================================================================ This is a monthly e-mail update for subscribers only, sent from U-Publish.com, the web site named for the revolutionary guide to new methods for publishing and promoting books by Dan Poynter and Danny O. Snow. Get the paperback, now available to order from all major bookstores and online booksellers. Or order direct from us at http://www.u-publish.com/order.htm at a discount. ================================================================ *** NYT Slams POD Books -- Again On February 29, the New York Times reported that Borders is branching into self-publishing using print-on-demand technology. Borders works with Xlibris: $199 will buy production of 10 paperback copies, and $499 will get book an International Standard Book Number, a listing on Borders.com and room for five copies on shelf at Borders's Philadelphia store. Marketing, promotion and publicity options are either bundled or sold separately as add-ons. Reading between the lines, the report seems to infer that POD is merely a medium for vanity publishing. However, more and more real publishers are now using POD to produce quality books by professional writers. To cite just a few: Bantam Doubleday Dell, Cambridge University Press, Columbia University Press, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Grove Atlantic Press, McGraw-Hill, NYU Press, Oxford University Press, Penguin Putnam, Random House, Scholastic Books... and more. See talking points from Dan Snow's January 20 interview at VoiceAmerica.com for reasons why POD is also effective for books with proven history of readership: http://www.u-publish.com/samepage.htm ================================================================ *** Tips for Media Coverage and Live Events To cultivate radio and TV interviews, post your credentials at http://www.authorsandexperts.com/index2.html At the Publishers Weekly site, there is a also free area where you can list your live appearances: Visit http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp and click on "Industry Resources," then following the link that reads "To submit your events, click here." -- Tips courtesy of Brian Jud: http://www.bookmarketingworks.com ================================================================ *** Free Admission to BookTech Expo for Subscribers BookTech Conference & Expo EXPO: March 15-16, 2004 www.BookTechExpo.com New York Hilton 1335 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd floor (6th Ave between 53rd and 54th) Join more than 3,500 of your colleagues in book publishing and print production. 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You may subscribe or un-subscribe at any time. ================================================================ *** Ghost Stories Wanted Ginnie Bivona of Atriad Press is looking for new stories: "Our next Haunted Encounters release will feature true experiences with departed family and friends. Deadline is June 1, 2004. Check our web site for submission guidelines." http://www.atriadpress.com ================================================================ *** Buzz Your Book Class helps authors get buzz for books, ficiton and non-ficiton. It's a six week online class, starting the last monday in April: http://writersweekly.com/wwu/courses/marketing.html -- Tip Courtesy of M.J. Rose: http://www.mjrose.com ================================================================ *** ABC Contest for Juvenile Fiction If you write for children, or have always wanted to, now is your chance to put that story on paper and win a fabulous prize. 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