Born & Raised In The Publishing Cult- Part I
At the time this video was made, N was 17 years old and had just come through the other side of a traumatic ordeal that forced her to sacrifice her friendships, her relationship with her mother, and nearly her life.
In this video, a child born and raised in the organization of Jehovahs Witnesses tells her story of escape and the road to recovery and adjustment. While being pressured to make a stand to get baptized as an ordained minister of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, a lifetime commitment to peddle WT publications at every opportunity, she instead made a firm decision to stand against a insidious source of emotional and mental cruelty, of spiritual abuse. She courageously withstood tremendous conflict and the persecution of her young heart and mind by friends and family members to emerge liberated from the bonds of the cult of the publishing corporation, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society.
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http://yourbookisyourhook.com - Join me as I talk with Lane Shefter Bishop who is a Producer, an Emmy award winning Director, & the founder of Vast Entertainment. She has spent nearly 18 years working in the industry. Hear her answer the number one question she is asked by authors, “Can my book be adapted for television and/or film?” Get specific tips from Lane to reach the right people in Hollywood to be one of the few who successfully take their book to film and television. Youll also meet Melissa Foster who is a fiction novelist, the mother of six children and the founder of The Womens Nest organization, an online social and support community for women. Find out how she does it all and gets to write every day. Learn how she uses her book as her hook!
http://yourbookisyourhook.com - Join me as I talk with Tom Martin, President of Tom Martin Media, about the top tips for landing and making the most of your 4-minute television interview for you, your book and your message. How does he know? Tom is a publicist with more than 20 years of experience as a TV news producer and journalist. You cant afford to miss this interview! Youll also meet Dr. Victoria Bowmann, a health care professional and the author of the book, “You Gotta Have GUTS!” Find out how she stuck to her dream of publishing her book and what it took for her to get published. Find out how she uses her book as her hook in the health care field and learn why paying attention to your own gastro-intestinal health as an author can raise your energy and writing spirit for the rest of your life.
On January 18th, 2007, Google organized Unbound, an event at the New York Public Library examining how the book business has changed and how it will continue to evolve. Attendees from the book publishing industry heard from thought leaders and industry veterans who are taking advantage of our increasingly digital world. This video shows some of the highlights from the day.
The music business has many movers and shakers. Watch explanation of what music publishing is in this free music business and song publishing video.
http://yourbookisyourhook.com Find out what Book Expo America is and why its an important event to attend in the U.S. Get the tip of the month for your book project and know where you stand. Identify your best next step and act on it. Refer to the schedule for upcoming events and appearances this month and read the blog for more resources. Listen to the weekly radio show on WomensRadio featuring interviews with industry professionals and where authors and writers share how they got published and how they use their book as their hook. My intention is to help you write, market, publish and make money with your book. See you this month at Your Book Is Your Hook!
Author & editor Marla Miller troubleshoots a problematic query letter at the Southern California Writers’ Conference.
Following the success of E-books : Here is a free opensource software that can create archives as well as electronic books in PDF. This software is called PDFCreator (not to mistake with PDF Creator in two words which is the shareware version). So once installed, I can create PDF files using the printer ‘PDFCreator’. The advantage of the printer that I can add different types of documents (alternating pages of photos and text pages for example).
In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org - John Snyder talks with Greg Curtis, Executive Creative Director of Fox Music Publishing, Inc., and discusses the strategies behind his companys move into new markets for music publishing, such as ringtones and digital downloads, with students at Loyola University, New Orleans.
Marketing a book to publishers is crucial to your success. Get advice from an expert author about how to write and publish a book.