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Gregath Company e-zine
Volume 11, Number 3
March, 2012
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? - Writer's Lingo
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Draft: All manuscripts go through many versions. Each of those versions are a different draft.
*Dummy: Rough layout of how one envisions the final publication will look.
Terms marked with an asterisk (*) are not generally used in our office.
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For other writing, printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossaries
at
http://www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html and
http://www.gregathcompany.com/glosswrite.html
Run across a word that
you don't understand? Try us -
email us your word, term or phrase and we will see if we can shed some light on
the matter!
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Design Inspiration
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Smashwords Edition Formatting
Starting at $.10 per completed
document page
$20.00 Minimum - - includes
Google Docs or
Box.net file transfer, if not Gregath published
Smashwords is a great way to offer electronic books beyond standard PDF on CD (Gregath E-book standard). These alternate editions are provided as a way for a reader to get the content they wish in a format they want.
All Smashwords editions can be made available in PDF, Epub, HTML, RTF, Palm Doc, LRF, Kindle (mobi), and plain text formats.
Contact us with the parameters of your project vision for a free, custom quotation.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/manuscript/digitalformatting.html#smashwords
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Book Manufacturing Concepts
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Authors may also use dedicated online electronic book publishers. Some of which specialize in proprietary e-book reader formats such as for Kindle and Nook. One of many popular services is Smashwords. We offer both file preparation for Smashwords submittal and publishing in cooperation with Smashwords. Contact us if you wish us to publish your Smashwords edition.
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/online.html#pub
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Marketing advice
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On your website: Book trailer or other large size items may be broken down on their own pages with a disclaimer of size on their links
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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/service/marketing/website.html
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Genealogy ideas
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Records Preservation and Access Committee is a great initiative from three great organizations. Watch their blog for current news and resources: http://www.fgs.org/rpac/
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Have a tip? e-mail
us
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Computer aid!?!
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Have a tip? e-mail
us
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About this e-zine
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