• Michael N. Marcus commented on Maria Murnane's article Working With Book Cover Designers
    January 2014
    A beautiful illustration that would be a powerful eye-grabber under the spotlight in a terrestrial bookstore may become a tiny, incomprehensible blob when displayed on a website. Make sure your book looks good in the size in which Amazon and other...
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on marci alboher's article I'm Scooped. But There's Still Plenty More to Say.
    August 2013
    (I'm one of the rare HeWriters in SheWrites.) For some time I've been thinking about writing the male counterpart of 'your' book.My only child is a golden retriever. My wife and I didn't plan to be without human children. She had two miscarriages...
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on Zetta Brown's article [Reality Check] - Grammar & Punctuation – The “Rules” are Meant to be Broken
    August 2012
    A preposition is a part of speech that a sentence should never end with. Michael N. Marcushttp://www.bookmakingblog.blogspot.comhttp://www.SilverSandsBooks.comhttp://www.BookFur.comhttp://www.Facebook.com/SilverSandsBooks
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on Brooke Warner's article What’s What---Subsidy Publishing, “True” Self-Publishing, and Hybrid Publishing
    August 2012
    >>Subsidy publishing means that the companies themselves (like Lulu or CreateSpace or Author Solutions companies) publish and distribute books under their own imprint.
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on Maria Murnane's article The plural of book is NOT book's!
    October 2011
    Tom Lehrer claims he “went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.” Tom graduated from Harvard Magna Cum Laude at age 18 and is in Phi Beta Kappa. He taught at MIT, Harvard, Wellesley and the University of California, but is best...
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on Kamy Wicoff's article I'm Thinking of Self-Publishing. Whaddya Think? (And Help!)
    July 2011
    Deborah Armstrong said, " has anyone looked into Xlibris? I have been comparing the various self publishing companies and have found that Xlibris offers the best service for the money. Just wondering if I am missing something. "   Yes. Xlibris is...
  • Michael N. Marcus posted an article The power of e-books
    June 2011
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on Kamy Wicoff's article I'm Thinking of Self-Publishing. Whaddya Think? (And Help!)
    June 2011
    Jane Galer said, "Lightning Source [has] a book making machine. I think there's one in the Harvard book store." The Espresso Book Machine was developed by On Demand Books and is distributed and serviced worldwide by Xerox. Publishers which use...
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on Kamy Wicoff's article I'm Thinking of Self-Publishing. Whaddya Think? (And Help!)
    June 2011
    After wasting significant time and energy experimenting with several e-book services, I tried eBookIt.com and have been extremely pleased. The company is good, fast, reasonably priced and responsive. Its website is very friendly. My money comes in...
  • Michael N. Marcus commented on Tayari Jones's article WHAT THE HUCK?
    January 2011
    Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself. --Dick Cavett   The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. --Tommy Smothers   The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. --Walt Whitman In...
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