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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Book Publishing Encyclopedia

Book publishing information for writersIn a recent newsletter, Dan Poynter wrote about his latest self-help for self-publishers:

Finding book resources fast. Time is money. Writers, publishers and publicists need access to resources--quickly. Whether you deal in entertainment (fiction) or information (nonfiction), you need information on the book industry.

Dan Poynter's Book Publishing Encyclopedia is the "Book Publishing Answer Book." It has thousands of tips and references in an easy-to use alphabetical encyclopedia. Each fact, figure, resource or reference, in its 222 pages, links to a specific page on a web site for more information.
Red emphasis mine, because it made me assume this is an eBook. How else could it "link" to information on his website? I hurried to Amazon and was confused to find the reference available only as a paperback. Discouraged from buying it, I wondered, what good is a link if it doesn't work? I guess saying "link" was short for "URL" or "web page address", but still, misleading. C'mon, Dan, release this in electronic format with real links.

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2 Comments:

Blogger PaulaO said...

Especially since links/URLs/addresses change far too often.

11:18 PM  
Blogger Georganna Hancock said...

That is one drawback of eBooks. I try to update the ones in mine regularly, but that chore is a drag!

9:31 AM  

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