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In the future more and more books will be digitized and read on electronic book readers, e-readers for short. Even as printed paper media is shrinking, electronic media is expanding. There is more about this in the chapter on getting published. If you have the time, the talent, and the knowledge to do most of it yourself, you might make more money publishing your own book than you would with an established publisher. As both the publisher and the author, you get to keep all the profit and you don’t have to pay a literary agent 15 percent of your royalties.
Most of the time this can be done through e-mail or on the phone and you can record the conversation (with their permission). Reference books should be kept in your home or office library and replaced (or added to) each time a new edition comes out. Having information at your fingertips when you need it can be a real time-saver. Researching can be very time-consuming when most of us would really rather be writing, but it can make the difference between producing an authoritative, informed, interesting book, and one that is merely mediocre.
The author lets women inside the mindset of a man. Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon. A collection of autobiographical stories on what it means to be a man and a father. Blues for All the Changes by Nikki Giovanni. ” Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro. The short story master explores women and their relationships in ten new stories. There isn’t any single way to explain what a book is about. But the above will give you an idea of how you could describe yours. Writing these one-sentence descriptions will help you in the writing process by focusing your ideas and sharpening your point of view.