i would not know where to start to get an agent. i guess i probably will end
up having to keep the rhymes on my disk and throw one out ocassionally to my
friends.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bobby Greer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:13 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
>
> Commercial book publishing is a pain and is very tricky. A "vanity
> press"(where
> you pay them to print so many copies) is a rip off and is for people who
> just want to say they publish. I've done one textbook back in '81 and that
> was enough for me. We have to show the publisher(McGraw-Hill) where the
> market was. I have written a sick semi-autobiography about a man in
> recovery(John Aberrant), but never got any nibbles. Aberrant is French for
> deviate. From what I gather you
> have to have an agent.
>
> Bobby
>
>
> >i don't have lots of $. i had hoped for someone willing to take a chance
> on
> >a % of sells. very risky i know since lots of books do not sell. i can't
> >afford to put out large sums of money just to say i published. it would
> have
> >to be something that would sell. and i know everyone don't have the sense
> of
> >humor that would like my "papa gander" rhymes. they are quite fractured
> and
> >in some instances quite dry witted.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bobby Greer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:57 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
> >>
> >> Ken,
> >>
> >> You might ask John Callahan, but he'd probably want a lot of $!
> >>
> >> Bobby
> >>
> >>
> >> i thought about doing a book of "fractured" nursry rhymes. got all the
> >> >rhymes but, don't know how to get an artist(or cartoonist) to do my
> >> >illistrations.
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: lawrence keplinger [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:34 AM
> >> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> >> Subject: Re: I thought I'd let you know about my new book!
> >> >>
> >> >> Can I ask how is your publisher and how did you go about finding
> your
> >> >> publisher? I'm working on a book myself and it would be helpful to
> know
> >> >> the
> >> >> process.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> kinggimp
> >> >> Mariana Ruybalid wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Go for it
> >> >> > Go for the soul,
> >> >> > Risk madness.
> >> >> > Go for healing whole,
> >> >> > Take the chance!
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> >> >> > Go red sea deep,
> >> >> > Sea secret, see blood.
> >> >> > Watch for mind fields.
> >> >> > Go whizzing by,
> >> >> > Go slowly, too.
> >> >> > Watch for pot holes.
> >> >> > Go for the soul.
> >> >> > Friends,
> >> >> > My new book, Daring to Write, has just been published! This book
> >> has a
> >> >> > lot of strong poems about being a woman with a disability. A
> Taste
> >> of
> >> >> > Daring is just an appetizer. This new book includes the despair
> and
> >> joy
> >> >> > of being alive. Order it today!
> >> >> > Send $12.50 (11.00 + 1.50 shipping and handling) to
> >> >> > Mariana Ruybalid
> >> >> > 2922 Hillegass Avenue
> >> >> > Berkeley, CA 94705-2225
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