probably more than one sentence.
· Other Characters Paragraph
You should compose at least one sentence for each of the other prominent or important characters in the book. State the name of each of the other important characters, and the key role that each one plays in the book
Most books have five or six prominent characters besides the main character, so simply listing each one and stating their role in the book will give you a good sized paragraph.
· Plot Summary Paragraph
This is perhaps the hardest paragraph to write in book report writing five sentences or so. If you have to write a bit more don’t worry. Here are the main points to cover:
- State the type of book (Mystery, Western, etc.).
- What place or country was the book set in?
- What time period was the book set in? (19th century, the present, ancient Rome, the 23rd century).
- Other physical locations which are important, like: ships, airplanes, houses, or buildings.
- Other notable attributes of the book. (Was it violent, scary, fast paced, etc.).
- What is the main character trying to do?
- What is the outcome of the book?
- etc.
Make sure you cover all of the major parts of the plot. You might have to go back through the book, chapter by chapter, and make a few notes.
· Personal Impressions and Conclusion Paragraph
Simply talk about what you liked or did not like when you write a book report. Use this paragraph as your conclusion. It should summarize your overall impressions of the book and bring the report to a close.
- Start with a sentence that states that you are now writing a conclusion. (For example: “My final thoughts on ‘A Fine Balance’ are that it is a fascinating book but I am not entirely sure if I completely understood the thematic message of the book.”
- Restate your reasons why you liked and/or disliked the book using different words.
- Write two sentences that talk about the books good points and weak points.
- Write a sentence or two about what you learned from the book.
- Close with a sentence that states whether you would recommend the book to others.
Don’t be afraid to give your own honest impressions of the book. After all, if you’ve read the book thoroughly, you are entitled to your own interpretation of it.
Typically, your book report should not exceed two double-spaced pages, and it should be somewhere between 600 and 800 words in length.
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Jenny Stewart is a PhD in Human Relation. She is an educational consultant and utilizing her skills in helping the students to accomplish there education successfully . She is changing the student’s difficulties in book report into ease since many years by helping them with her skills and knowledge to get there projects done efficiently.
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I don’t have any personal experience on how to publish a book but I can offer some “blogs” that might be very helpful in publishing some books. And if I were in your shoes, I would try to visit “xlibris” coz it seems that this self-publishing company had lots of positive gossips nowadays …and people are recommending them to some aspiring authors.
Well, if you try to call their customer representatives… they may guide you and give you some tips on how to publish you work… they might give you some stories of successful authors.
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When I meet an author with a great book concept, one who’s definitely the right person to write that book, right away I’ll often encourage him or her to self-publish. This is because I know that an author is thoroughly invested in what they have to say. Your publisher can help you determine the genre if you like.
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.
Since your book is stored electronically, you don’t have to turn your home into a warehouse. Unless you decide to buy some copies at your discounted author’s price and sell them yourself, you don’t even have to touch the books: your publisher will take care of all orders, printing books out and shipping them to the customers. All you need to do is to spread the word, and refer potential book buyers to Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and other stores where your book is available.
You will have your book done exactly the way you want it. You can submit your own images for the cover, or simply tell the artist what you wish to see on it, and there will be no editor telling you to change or remove certain parts of your masterpiece.
I wish you luck! 🙂 You can always talk to a publishing consultant at the same time.
You’re not even on step one and you’re trying to skip to step 363. Focus on writing your novel first, especially if this is your first novel, because most people will not succeed at getting a book published, but writing a novel (published or not) will give you the experience you need to write a publishable novel one day. You’re only on the idea phase and you’re already thinking about getting it published, just don’t put the cart before the horse. You should never have to pay out of pocket to get novel published. Actually, I’ll just link you to my other posts where I go in-depth about the process, because it is long. You need to do your own research and learn about the many literary and publishing scams, including vanity presses that pose as traditional publishers. Publish America is one such vanity press – you don’t pay for the publishing; it’s strictly POD (print on demand); POD books will never be stocked in bookstores; and their books are overpriced, which means extremely few people will want to pay the asking price for your book. Vanity publishers depend on the authors buying their own books and that’s how they make a profit. You do your own marketing and selling and you’ll be hard pressed to find a major bookstore that will book you for signings (POD issue with having to buy the books first); major publishers will supply the bookstores with the books they need. Publish America authors will have to purchase their own books and hope from there to convince a bookstore to book a signing. Major bookstores don’t work with POD and many don’t work with Publish America because of the low quality of their books. I mention publish america specifically because some people have been recommending them. Most authors can do better without them, unless they’re desperate to have their name on a book cover.
Anyway, just write your book, and when you’re finished you should begin editing it, then give it to others for feedback, edit some more and then look into the different ways to publish.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums can help you along your journey from idea to being published by supplying you with the info you need.
Also, I’ve answered this question before in detail, if you want to read:
How do I publish?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqfeNmk4f7EZBL55gLiPtsnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090619202151AAfQbVy&show=7#profile-info-2lt9fgBlaa
Free literary agent?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akn8LafZT.qd9jjI2f_CHWfty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090619054529AAfqyja&show=7#profile-info-TxhH9cfKaa
Best way to publish a book?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhjBzNa0JcYcwHmxdmUV3_jty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090618154146AAVSBoZ&show=7#profile-info-AA11091817
I can only tell you what I know from the standpoint of publishing traditionally through one of the top 2 publishers in the world. Trust me = I know my stuff. I do this for a living.
Let me just give you a general answer in dollars and cents. It’s complicated so stay with me.
A smart author invests in an editor before the book goes through the query stage. At that point, you can retain rights to any and all edits made in your book. A good editor knows how to take a good novel and turn it into exactly what a publisher is looking for. Expect to pay 5-10 dollars per page based on 250 words per page, but they are worth it. An editor’s margin notes can really help you get your novel in great shape. They have been down the road before. They know their stuff. They also know agents and may be able to recommend you to one. But it costs money up front.
If a publisher decides they are interested, they sign a standard book contract with you. That calls for you to receive 10% royalties from the sales of your book. 15% of your 10% goes to your agent for negotiating the deal.
The price of your book is set at 6 times the cost of production. Generally these days, with a hardcover book that comes to about $24.99. That means that for every book you sell, your share is $2.49 less 15% for your agent or roughly $2.12 BEFORE TAXES.
Today, it is common for a first print run of a newcomer’s book to be about 15,000 books. Much less isn’t profitable to print. Therefore if you sell all 15,000 of your books, you stand to make $31,800. If your agent has done their job, they have gotten you an advance of 50% of your royalties or $15,900 – of course that is taxable income.
That means that when your book sells 7,501 copies, you start earning your additional $2.12 per book. But publishers aren’t fools, they are businessmen. If your book does not sell 7.500 copies, you will likely be asked to return any portion of that $15,900 that is owed to them.
If you are smart, you take that $15,900 and plow it into marketing and promoting your book so that you sell the rest of the first print run and get the publisher to do a second or even third run – which your agent will negotiate at higher royalty rates and a bigger advance. It takes money to make money. If you paid for an editor, you are still running behind at this point. You NEED to remember Uncle Jim’s rule of publishing. Money should start flowing toward the author not away from him as it does in self publishing.
Of course, this means your royalties end up being nothing, but you are investing in your future as a novelist. Often, if you are willing to invest, you can get your publisher to contribute a similar amount. Again, this is if your agent is on the ball.
If your books do not sell and end up on the bargain tables we all see at the major book stores and I walk in and buy your book for the reduced price of 7.00, you make ZERO. Nothing.
If your publisher negotiates with one of the large wholesale clubs like Costco to sell your book for half price – or approximately $16.49 each, you take the hit. Your 10% is based on that number. Of course, you will likely sell more copies in those clubs, so it is advantageous. A good agent will work on book club deals for you. Also, when you walk into a major bookstore these days and see books on displays at the counter and near the front of the door, that costs money. It is paid advertising. Sometimes as much a dollar a book to get placed up front. But that is where people will see you. So your marketing plan may involve getting your books placed on those tables for a day or two. YOU the author pay most of that cost. Publishers invest very little in marketing for novice authors. Brown Little got burned paying 50 million dollars to advertise The Historian for Elizabeth Kostova and now it is available on bargain shelves for 5 bucks. They save their big advertising dollars for the big time authors.
You do not get rich on a first novel. It is very rare. If any one asks you to pay money to look at your book, they are a self publisher and you should run fast. The only things your agent may charge you for are the standard 15% commission plus incidentals like printing costs of copies they have to send to publishers, postage, long distance calls etc.
The 90% left goes to the printer, and the publisher. They are the ones speculating on you and that is how it works. They have to pay editorial staff, attorneys, and many other people who will be there actually “working” for your book. They do earn their share. Believe it or not.
The big money comes if your book does well enough in hardcover to warrant paperback rights being sold. Stephen King got a 2500 dollar advance for Carrie from Doubleday. Doubleday in turn sold the paperback rights for 400 thousand dollars, of which Mr. King received 200 thousand. It sounds great, but it’s still not a terribly huge sum considering what you have to invest to make your book successful enough to get a big paperback advance. You will find you make next to nothing on foreign rights. In some cases – absolutely zero, but it is cool to see your book in other languages so some authors do it anyway.
Also NEVER tell a publisher you are writing a series. They will be very hesitant to even look at it. They will never enter into a multi book deal with a new author. What if the first books tanks and they still owe you two more? It works the other way, too. If the first one does great, you have more to negotiate the second and subsequent sales with. But make sure your first book can stand alone. There may not be another.
It’s all about building a reputation over time as a reliable and steady seller whose books get better with each new one and climb the charts higher and faster. That gives your agent more room to negotiate and more leverage for your next book and the one after that.
And by the way, only 5% of authors make a living at it. The rest work. You can look up an author by the name of Glen Cook. Writes great Sci Fi and satire. I love his Garrett series books. He has a huge underground following and until his publisher started rereleasing them recently, you had to pay 40 – 50 bucks for a raggedy paperback online. He wrote for years at night while working days at the GM Light Truck Assembly Line. If you have a GM truck, he might have built it. And he wrote a ton of excellent books while he worked there.
If you go to my profile you will find I star all the Q and A on publishing and writing. Read through them and print out ones you think will help you. Many successful and legit authors post here and do a lot to help novices learn. Pax-C
Advice on Book Writing
How To Write A Book
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How to get started writing a book
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Contact the copyright holder and ask permission. They would probably want to review any manuscript. But no doubt you would not be able to find a publisher for a book about a copyrighted character, so this question is moot. As long as it is for you personal pleasure, write about anyone you want.
G’day,
Here is a web site which may be of help to you.
Resources for Teen Writers Interested in Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing ; http://www.davidbarrkirtley.com/teenwriter/TeenResources.html
I also recommend going to http://www.sfwa.org/ and ESPECIALLY reading “Writers Beware!”
I suggest you get your parents to take you to a local or even not so local SF convention. You would get to meet some authors, editors, publishers and lots of fans.
Party for 3 days. You can sleep when you get home. 🙂
[For your parents: SF cons are quite YA friendly. We treat YAs with due respect.]
Ciao & teggeddizzi! May the Ghreat Wombat smile on you!
The Wombat
Be prepared to think a lot about everything. Challenge your ideas, and probably pick up a couple of books on writing to avoid any issues later. If you know what to avoid, you’ll have an easier time.
Here’s my “bible” and my other favorite books on writing, they changed the way I think about the whole process and helped my fine tune my novel.
Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
If you’re going to get anything, get this one and try not to get your feelings hurt.
How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman
Funny as heck. Also very good.
The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life by Noah Lukeman
This one’s mostly for character development. It will inspire you.
The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
A classic. Very to-the-point, but not at all entertaining, that’s not it’s purpose.
Good luck from one writer to another!
Workshop it. Get critiques and comments from (preferably) other writers. Family and friends will only tell you what they think you want to hear. They will not necessarily tell you the truth.
Even the best writers revise and get feedback on their “works in progress.” Find a local writing group or join one online. Get responses from your peers, especially on those parts of the books you feel are not as strong as others. Listen to the advice you receive. Be prepared to give your own feedback on other people’s writing.
Attend writing conferences. You will not only meet other aspiring writers but also many published writers as well as agents and publishers. Networking is critical.
When you have revised your manuscript until you feel it is as ready as it can ever be, get a copy of The Writer’s Market (or go to the library and do some research). Create a list of agents and/or publishers you feel would be interested in your work and start working on creating a book proposal. (See link below for a book recommended to me by every published writer I know.) Follow whatever guidelines the agent/publisher say and once your manuscript, with a good query letter, is out there in the world . . . START WRITING YOUR NEXT BOOK!
Whatever else you do, keep writing.
First of all, I am no lawyer, so I am only basing this on what I have been told. If you are writing a critique or review of the comic and give proper credit to the copyright holders, you can use the names with no problems.
If you are writing a new story using these established characters (ie. “fan-fiction”), then you must have permission from (and pay royalties to) the owner of the copyrights if you try to sell the story.
Almost all fan-fiction is never sold for money for this reason. Consequently, if there is no money in it, the original copyright holders generally ignore the fan-fic stories as not worth the law-suit.
Can you provide me with sites or links that provides information on writing and publishing a book?
I am look for information on how to learn to write a book, details on publishing it, and anyone that would like to give me helpful hints, pointers, etc…to someone like me who is basically, dreaming of writing a book one day. I would appreciate any advice that others with some experience can share with me. I have been told for years that I should write books and I am a middle aged woman with a desire to write a book and I beleive that there is a possibility that I might actually be great at it. This could be my calling in life and I will be viewing all my responses very seriously in hopes of writing that very first best seller.
What steps are involved in writing and publishing a book?
I wrote a book and am unsure as to what to do with it next? Thanks for any advice you may have……….
About how much money dose a author make for writing and publishing a book?
Im writing a book and planing on publishin it. About how much can I get payed per book? How about for the thing as a whole?
What are the legalities of writing/publishing a book?
If for instance you want to write about the psychology of comic book villains and heroes (already written), what do you have to do to use characters not your own? In this example you’re applying theories already used, but for example, if you analyze batman as being schizophrenic – Can you use the name “batman”, do you have to pay DC for using the name, do you have to get permission, etc.?
Thanks for the feedback!
What is the proses of writing an publishing a book?
I’m 13 and my teacher, friends, and mom think i should write a book because i’m really good at it apparently. i have a few ideas but if i wrote one how would i get it published? and i know i’m just 13 but when i get older what colleges should i think about looking at? (the last question is optional).
thanks!!!
Advice in writing & publishing a book?
I’m in the process of writing a book (novel). For those writers and authors out there, what are some things that goes into writing and publishing a book. Any advice will be greatly apprieciated.
Thanks in advance !!
Where to start on writing / publishing a book?
For the past 5 years. I have lived next to the craziest neighbors ever….I have enough stories for 5 or 6 books and could probably start a tv show about them.
I was wondering how to do get starting on creating a book / copy writing. I really have no clue where to go and I am not a good writer.
How do you go about writing and publishing a book?
I’ve started a few ideas for writing a book. Just a couple options, I figure eventually I’ll mesh all of them together into a book. How do you go about writing a whole book and than getting it published? I looked it up online and it looks like quite an expensive process.
How do I go about writing/publishing my own book?
I want to write a book (as a keepsake) for my children to have and to pass on to their children. How do I go about accomplishing my goal? Where do I start? Any advise is greatly appreciated!
How would I go about writing and publishing a book about a trademarked character?
For example, if iI wanted to write a book about Batman, how would I go about it so that I dont get sued? If there is no way to do, what would be the proper chanels to go through?