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What is the best book writing program for publishing?
I am looking for the best book writing program that I can transfer a drafted
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What is the best book writing program for publishing?
You need to ask your printer what file formats he accepts and go from there.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message ... I am looking for the best book writing program that I can transfer a drafted novel into a book format to send to a publisher. I am getting conflicting responses concerning Microsoft Publisher or MS Word... |
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What is the best book writing program for publishing?
JoAnn,
OK, I appreciate the response. I figured that most printers could accept many different types of format. Is there a certain one that is better than others? I honestly do not know anything about the whole publishing process, but thank you again for responding. Grant "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You need to ask your printer what file formats he accepts and go from there. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message ... I am looking for the best book writing program that I can transfer a drafted novel into a book format to send to a publisher. I am getting conflicting responses concerning Microsoft Publisher or MS Word... |
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What is the best book writing program for publishing?
Never assume anything. There are a lot of printers who don't accept
Publisher files for whatever stupid reason. I'm blessed that I have a terrific printer who's only about two miles down the road. I've given him a lot of business and he's given me so good deals on my print jobs. Talk to your printer - build a relationship from him. You will benefit from that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message news  JoAnn, OK, I appreciate the response. I figured that most printers could accept many different types of format. Is there a certain one that is better than others? I honestly do not know anything about the whole publishing process, but thank you again for responding. Grant "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You need to ask your printer what file formats he accepts and go from there. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message ... I am looking for the best book writing program that I can transfer a drafted novel into a book format to send to a publisher. I am getting conflicting responses concerning Microsoft Publisher or MS Word... |
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What is the best book writing program for publishing?
If I may step in here a minute:
Grant, your original question said you want to submit the book to a publisher. It may be a terminology difference that you aren't aware of, but a "publisher" and a "printer" are usually two different businesses with different requirements. If you're self-publishing the book, meaning that the only commercial businesses you're dealing with are the ones who physically print and bind the books, then the printer is the one who will tell you what file format to use. If you're going the more usual route of dealing with a publisher, then you'll probably never deal with the printer at all. The publisher runs the whole process. The publisher first decides which of the hundreds or thousands of submitted manuscripts they are willing to publish, based on their judgment of how many copies they think they can sell. You may have to submit your manuscript to several or many publishers, and you may be turned down by most or all of them. Assuming your manuscript is accepted and you sign a contract, the publisher will have the draft edited. This is mostly to eliminate spelling and grammar errors, check for misstatements of fact that might cause lawsuits, and make sure that character names are consistent. The editor who reads and corrects your draft doesn't need or want any fancy formatting. [This is not necessarily true for textbooks and the like, that may contain equations or other special text.] They may even want plain text (.txt) files. The publisher will tell you what format to submit. Only after editing, corrections, and possibly reviewing will the publisher send the manuscript to a printing company, one they select. If the printer has specific file format requirements, the publisher will either deal with it in-house or tell you what's needed. The bottom line: If you're planning to work with a publisher, don't give the format any thought at all until you have a contract, and then just follow instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:22:16 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Never assume anything. There are a lot of printers who don't accept Publisher files for whatever stupid reason. I'm blessed that I have a terrific printer who's only about two miles down the road. I've given him a lot of business and he's given me so good deals on my print jobs. Talk to your printer - build a relationship from him. You will benefit from that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message news JoAnn, OK, I appreciate the response. I figured that most printers could accept many different types of format. Is there a certain one that is better than others? I honestly do not know anything about the whole publishing process, but thank you again for responding. Grant "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You need to ask your printer what file formats he accepts and go from there. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message ... I am looking for the best book writing program that I can transfer a drafted novel into a book format to send to a publisher. I am getting conflicting responses concerning Microsoft Publisher or MS Word... |
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What is the best book writing program for publishing?
Excellent advice. Jay. (As usual :-) )
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... If I may step in here a minute: Grant, your original question said you want to submit the book to a publisher. It may be a terminology difference that you aren't aware of, but a "publisher" and a "printer" are usually two different businesses with different requirements. If you're self-publishing the book, meaning that the only commercial businesses you're dealing with are the ones who physically print and bind the books, then the printer is the one who will tell you what file format to use. If you're going the more usual route of dealing with a publisher, then you'll probably never deal with the printer at all. The publisher runs the whole process. The publisher first decides which of the hundreds or thousands of submitted manuscripts they are willing to publish, based on their judgment of how many copies they think they can sell. You may have to submit your manuscript to several or many publishers, and you may be turned down by most or all of them. Assuming your manuscript is accepted and you sign a contract, the publisher will have the draft edited. This is mostly to eliminate spelling and grammar errors, check for misstatements of fact that might cause lawsuits, and make sure that character names are consistent. The editor who reads and corrects your draft doesn't need or want any fancy formatting. [This is not necessarily true for textbooks and the like, that may contain equations or other special text.] They may even want plain text (.txt) files. The publisher will tell you what format to submit. Only after editing, corrections, and possibly reviewing will the publisher send the manuscript to a printing company, one they select. If the printer has specific file format requirements, the publisher will either deal with it in-house or tell you what's needed. The bottom line: If you're planning to work with a publisher, don't give the format any thought at all until you have a contract, and then just follow instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:22:16 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Never assume anything. There are a lot of printers who don't accept Publisher files for whatever stupid reason. I'm blessed that I have a terrific printer who's only about two miles down the road. I've given him a lot of business and he's given me so good deals on my print jobs. Talk to your printer - build a relationship from him. You will benefit from that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message news JoAnn, OK, I appreciate the response. I figured that most printers could accept many different types of format. Is there a certain one that is better than others? I honestly do not know anything about the whole publishing process, but thank you again for responding. Grant "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You need to ask your printer what file formats he accepts and go from there. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message ... I am looking for the best book writing program that I can transfer a drafted novel into a book format to send to a publisher. I am getting conflicting responses concerning Microsoft Publisher or MS Word... |
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What is the best book writing program for publishing?
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... If I may step in here a minute: Grant, your original question said you want to submit the book to a publisher. It may be a terminology difference that you aren't aware of, but a "publisher" and a "printer" are usually two different businesses with different requirements. If you're self-publishing the book, meaning that the only commercial businesses you're dealing with are the ones who physically print and bind the books, then the printer is the one who will tell you what file format to use. If you're going the more usual route of dealing with a publisher, then you'll probably never deal with the printer at all. The publisher runs the whole process. The publisher first decides which of the hundreds or thousands of submitted manuscripts they are willing to publish, based on their judgment of how many copies they think they can sell. You may have to submit your manuscript to several or many publishers, and you may be turned down by most or all of them. Assuming your manuscript is accepted and you sign a contract, the publisher will have the draft edited. This is mostly to eliminate spelling and grammar errors, check for misstatements of fact that might cause lawsuits, and make sure that character names are consistent. The editor who reads and corrects your draft doesn't need or want any fancy formatting. [This is not necessarily true for textbooks and the like, that may contain equations or other special text.] They may even want plain text (.txt) files. The publisher will tell you what format to submit. Only after editing, corrections, and possibly reviewing will the publisher send the manuscript to a printing company, one they select. If the printer has specific file format requirements, the publisher will either deal with it in-house or tell you what's needed. The bottom line: If you're planning to work with a publisher, don't give the format any thought at all until you have a contract, and then just follow instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:22:16 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Never assume anything. There are a lot of printers who don't accept Publisher files for whatever stupid reason. I'm blessed that I have a terrific printer who's only about two miles down the road. I've given him a lot of business and he's given me so good deals on my print jobs. Talk to your printer - build a relationship from him. You will benefit from that. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message news JoAnn, OK, I appreciate the response. I figured that most printers could accept many different types of format. Is there a certain one that is better than others? I honestly do not know anything about the whole publishing process, but thank you again for responding. Grant "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: You need to ask your printer what file formats he accepts and go from there. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Grant" wrote in message ... I am looking for the best book writing program that I can transfer a drafted novel into a book format to send to a publisher. I am getting conflicting responses concerning Microsoft Publisher or MS Word... A publisher, such as my textbook publisher, may supply the Word Styles that they wish you would use. |
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