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under 9 minutes of advice from Paul Levinson about writing, publishing, and promoting

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How to get the most out of the blurbs you write -- and how to ask other authors for blurbs.

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How important are personal connections -- your potential editors knowing who you are -- in getting published? Answer: Very important. This episode gives you some pointers on how to meet them.

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What is a novelette? And why would you write one, instead of a novel or a short story?

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A publisher wants to give you a contract for your book. Do you hire a lawyer or an agent to improve the terms, and make sure everything in the contract is in your best interests as an author?

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The pros and cons of collaborating with another another author, aka a co-writer.

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Take those old stories out of those figurative trunks -- who knows, there might be a new editor around who might love one today!

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What to look for in the royalty statements you may receive from your traditional publisher.

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The benefits of using Kindle Create to prepare your Kindle ebooks and paperbacks. Also, an explanation of what happened to the first 74 episodes of this podcast.

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Why it makes sense - and cents (and dollars) - to make your Kindle books available as print-on-demand paperbacks by Createpace or the new Kindle-into-print option.