Comments for Nonfiction Book Editor http://nonfictionbookeditor.com Editing angles to improve your writing by Barbara McNichol, nonfiction book editor with offices in Colorado and Arizona Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Make Your Articles Appealing to Search Engines by Mike Faber http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/07/26/make-your-articles-appealing-to-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Mike Faber Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:39:33 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=348#comment-69 Fantastic advice Patrice, thank you so much! I love the way you provide useful information that's easy to implement, even for those of us for whom "Hi Tech" still evokes the smell of carbon paper!! Fantastic advice Patrice, thank you so much! I love the way you provide useful information that’s easy to implement, even for those of us for whom “Hi Tech” still evokes the smell of carbon paper!!

]]> Comment on 20 Economical Book Marketing Techniques by Bookwhirl http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/24/20-economical-book-marketing-techniques/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Bookwhirl Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:18:17 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=299#comment-59 Thank you for re-posting one of our book marketing articles. Feel free to visit our website for more news and tidbits. Keep on! Thank you for re-posting one of our book marketing articles. Feel free to visit our website for more news and tidbits. Keep on!

]]> Comment on 20 Economical Book Marketing Techniques by Bobbi Linkemer http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/24/20-economical-book-marketing-techniques/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Bobbi Linkemer Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:28:14 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=299#comment-55 Should have done this sooner. I found your blog helpful and worth printing out and keeping for future reference. Great ideas. Thanks! I look forward to staying in touch. Should have done this sooner. I found your blog helpful and worth printing out and keeping for future reference. Great ideas. Thanks! I look forward to staying in touch.

]]> Comment on Never Write a Boring Bio Again by Nancy Juetten http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/21/never-write-a-boring-bio-again/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Nancy Juetten Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:03:04 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=297#comment-51 Having written bios for hundreds of independent business owners across the nation, one thing I know for sure is that many struggle with telling their stories so the right people will listen and act. What most people want is to stand out, connect and shine with their ideal customers in a Google search and beyond so they can get on with their life's work fast. Instead, many find themselves with snoozer-fuddy-duddy bios that put their ideal clients to sleep. To help people out, I created the Bye-Bye Boring Bio Action Guide. People tell me this guide is like having a PR fairy godmother on their shoulders, guiding their storytelling to magical results in attracting clients, media attention or both.. Please check it out at www.byebyeboringbio.com. And, if you just want your bio written for you, the solution to that challenge is just one Extreme Bio Makeover (www.extremebiomakeover.com) away! Here's to remarkable, memorable and compelling bios for one and all! Having written bios for hundreds of independent business owners across the nation, one thing I know for sure is that many struggle with telling their stories so the right people will listen and act. What most people want is to stand out, connect and shine with their ideal customers in a Google search and beyond so they can get on with their life’s work fast. Instead, many find themselves with snoozer-fuddy-duddy bios that put their ideal clients to sleep.

To help people out, I created the Bye-Bye Boring Bio Action Guide. People tell me this guide is like having a PR fairy godmother on their shoulders, guiding their storytelling to magical results in attracting clients, media attention or both.. Please check it out at http://www.byebyeboringbio.com. And, if you just want your bio written for you, the solution to that challenge is just one Extreme Bio Makeover (www.extremebiomakeover.com) away!

Here’s to remarkable, memorable and compelling bios for one and all!

]]> Comment on When to Use Quotation Marks by Barbara McNichol http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/15/when-to-use-quotation-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Barbara McNichol Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:39:11 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=277#comment-49 Lynn Variations on this rule exist depending on geography. I grew up in Canada where the style is to put quotation marks around a single word that ends a sentence. The period goes after the quotation mark. e.g., Let's talk about that "thing". Canadian and British style. However, in the U.S. where I have lived for 25 years, it would be: Let's talk about that "thing." My advice: Consider your audience. If mostly Americans will read your piece, put the quotation mark outside the punctuation mark. Thanks for asking! Lynn
Variations on this rule exist depending on geography. I grew up in Canada where the style is to put quotation marks around a single word that ends a sentence. The period goes after the quotation mark. e.g., Let’s talk about that “thing”. Canadian and British style. However, in the U.S. where I have lived for 25 years, it would be: Let’s talk about that “thing.”

My advice: Consider your audience. If mostly Americans will read your piece, put the quotation mark outside the punctuation mark.

Thanks for asking!

]]> Comment on When to Use Quotation Marks by Lynn from For Love or Funny http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/06/15/when-to-use-quotation-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Lynn from For Love or Funny Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:25:46 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=277#comment-48 I have a particular problem with punctuation and quotation. I believe the rule is "punctuation inside of quotation marks." But it just doesn't look right to me! :) I have a particular problem with punctuation and quotation. I believe the rule is “punctuation inside of quotation marks.” But it just doesn’t look right to me! :)

]]> Comment on Does What’s On Your Website Convey Trust? by Laura Benjamin http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/05/01/does-what%e2%80%99s-on-your-website-convey-trust/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Laura Benjamin Sun, 02 May 2010 14:33:36 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=199#comment-37 Barbara, congratulations and you are so right! We operate in such a vacuum sometimes, not knowing if what we're doing or writing is having an impact. But people do notice, as you have experienced. This recognition of your hard work is well earned! Barbara, congratulations and you are so right! We operate in such a vacuum sometimes, not knowing if what we’re doing or writing is having an impact. But people do notice, as you have experienced. This recognition of your hard work is well earned!

]]> Comment on How Books Can Save Us by meg http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/03/02/how-books-can-save-us/comment-page-1/#comment-25 meg Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:43:33 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=7#comment-25 I agree that chains aren't evil but personally I'm a little uncomfortable with only a handful of companies deciding what to offer the public. There are some quality books that they simply decide not to carry for one reason or another and in effect they're guiding and limiting the public's exposure to literature. Fact is most people don't bother hunting down good titles. They just choose from what's most readily available. I know exactly what you mean about owning a book. I use the library for movies, not books. Of course I take it a little far; I literally have over 100 unread books sitting on my shelves waiting for me. I just can't help myself, if I see something really intriguing I have to take it home with me. Great article. I agree that chains aren’t evil but personally I’m a little uncomfortable with only a handful of companies deciding what to offer the public. There are some quality books that they simply decide not to carry for one reason or another and in effect they’re guiding and limiting the public’s exposure to literature. Fact is most people don’t bother hunting down good titles. They just choose from what’s most readily available.
I know exactly what you mean about owning a book. I use the library for movies, not books. Of course I take it a little far; I literally have over 100 unread books sitting on my shelves waiting for me. I just can’t help myself, if I see something really intriguing I have to take it home with me. Great article.

]]> Comment on How Books Can Save Us by Bookstore People · Literary Links http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/03/02/how-books-can-save-us/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Bookstore People · Literary Links Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:06:25 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=7#comment-23 [...] this ode to the bookstore by Mark Sanborn, especially the shout out to Tattered Cover. Bookstores serve another, more subtle [...] [...] this ode to the bookstore by Mark Sanborn, especially the shout out to Tattered Cover. Bookstores serve another, more subtle [...]

]]> Comment on How Books Can Save Us by Jen@theevolvinghomemaker.com http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/2010/03/02/how-books-can-save-us/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jen@theevolvinghomemaker.com Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:12:55 +0000 http://nonfictionbookeditor.com/?p=7#comment-4 Wow. Thank you for the uplifting and positive side to reading the non-bestsellers. I have been following an agents blog for some time that reiterates often that publishing is a business and if they can't guarantee they will sell a lot of books, they don't want to take the risk. It is a shame and has often got me wondering if there is any hope. But to me, you nailed it. I too peruse my local bookstore for hours. I read very few bestsellers. If I stuck to that list I never would have found my favorite, Terry Tempest Williams. It is a shame, I was thinking this morning after reading the other blog, that I hope book publishing is not going the way of the Super Target or Walmart, lets print only that which sells in big quantities. The freshness of voices would be lost. Found your blog through Tattered Cover's Facebook page....have had Crossing to Safety on my bookshelf for a few years, found for a dollar at a library sale, and had yet to pull it down! I will dust it off and give it a go! Jen Wow. Thank you for the uplifting and positive side to reading the non-bestsellers. I have been following an agents blog for some time that reiterates often that publishing is a business and if they can’t guarantee they will sell a lot of books, they don’t want to take the risk. It is a shame and has often got me wondering if there is any hope. But to me, you nailed it. I too peruse my local bookstore for hours. I read very few bestsellers. If I stuck to that list I never would have found my favorite, Terry Tempest Williams. It is a shame, I was thinking this morning after reading the other blog, that I hope book publishing is not going the way of the Super Target or Walmart, lets print only that which sells in big quantities. The freshness of voices would be lost.

Found your blog through Tattered Cover’s Facebook page….have had Crossing to Safety on my bookshelf for a few years, found for a dollar at a library sale, and had yet to pull it down! I will dust it off and give it a go!

Jen

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