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A long history of self-publishing

Back when Northern California Publishers & Authors (NCPA) was still Sacramento Publishers Association (SPA), I was the newsletter editor for a year or so. There have been so many changes in publishing, the passing time feels like an eon rather than a decade. One of the featured articles back then was the switch to sending . . .

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Editing: The Invisible Art talk and handouts

(Presented at the 2009 NCPA Conference) Editing: The Invisible Art that Takes Your Book from “Self-Published” to “Professionally Published” Good afternoon! My name is Sandra Williams, and I’ve provided writing, editing, and design services since 1996. Before that I ran a marketing and publicity office, and before that I edited a weekly newspaper. My first . . .

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Editing: The Invisible Art that Takes Your Book from “Self-Published” to “Professionally Published”

I’ll be speaking at the annual conference held by Northern California Publishers & Authors on Saturday, April 25, 3:00-4:15 p.m. Editing: The Invisible Art that Takes Your Book from “Self-Published” to “Professionally Published” When asked recently how they felt about self-published books, nearly one in five of the news media who responded specifically mentioned the . . .

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