"Health officials now confirm the proliferation of a new epidemic they're calling 'way too many memoirs being published.'"
Self-publishing Pioneer Gifts
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"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."
"It turns out everyone here is self-published."
'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'
"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"
Sumo Love.
Publisher to writer: 'It was a great read, except I collided with run-on sentences, tripped over broken English and got knocked about by a dangling participle.'
The novel was printed and in the stores ... any minute now, the world would beat down his door.
A man crosses a fountain pen bridge to reach books.
'Shakespeare's Hamlet word for word - and I who always thought it was a crazy joke.'
'No, go ahead and critique my mss. I'm always ok ... after the initial reaction.'
Man milks a book.
"I wrote, self-published and remaindered it myself."
"I just got a huge advance for my first novel. It's about a writer who gets a huge advance for his first novel."
'As is the fashion these days, it's about nothing.'
'Your novel has an up-to-the-moment breaking news quality. We intend to publish it in 2012.'
Admirable People - No.7. The man who invented writing before anyone could read.
"We liked your use of punctuation, capitalization, underlines, parentheses, and italics. After that, we had reservations."
'Don't jump. It's a book publisher!'
'I self-published my e-book and uploaded it into 'the cloud'...but I'm not sure which one.'
"As your first novel, it starts out badly and just falls away!"
'Ye gods, Will - art thou still monkeying about with that Ooh-ooh language?'
Book Shop: DYI section
Are you printing your own book? No, it's my mailing to agents!
"Sometimes I feel alone in the universe."
"No, it's great. I'm just saying 'The Gospel of St. Luke' is an ambitious title for a first-time self-publisher."
"They're all the books I've self published on amazon."
'I think your book will be a huge success.'
Knowing your audience
'I self-published a book on how to be successful. It forced me into bankruptcy.'
Don't get so excited - it's from you. Self-publishers Clearinghouse. I may already be a winner!
Man on Desert Island reads about himself.
"I'm self-published."
Martin Luther was a pioneer of self-publishing.
Homeless man's sign: 'Will sell book & movie rights to the story of my downfall for a cool million.'
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Self-publishing Pioneer Mugs
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