From what I've heard, Booksurge's print quality is vastly inferior to Lightning Source's. Lightning provides very specific instructions for typesetters and book cover designers to use when preparing a book for publication; you can get a beautiful book from Lightning, but only if you take care to follow their instructions.
And Ingram owns LSI, so the books LSI prints are distributed through Ingram. I've never had trouble getting my LSI-printed books into Barnes & Noble, Powell's, or anywhere else.
I use an old trackball I bought at Best Buy or CompUSA in 2000 or so for $20. It's clear plastic, easy to clean, and the ball glows green or red depending on what it's doing. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
Books by Bookends, in Ridgewood, N.J., does exactly that. Their parent company, Long Dash Publishing, also acts as a vanity publisher.
Actually POD is not a synonym for vanity publisher. POD is a printing process and nothing more. I own an extremely small publishing company, with only one title so far, and my book is printed by the POD method. I obtained a business license, purchased my own ISBN numbers, wrote the book, typeset it, designed the cover, and submitted the files to the printer/distributor. They print and distribute the book through Ingram, and pay me once a month. My book is available through Amazon, B&N, Powells, etc., and at brick-and-mortar stores by special order. The list price of the book is $41 and was set by me. I don't have any control over the actual selling price though; I've seen it offered for prices ranging from $25 to $80.
I've been running the UD cancer project and related softwares for over five years. I didn't mind donating my computer time, but all that changed a couple of days ago. I signed up for their forum at http://forums.grid.org/ just to browse. I didn't even post anything. I left the site and came back an hour later, only to find my username and password didn't work. I tried to register again using a different username but the same email address, and discovered my email address was banned.
When I emailed United Devices to find out why I was banned, my email was returned by the Mailer Daemon, with relaying denied from my address. About this time yesterday, I filled out a form on their website and told them I resented their shabby treatment of a longtime cruncher, and I want an apology, or at the very least an explanation that makes sense, of why I was banned from the forum and why they are bouncing my emails. I have yet to hear back from them.
I run an informational website and don't charge anyone money to access it. I put together all the information on it, and I wrote the code for the php search engine. It sounds to me like these folks are just trying to copy Amazon and Microsoft, and sue anybody who comes up with a cool idea. And anyway I don't think I've ever heard of them until today.
I have an original OmniKey Ultra, made by Northgate Computer Systems. I'll give it up when someone pries it from my cold dead hands. It weighs several pounds, but has a light touch, and the paint didn't wear off the keys after the first few days of typing. The letters and numbers are embedded into the plastic.
The OmniKey Ultra is so good, there are still companies who are willing to repair it if anything goes wrong. Just try getting a "modern" keyboard repaired, or a pair of shoes, or a VCR.
Did the puter also have Micro$loth Word on it? Word is known to fight with WordPerfect. I tried to let Word and WP5.1 coexist on a machine once, but no joy. I had a couple other puters, so I uninstalled WP5.1 from the one with Word and just let Word hog it.
About three days ago, someone in a self-publishing forum asked what programs people were using to publish their books and why they chose a particular program. I answered that I use TeX, which is free, open-source, and will produce.pdf files, and immediately was attacked for *not* choosing to use MS Word, or InDesign, which lists for around $700. I thought this was impolite, being that I did not start the discussion, but was only answering a question.
Actually it would be the 2004 Hugo nominations ...
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They are nominated & voted on in 2005, but the award is for works published in 2004.
If you like to sing, and are driving, you could practice for karaoke night.
Truck stops usually have a great selection of audio books on CD and cassette. But their offerings are more in the thriller/western/action genres from what I have seen.
Not on eBay as far as I know, but this is the entire business of at least two websites, Guru.com and Elance.com. Both have been around for several years.
No, these would be awards for books and stories published during calendar 2003. Then you have nominations, then voting and vote-counting, so it's September of the next year before the winners are announced.
Not necessarily. A "professional association" I once belonged to finally put up a website in 1998 and threatened *everyone*, including its own membership, with legal action if they linked to the association's website without permission. Guess they don't need the traffic.
Touch typing is the way to go. Whether you're venting your spleen on an internet forum, blabbering with a supposed hottie on AIM, or writing a long, self-indulgent novel for vanity publication, it is so much more efficient to not need to look away from the screen.
A good keyboard is a must. I have the OmniKey Ultra by Northgate, which isn't being made anymore. This thing is steel-reinforced and weighs about 6 lb, and is built for constant abuse by a fast typist.
... I've encountered many instances of mostly elderly people in extreme pain who sadly refuse adequate doses of painkillers because they are afraid of addiction. I've also been friends with pain patients who admit that a certain pleasurable effect from the medically prescribed medication is unavoidable... I have tried tiny amounts of medical morphine & tincture of opium myself that my friend supplied so I'd understand what he was talking about.
I think people are reading as much as ever, but in shorter chunks of time than in the past. I know probably 50% of what I read is articles and stories online. But I'm old-fashioned enough to want printed copies of things I know I'll want to look at again.
The short story in particular is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. I'm the webmaster for a mystery magazine which started out as a print quarterly. Now, in the magazine's 8th year, we've started featuring a new story online every week. I thought people might like printouts of the stories, so I set up all the webpages so that one page onscreen = one page sent to the printer. I know at least some of the readers appreciate this, but I have not yet seen the server statistics for the print style sheets, which will give me a definite answer.
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From what I've heard, Booksurge's print quality is vastly inferior to Lightning Source's. Lightning provides very specific instructions for typesetters and book cover designers to use when preparing a book for publication; you can get a beautiful book from Lightning, but only if you take care to follow their instructions. And Ingram owns LSI, so the books LSI prints are distributed through Ingram. I've never had trouble getting my LSI-printed books into Barnes & Noble, Powell's, or anywhere else.
I use an old trackball I bought at Best Buy or CompUSA in 2000 or so for $20. It's clear plastic, easy to clean, and the ball glows green or red depending on what it's doing. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
1. I live five miles from Canada. 2. The reason I don't move there? My husband would lose his VA benefits & healthcare eligibility.
Books by Bookends, in Ridgewood, N.J., does exactly that. Their parent company, Long Dash Publishing, also acts as a vanity publisher.
Actually POD is not a synonym for vanity publisher. POD is a printing process and nothing more. I own an extremely small publishing company, with only one title so far, and my book is printed by the POD method. I obtained a business license, purchased my own ISBN numbers, wrote the book, typeset it, designed the cover, and submitted the files to the printer/distributor. They print and distribute the book through Ingram, and pay me once a month. My book is available through Amazon, B&N, Powells, etc., and at brick-and-mortar stores by special order. The list price of the book is $41 and was set by me. I don't have any control over the actual selling price though; I've seen it offered for prices ranging from $25 to $80.
I've been running the UD cancer project and related softwares for over five years. I didn't mind donating my computer time, but all that changed a couple of days ago. I signed up for their forum at http://forums.grid.org/ just to browse. I didn't even post anything. I left the site and came back an hour later, only to find my username and password didn't work. I tried to register again using a different username but the same email address, and discovered my email address was banned.
When I emailed United Devices to find out why I was banned, my email was returned by the Mailer Daemon, with relaying denied from my address. About this time yesterday, I filled out a form on their website and told them I resented their shabby treatment of a longtime cruncher, and I want an apology, or at the very least an explanation that makes sense, of why I was banned from the forum and why they are bouncing my emails. I have yet to hear back from them.
I run an informational website and don't charge anyone money to access it. I put together all the information on it, and I wrote the code for the php search engine. It sounds to me like these folks are just trying to copy Amazon and Microsoft, and sue anybody who comes up with a cool idea. And anyway I don't think I've ever heard of them until today.
I have an original OmniKey Ultra, made by Northgate Computer Systems. I'll give it up when someone pries it from my cold dead hands. It weighs several pounds, but has a light touch, and the paint didn't wear off the keys after the first few days of typing. The letters and numbers are embedded into the plastic. The OmniKey Ultra is so good, there are still companies who are willing to repair it if anything goes wrong. Just try getting a "modern" keyboard repaired, or a pair of shoes, or a VCR.
We found a perfectly good Compaq puter with 17" monitor next to a dumpster last year. Once we killed all the viruses and spyware, it ran very well.
Did the puter also have Micro$loth Word on it? Word is known to fight with WordPerfect. I tried to let Word and WP5.1 coexist on a machine once, but no joy. I had a couple other puters, so I uninstalled WP5.1 from the one with Word and just let Word hog it.
Jacob's syndrome, 47,XYY, is sometimes associated with sexually aggressive behavior.
About three days ago, someone in a self-publishing forum asked what programs people were using to publish their books and why they chose a particular program. I answered that I use TeX, which is free, open-source, and will produce .pdf files, and immediately was attacked for *not* choosing to use MS Word, or InDesign, which lists for around $700. I thought this was impolite, being that I did not start the discussion, but was only answering a question.
They are nominated & voted on in 2005, but the award is for works published in 2004.
If you like to sing, and are driving, you could practice for karaoke night. Truck stops usually have a great selection of audio books on CD and cassette. But their offerings are more in the thriller/western/action genres from what I have seen.
Yes, Trader Joe's says the same. They also don't ever have things on sale ... it's one price all the time for everyone, AFAIK anyway.
Not on eBay as far as I know, but this is the entire business of at least two websites, Guru.com and Elance.com. Both have been around for several years.
No, these would be awards for books and stories published during calendar 2003. Then you have nominations, then voting and vote-counting, so it's September of the next year before the winners are announced.
Either Highlander, Sleepless in Seattle, The Whole Ten Yards, or the Sixth Sense.
They changed it. They don't say anything one way or the other about linking to their site now.
Not necessarily. A "professional association" I once belonged to finally put up a website in 1998 and threatened *everyone*, including its own membership, with legal action if they linked to the association's website without permission. Guess they don't need the traffic.
Touch typing is the way to go. Whether you're venting your spleen on an internet forum, blabbering with a supposed hottie on AIM, or writing a long, self-indulgent novel for vanity publication, it is so much more efficient to not need to look away from the screen. A good keyboard is a must. I have the OmniKey Ultra by Northgate, which isn't being made anymore. This thing is steel-reinforced and weighs about 6 lb, and is built for constant abuse by a fast typist.
... I've encountered many instances of mostly elderly people in extreme pain who sadly refuse adequate doses of painkillers because they are afraid of addiction. I've also been friends with pain patients who admit that a certain pleasurable effect from the medically prescribed medication is unavoidable ... I have tried tiny amounts of medical morphine & tincture of opium myself that my friend supplied so I'd understand what he was talking about.
A domain I sold 6 weeks ago is still listed to me.
but answerable to ... absolutely nobody. Be afraid. Be very afraid ... oh on second thought, just don't ever register there.
Now it's official.
I think people are reading as much as ever, but in shorter chunks of time than in the past. I know probably 50% of what I read is articles and stories online. But I'm old-fashioned enough to want printed copies of things I know I'll want to look at again.
The short story in particular is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. I'm the webmaster for a mystery magazine which started out as a print quarterly. Now, in the magazine's 8th year, we've started featuring a new story online every week. I thought people might like printouts of the stories, so I set up all the webpages so that one page onscreen = one page sent to the printer. I know at least some of the readers appreciate this, but I have not yet seen the server statistics for the print style sheets, which will give me a definite answer.
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