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Re: [BKARTS] publishing cards
Dot
If you want to investigate getting them commercially published, the
company that comes to mind is Chronicle Books in San Francisco. They
published the Griffin and Sabine books , Aunt Sallie's Lament by Claire
Van Vliet, and seem to be open to interesting formats and projects.
Their website is http://www.chroniclebooks.com. My experiences in
publishing have been a mixed bag but as someone who finds the creative
process exciting and production and distribution a bore, I have
concluded that working through a publisher makes sense for me, although
I am looking into publishing my material on teaching bookmaking as pdfs
on the web. My experiences have been in educational publishing so I
really can't give any specific advice as to how to research your
project. I am taking a class in writing a non-fiction book proposal in
June and may be able to offer some more advice then. A book I'd
recommend is Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write: How to get a
contract and an advance before writing your book, Elizabeth Lyon,
Hillsboro, Oregon, Blue Heron Publishing, Inc., 1995. Some publishers
accept work directly from authors/artists, others only from agents.
I posted a list of websites for writing and publishing info on the list
several years ago. I've added some titles since then so I thought I'd
post it again. Hope this helps.
in good spirit
susan
Writing/ Publishing Websites
American Booksellers Assn. site
http://www.bookweb.org
Bookwire, inside the book business, partners include Publishers Weekly,
Library Journal
http://www.bookwire.com
The Writer’s Resource
http://www.inkspot.com
Para Publishing, website of Dan Poynter, author of The Self-Publishing
Manual
www.parapublishing.com
Writing/ Publishing Books
Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write: How to get a contract and
an advance before writing your book, Elizabeth Lyon, Hillsboro, Oregon,
Blue Heron Publishing, Inc., 1995, very thorough plan for writing a
proposal
How to Get Happily Published, Judith Appelbaum, NY, Harper & Row,
describes what to do to get published and what to do after to be happy
about it, not always a given
Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Serious Nonfiction--and Get It
Published, Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato, New York: W.W. Norton &
Company, 2002
Its target audience is academics and people who want to write informed
books with a
broader appeal than university presses, but it's well written and has a
lot of good insights into the publishing process.
SPAWN, Small Publishers Artists And Writers Network
http://www.spawn.org
Writer’s Toolbox, Internet Resources for Writers
http://www.geocities/Athens/6346/index.html
Books AtoZ, geared toward production as well editorial, has list of
publishers
http://www.booksatoz.com
Publisher’s Marketing Assn, association for independent publishers,
present and past newsletters which have helpful articles
http://www.pma-online.org
Children’s Book Council, organization of children’s book publishers,
list of members available with submission info
www.cbcbooks.org
Purple Crayon, by a children’s book editor with lots of good advice
http:www.users.interport.net/~hdu
SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America)
http:www.SPANnet.org
Sensible Solutions, site by author of How to get Happily Published,
info on getting published, self-publishing option, and selling books
http:www.happilypublished.com
Guide to Literary Agents, Cincinnati, OH, Writer’s Digest, published
annually, should be available in reference section of library, costs
about $20.00
The Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book,
Dan Poynter, , Santa Barbara, CA, Para Publishing, a detailed and
thorough guide to self publishing from beginning to end. Valuable for
writers and aspiring publishers
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, 8271 Beverly
Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, 23323.782.1010, scbwi@xxxxxxxx,
www.scbwi.corg
Dues: $50.00 per year plus $10.00 initiation fee, bimonthly newsletter,
NE England Chapter has annual conference in May, a must for anyone
interested in writing children’s books but also appropriate for writers
of educational materials
compiled by Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord, Box 852, Newburyport, MA 01950
skgaylord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 08:19 AM, Dorothy Krause wrote:
I have a tarot deck I'm considering publishing. The major arcana were
done in 1996 as individual pieces of art 24" x 16". Last year I
completed
the minor arcana which are not posted.
Several times a week I receive requests for information on purchasing
the
cards which now exist only virtually. I've printed and trimmed two
decks
by hand, but the labor would make those decks collectors items. If I
undertake to have the printing done I'd like to feel I could recoup my
investment.
Any suggestions or comments as to how I might undertake this project
will
be very appreciated.
Dot
Dorothy Simpson Krause
32 Nathaniel Way, P.O. Box 421
Marshfield Hills, MA 02051
781-837-1682 phone, 781-834-1782 fax
dotkrause@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dotkrause.com
http://www.dotkrause.com/art/tarot/tarot.htm
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Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
Newburyport, MA
skgaylord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.makingbooks.com
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