Writing and Publishing Seminar
Saturday, July 29, 2006

United Methodist Church - Miami, Oklahoma

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Schedule cover portions of the text: Writing Family or Genealogy History for Pleasure and Profit.

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Check in

Morning Sessions cover (see below): establishing goals and organizing for writing; writing the manuscript and general components to a book; introduction to acid free and archival quality. (Parts 1, 2, and some of 5 of  text)

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Morning session part 1 - Carrie Ann Cook, presenter

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Morning session part 2 - Carrie Ann Cook, presenter

11:30 a.m. - 12 noon Questions and Answers (Q&A not confined to this time period) - Carrie Ann Cook & Fredrea Gregath Cook

12 noon - 1 p.m. - Lunch and Copyright forum - Carrie Ann Cook & Fredrea Gregath Cook, moderating

Afternoon Sessions cover (see below): preparing the manuscript, publishing process case study; types of publishing options; marketing; record keeping; economics. (Parts 3, 4, and remainder of 5 of text)

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Afternoon session part 1 - Fredrea Gregath Cook, presenter

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Afternoon session part 2 - Fredrea Gregath Cook, presenter

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Questions and Answers (Q&A not confined to this time period) - Carrie Ann Cook & Fredrea Gregath Cook

4:00 p.m. End of seminar

Text Table of Contents (index)

Author Introductions

Table of Contents  

Foreword 

Part I - Establishing Goals

Work Area and Equipment

Manuscript Preparation Supplies

Family History Versus Genealogy 

Organization of Researched Materials

Plan the Contents of the Book  

Part II - Writing the Manuscript

Frontispiece

Title Page and Verso

Copyright Ó Copyright

·        Length of Copyright

·        Using Copyrighted Material

·        Copyright Theft  

·        Placement of Copyright Information

Library of Congress Card Catalog Number

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

Introduction to Author

Dedication

Foreword of Preface  

Acknowledgments

Contributors or Research Sources

Alphabetical List of Abbreviations 

Genealogical Numbering System

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Other Fore Pages

Primary History 

Subsequent History

Individual or Family Histories

Sources and References

Addendum 

Bibliography

Afterword  

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Part III - Preparation of Manuscript For Offset Printing

·        Do it Yourself  Hard Copy

·        Do it Yourself  Disk

·        Professionally Prepared   

The Page Format 

Layout and Design

·        Photographs

·        Color work

·        Sketches, Maps, Documents and Other Items

·        Proofreading 

·        Indexing

Printing

Soft Binding 

Hard Binding

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Part IV - Advertising and Selling Your Book                             

Magazines and Newspapers Advertising (Paid)

·        Display Advertisements

·        Classified Advertisements

Magazine and Newspaper Coverage (Non paid)

·        Newspaper Personal Columns  

·        News Releases, Letters to Genealogical Columns and Editors

§         Press Release Tips

Postal Sales Tools  (postal cards, flyers, letters, brochures, etc.)

·        Assembling the Mailing List

·        Preparing the Mailing List

·        Preparing the Sales Tool   

Library, Hereditary, Genealogical and Historical Society Sales

Online

Network, Network, Network  

The Advertising Budget

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Part V - Etc.                                                                                              

Contributor and Customer Information Control System

Keeping Records and Paperwork  

The Economics of Publishing

Acid Free and Archival Quality

·        Internal Factors

§         Paper

§         Binding

·        External Factors

§         Production

§         Beyond Production

·        Summary