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Category: Rough Enough
For a New Book – Sending out Galley Proofs
One of the big things we all talk about on the book market groups is the question of how to improve the market for your book in advance of it’s release date. Here’s how I plan to do it! With my new non-fiction Civil… Continue Reading “For a New Book – Sending out Galley Proofs”
Veterans Day: Thinking about military service in the context of the book “Rough Enough”
In my book, “Rough Enough”, Richard Clow at seventeen years of age seems to have been eager to head off to fight in the Civil War in 1864 with his 100 day enlistment followed by a three year reenlistment in the early weeks… Continue Reading “Veterans Day: Thinking about military service in the context of the book “Rough Enough””
The New Civil War Book “Rough Enough” is Posted on the Internet!
See and order my new Civil War Book at this site! http://www.pdbookstore.com/comfiles/pages/RichardMcBee.shtml “Rough Enough: Including Richard H. Clow’s Letters and Diary from the Civil and Indian Wars, 1865 – 1875.” At the tender age of 17, Richard Clow leaves to fight in the Civil… Continue Reading “The New Civil War Book “Rough Enough” is Posted on the Internet!”
The Book has Gone to Press!
I just got the email that the completed manuscript for “Rough Enough: Richard Clow’s letters and Diary from the Civil and Indian Wars, 1865-1885” has gone to press. Now I can get those contact lists out and begin to work on the publicity and… Continue Reading “The Book has Gone to Press!”
Final Stages in the Book Publishing
It’s a long road to get a non-fiction book published in proper format and style but it’s worth it and certainly worth having an excellent editor to work with. In collaborating with American Book Publishers for the past 18 months, I have found them… Continue Reading “Final Stages in the Book Publishing”
Get Those Book Endorsements!
Hey folks, If you are in the business of selling books, or for that matter just about anything else, you need people to recommend your product. After sending out some fifty queries with a synopsis and sample sections of chapters to prospective endorsers for… Continue Reading “Get Those Book Endorsements!”
Book Endorsements for “Rough Enough” – Letter Going Out!
Today is the big day for me to get out letters to a goodly number of important newspapers, TV hosts, Magazine Editors, Best Selling Civil War Authors and Celebrities in order to get endorsements to go onto the cover of my book, “Rough Enough”… Continue Reading “Book Endorsements for “Rough Enough” – Letter Going Out!”
Map making for book
The final stages of editing my new non-fiction Civil and Indian War book, “Rough Enough” have involved the creation of a couple of maps so that readers will have some idea of the Civil War forts and training camps in the Boston area and… Continue Reading “Map making for book”
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