why don't you throw one out now?

At 10:41 AM 4/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>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
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