[stylist] Hi, I'm new!

[helene ryles]

Hello Toni,
Welcome to this group.

helene

On 05/10/2009, Shelley J. Alongi <qobells at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Tony, Welcome. Thanks for the input about Lulu. I've heard of Lulu and
> haven't investigated yet.
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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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