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(yet un-named) e-zine
Volume 1, Number 2
September, 2002
Helping writers, genealogists and computer users of all kinds
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Please note that while an effort to generalize much of this text has been made, some references to "we, our, etc." still occur and much of the information provided applies to Gregath Company, Inc. and may not with other printer/publishers. ALWAYS double check with your printer/publisher on every detail.
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Table of Contents
You may click on each department below to
go directly to that article. At the end of each article (if supported) is
a link back to this contents.
What's It
Mean?
Design Inspiration
Book Manufacturing Concepts
Marketing Advice
Genealogy Ideas
Computer Help
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What’s It Mean?
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A Book's Back or Backing: see link below.
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For other printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossary at http://www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html
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Design Inspiration
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If you are self-publishing (or vanity publishing) also sometimes known as desktop publishing, you may be keeping an eye on the bottom line. Our company is always in search of the way to produce a great book while keeping costs down. Because of this, when deciding on what size (finished dimensions - 6x9", etc.) you may want to take into consideration how much information can fit on a page at what cost. An example is that with our company a book that is 6x9" and one that is 8½x11" cost the same to produce, but the author can get much more text on the larger book page. One argument is that the smaller book can have smaller margins, however when one diminishes the margins it disturbs the smoothness of the book. White space is important to book design. Additionally, almost every printer has some specification as to what margins he or she need and/or suggest.
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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see link below.
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This section is drawn from our online virtual tour at http://www.gregathcompany.com/gen.html
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Marketing advice
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One of the easiest ways to spread the word if you email folks is to add a signature (or a line to your signature) to your email that says you are the author of your book. See our Computer aid section this issue for more help doing this.
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Genealogy ideas
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Revisiting the ancestor that has disappeared. If the migration routes didn't help, become a student of history. In addition to general migration, different "happenings in history" may have some bearing on where families moved - both from and to. Leads can be something as small as a house (prairie, etc.) fire recorded in a regional publication. Sometimes whole congregations moved, or even a particular family member was wanted by the law.
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Computer aid?!? E-mail Signatures
Software: Microsoft Outlook
Express
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Open your program and click the "tools" pull down menu. Click "options", when the box comes up note there are quite a few tabs at the top of the box. Click the "signatures" tab. There may be some areas of this signatures area that are check boxes - if you want the statement to apply, click in the box to the left (checking it). If you want to utilize an automatic (where you don't have to add it each time), click the box to the left of add to all messages (specific text may vary with version). Toward the middle of the box should be an area that has buttons on the right of it. If you want to add a new signature, click the "add" button. This should allow you to click in the bottom box (under edit signature) and place your signature text there by keyboard. Once you have your signature text in (I suggest no more than 4 short lines), click the "set as default" button to the right. Next, click the "ok" button at the bottom of this window. It will close and the next time you send (new) mail, your signature will appear in the blank message before you begin writing.
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Note: All references to
"click" are using the left mouse button unless otherwise noted.
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