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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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Book Publishing
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Hello pub.

I have taken it upon myself to write a book about the manipulation of reality. I do not know anything about publishing books.

Any thoughts?


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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with enough money you can publish anything.


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: Bridgeburner]
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Does anyone have any first or second hand experience about how much money that is?


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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ExplosiveMango said:
Hello pub.

I have taken it upon myself to write a book about the manipulation of reality. I do not know anything about publishing books.

Any thoughts?


Have you finished writing the book yet?

Don't get ahead of yourself.


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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.

-Erik Davis

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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You're not going to finish the book.


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: WornTraveler]
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Oh, and I can (first hand) tell you that any good agent is going to require some serious cash. It's a lot easier if you know people in the industry and can go straight to an editor without dealing with an agent at all, but I'm assuming you don't.

Expect to spend up to twenty thousand, especially if you're book is poorly written, before you see any money coming back in for a first-time novel.

But, like I said... you're not gonna finish the book.


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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ExplosiveMango said:
Does anyone have any first or second hand experience about how much money that is?


depends if you self-publish or find a publisher. and how many pages you got and whats the material you print on and how many colours you use and if its paperback or hardcover... think with your brain.


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: Bridgeburner]
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I guess that's really the type of feedback you ask for with such open ended questions.

In reality I do have to decide for myself how it will get done I suppose.

I was hesitant about E-booking because it is so pirate friendly. Now that I think about it I don't care at all, I'm a pirate, I want people to read it. Online is easy and cheap.

It's only intended to be around 120-150 pages, around 80 are done and it seems to be progressing smoothly. I don't feel too challenged by the prospect of completing it.


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Know your source.

The most distorted perspective possible is the perspective that yours is not distorted.

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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well first, you need to write the book.

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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very cool. You should just put it online. Free information for free minds. If it's sucessful you may get it, or your next book picked up by a publisher. Or you might ask downloaders to donate... :shrug:


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: Nunbuh_Chrubble]
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Yeah yeah I'm writing, I'm writing.. haha
I write every day, but not constantly.

I am just refusing to work for my last summer in university before grad this December... I worked for more than a year straight simultaneously with classes and it was pretty un-awesome. Thus a summer off, and writing a book to feel not completely useless while refusing to work for the man.


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Know your self.
Know your substance.
Know your source.

The most distorted perspective possible is the perspective that yours is not distorted.

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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ExplosiveMango said:
Thus a summer off, and writing a book to feel not completely useless while refusing to work for the man.


Is every possible employer "the man?" I love my employers - I consider them a part of my extended family. Doesn't bother me one bit to give them my time for money.


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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.

-Erik Davis

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
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OneMoreRobot3021 said:
ExplosiveMango said:
Thus a summer off, and writing a book to feel not completely useless while refusing to work for the man.


Is every possible employer "the man?" I love my employers - I consider them a part of my extended family. Doesn't bother me one bit to give them my time for money.


omg what a slave, you trade your skills for currency?

pshhh.

i just stand around and manifest anything i need by begging everyone i see that has more than me to "kick it down".

If im not doing that, then im probably standing around with some witty sign begging for money.

between the two, i have no time to go job searching.

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: themange]
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You don't necessarily get it, I should be well paid as of January. I have one place where I have been accepted if I choose to work, but a nicer opportunity (with a flatter firm) that is just a likelihood.

I don't hate the man, I just feel I deserve to relax more than he deserves my energy right now. These last 3 months have been my only time off within the last 2.5 years. I think these notions of 8 hour days, 5 day work weeks, and 2 week vacations are stupid ones. It's nice to not be forced to indulge them sometimes.


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Know your self.
Know your substance.
Know your source.

The most distorted perspective possible is the perspective that yours is not distorted.

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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dont take my sarcasm offensivley it wasn't directed at you.

I don't "work" either.

i just started thinking about how much i hate lot lizards.

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Re: Book Publishing [Re: themange]
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120 pages seems like a pretty small book to me. What kind of book is it, exactly? A research piece, or more your first hand experiences? I guess I don't really get the topic either.


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Re: Book Publishing [Re: ExplosiveMango]
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Read this.

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