[stylist] Hi, I'm new!

[Shelley J. Alongi]

Tony, Welcome. Thanks for the input about Lulu. I've heard of Lulu and 
haven't investigated yet.
Shelley J. Alongi
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updated September 24, 2009
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toni" <trfraser at sbcglobal.net>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:22 PM
Subject: [stylist] Hi, I'm new!


> Hi all,
>
> I just joined this list yesterday. I was invited by Robert Newman. I
> recently had a book published through http://www.lulu.com/ It is all about
> using Microsoft Word 2007 with JAWS 10.
>
>
>
> Lulu.com will publish an ebook for someone for free and will market it for
> you. They take a percentage of every sale. I ask $25 for my book. Lulu 
> takes
> $5 and I get $20. You can get your payments through PayPal. If you do, you
> will get your checks quicker. I get my checks directly from Lulu and they
> come quarterly. I like it that way as the checks are bigger. I may at some
> point change my mind about that, but for now, this works. The only problem
> about doing it the way I did is I cannot get an ISBN number. I didn't see 
> a
> point in getting a print copy of the book if its readers cannot read 
> print.
> There is still a copyright on it though. If you go through Lulu, your book
> is considered to be self published. I had contacted AFB Press, but was
> turned down for publication. At least this way I can get my name out there
> so that books I choose to write and try to get published, I can say I have
> had some published. Publishers want to know if you have had other stuff
> published before many of them will consider your work.
>
>
>
> What happens if I spin ideas off of this list? Has anyone ever taken 
> someone
> else's ideas and claimed them for their own? I am working on a book right
> now, but am at a standstill because I need to do more research on my 
> topic.
> It is sort of fiction, but could really happen. The characters in it are
> fictional.
>
>
>
> I am currently not employed, not for lack of trying. I am a volunteer 
> though
> at the Division of Services for the Blind here in the state I live in. I 
> am
> also taking computer classes.
>
>
>
> I have had some poetry published on http://www.poetry.com/ It has been a 
> few
> years, so I don't even know if you can search for my poetry anymore. I can
> say though that I have had some published. I don't do that anymore as they
> charged me to publish my poems in their anthologies. I "won" a Poet of 
> Merit
> Award back in 2001, but they charged me also for my "silver" bowl.
>
>
>
> I just wanted to introduce myself.
>
>
>
> Toni R. Fraser
>
>
>
> Want to learn Microsoft Word 2007 with JAWS? Check out my new ebook at:
>
> <http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4554432>
> http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4554432
>
>
>
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