tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61765568472478170822024-03-13T03:20:49.287-07:00PublisherBlogatLeRuePressGet published at LeRue Press. Do you have a book you'd like to discuss? Tell us about it. We'd love to hear your story.Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-21971411970418974092017-04-01T11:41:00.000-07:002017-04-01T11:41:04.586-07:00Why Would An Author Want to Be Traditionally Published?<div class="MsoNormal">
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Talking to authors is one of the many enjoyable jobs I have
as a publisher and radio host. I had a great conversation yesterday with a
self-published author. He was asking about the path to becoming traditionally
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Unless you are really new to the world of publishing, you
know the game has changed. Becoming a traditionally published author with one
of the “Big Five” publishers, the major trade book publishers in the United
States, is not what most new authors are attempting. And if they are, they are
approaching it a little differently. Some are still making the attempt through
literary agents, some try self-publishing and once they have achieved some
success, may be picked up by a publisher and others, like one of my recent
guests on Book Hound<sup><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">TM</span></span></sup>,
<a href="http://www.jacciturner.com/" target="_blank">Jacci Turner</a>, are working with an imprint of one of the Big Five, <a href="http://harperone.hc.com/harperlegend/submityourwriting" target="_blank">Harper Legend</a>,
an imprint of Harper Collins to try to break in that way. And others work with
indie publishers, like LeRue Press, to forge a path, develop their following
and reach their audiences with some support from a publisher. Some authors are
very happy staying self-published and determining their own destiny and finding
their path with their own following. Truly, there is no one answer to
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Back to my conversation…the author asked some excellent questions.
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He said,
“I am already self-published. What is the advantage to being with a traditional
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Will you
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If so,
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Who pays
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If I go
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All good questions and I answered each of them from the
perspective of our publishing company. Each company has its own perspective and
platform. Before most of these questions can be answered specifically, the
author will have to present their work and then begin the task of “selling
themselves” to the publisher. <o:p></o:p></div>
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From a generic standpoint, I will answer the questions posed.
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<i>What is the advantage
to being with a traditional publisher?<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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One advantage a publisher brings is entry to bookstores who will
not allow self-published authors to do a book signing or have their book in the
store. I realize that may seem unfair to authors that are self-published, but
it may be as simple as limited space or time slots and the bookstore owner had
to define some rules. It also might be they have found too many self-published
authors that were not engaged in it as a business and thought the store would
bring them an audience. That is not really how it works. Authors need to be
marketers also and shelf space is costly. If you are not selling, it is not
worth it to the bookseller. If you are with one of the Big Five publishers, you will have the opportunity for major distribution; but it does not preclude that you still need to market; possibly even more so. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We do offer support at<a href="http://www.leruepress.com/" target="_blank"> LeRue Press.</a> It depends on the book
presented and the budget we define for it. Often, the support comes in the form
of social media, our radio shows and press releases. It might be phone calls to
contacts we know. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As far as paying for things, it again reverts to what the
budget is. Authors that are traditionally published whether through a large
publisher or an independent need to plan to pay for much of what they need. If
you go on tour, you’ll be paying for much of it, though that does depend on the
author and the publisher and the deal you strike with them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Can I still go contact
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We encourage contacting radio and TV stations for interviews
in a professional manner, of course, and armed with the tools of your media kit
and a coordinated effort with your publisher and media team (if you have one). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Enjoy the journey and we wish you success!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-56550339134710675482017-03-27T13:21:00.001-07:002017-03-27T13:21:17.275-07:00Book Hound: Fragments of Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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singer, dancer, featured in seven original, successful musicals on Broadway in
New York City<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">, and now author and
story-teller has written <i>Fragments of
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psychic mysteries to the humorous observations of life. There are love stories, war stories, animal, childhood,
family, and ghost stories, tragic stories, happy stories, pet peeves, and
paranormal visions and dreams. Cherry joins host, Janice Hermsen and special
co-host, Laura Newman, on Book Hound<i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Then in the last
segment, get ready for the</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Book Blitz” a lightning round of books
about multiple sclerosis in honor of MS Awareness Month? Janice and April always have some great picks
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s fun, it’s interesting
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844.790.8255<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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miss the live show, pick up a podcast at <a href="http://amm.streamon.fm/">http://amm.streamon.fm</a>. Go to podcasts and
find Book Hound Show. Or contact Janice Hermsen at </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="mailto:janice@lrpnv.com">janice@lrpnv.com</a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-84014495100918329252017-03-27T13:12:00.002-07:002017-04-01T12:36:44.885-07:00What's the Story? Would you have the determination?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Danny Heinsohn learned he had a brain tumor the
size of a racquetball upon graduating from the University of Nevada in May of
1999. After three craniotomies, he was conclusively diagnosed with primary
central nervous system lymphoma, a cancer that originates in the brain with a
median survival rate of 5 years. Twelve months of chemotherapy followed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">To celebrate his 10th year of cancer remission in
2010, Danny started a scholarship fund for young adult cancer survivors. It’s
called My Hometown Heroes which was inspired by those who supported him through
the trying times. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Danny Heinsohn, award winning philanthropist, high
performance sales coach, author, and keynote speaker joins Janice & Dennis
on What’s the Story?.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Then it’s the
Hollywood Rockin’ Wrap Up (by Jason Hadley) and Brian T. Shirley on the BTS
Entertainment Corner. Brian will talk about </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">"Bruce
the Challenge" by Nick Catello and Hollywood Sunset Pictures</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1d2129;">Don’t miss this segment!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Have questions? Call
844-790-8255, text your question to 775-237-2266 or go on the What’s the Story
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">When:</span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> NEW DAY- MONDAY, NEW TIME! 3 – 4 p.m. Pacific Time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Where: KCKQ AM 1180, a
Lotus Radio Station in northern Nevada, streaming <a href="http://amm.streamon.fm/">http://amm.streamon.fm</a></span></div>
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You can also listen on the TuneIn Radio App: Search America Matters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Call in:</span></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> 844-987-8679 (844-WT-STORY) or 844-790-8255<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go to<a href="http://americamatters.us/"> http://americamatters.us</a> for a podcast under What’s the Story?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-17761485664402852202017-03-24T23:16:00.000-07:002017-03-24T23:16:12.256-07:00Where have we been?It's been a while since we've blogged, apparent from the lapse in dates. We have been busy growing our business and improving what we can do for authors and businesses.<br />
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If you have never visited our webpage or our shop, we are a publisher, printer and business center. We focus on helping businesses and authors and/or independent publishers "brand" themselves and present a professional image. Part of branding often includes publishing a book whether you're a business trying to grow your customer base or an author trying to grow your customer base!<br />
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Either way, often it's hard to find someone who will have a one on one conversation with you and try to help you reach your particular goal. We pride ourselves on our customer service. We're far from perfect, but we make every attempt to work with our clients to achieve their goals and dreams.<br />
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In 2017, we added perfect binding to our multiple services. If you are looking to do booklets, book marks, postcards, invoices, scratch pads, promotional items for your business or book or perfect bound books in smaller quantities, we are the source you've been looking to find.<br />
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Without getting too "salesy" (is that a word?), we enjoy what we do and hope to have a chance to meet you either online or in person and see if we can help you find the answers to your questions. We know there are plenty of choices when it comes to publishing, printing and business needs, but we enjoy the journey and love to answer questions and help people reach their goals.<br />
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Future blogs will be more informative about different business, writing and publishing topics, but since it's been a while, I wanted to reintroduce us to you.<br />
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I am one of the co-founders of LeRue Press. My name is Janice Hermsen. When you call, you might reach me or one of my other two partners in the business (also family members), Kathy Szudajski and Lenore Halfide. I do most of the writing, editing, marketing and I am blessed to have a couple of radio shows and publish What's the Story? every month, an online and print publication with a circulation of over 2500. Kathy does most of the printing, phones and mailing services and Lenore does graphic design, layout and she answers the phone too!<br />
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Give us a call and I'll try not to take years to write again. Thanks for waiting! LOL.<br />
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<br />Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-62543937928002976472011-10-09T14:01:00.000-07:002011-10-09T14:01:30.449-07:00More online writingI often look for resources for our authors so they may spread the word about their books. One online source is <a href="http://www.freelancewriting.com/freelance-writing-jobs.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #406778;">Freelance writing jobs</span></a> at <a href="http://www.freelancewriting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #406778;">freelancewriting.com</span></a>. <br /> <br />There are plenty of articles to guide the new or even the seasoned writer. If you are an author, you need to get additional exposure and online writing is a great way to do it. I know I harp on this, but it's true. The bonus? Sometimes you'll even get paid for what you write.Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-33291528751009341452011-10-05T09:21:00.000-07:002011-10-05T09:21:16.878-07:00Writing articles onlineWriters want to gain a following for their books. The first thiing you can do, even if you don't know a lot of people, is to begin writing articles online in a topic that you enjoy.<br />
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There are a lot of sites from which to choose so make sure you look around. I chose <a href="http://www.examiner.com/mortgage-117-in-reno/janice-hermsen">examiner.com</a> because they had a category opening that made sense for me, mortgages, which fit with my financial and mortgage background. Once I wrote for them for a while, I applied with <a href="http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/47681/janice_hermsen.html">Yahoo!</a><br />
Make sure you do not rely on the article writing site to get readership. Post a link (but don't spam) with a catchy title on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://ifogo.com/buy/order_jh.html">IFogo!</a> Each new reader is a potential sale for your books. Plus, you begin to meet new, interesting people.Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-72532329138988851252009-11-01T10:09:00.000-08:002009-11-01T10:09:54.573-08:00UNR Poetry Slam<strong>Don't miss this event at UNR! Benjamin Arnold, will emcee!</strong><br />
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Poetry Slam: Thursday, 11/5, from 7pm - 9pm, inside Cantina del Lobo on the 3rd floor of Joe Crowley Student Union. Open to anybody, all-ages. <br />
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Need 3 poems (3 rounds, total), the winner gets to open for the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival show on 11/10 @UNR also.Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-72560812274568567822009-07-17T19:42:00.000-07:002009-07-17T19:44:55.449-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Looking forward to our new <strong><em>LeRue Press Chapbook Series</em></strong> with the release of Fractals of Past by local Reno author, Benjamin Arnold. Check back for the release date in the next couple of months</span>.Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-75226493781947018552007-12-15T12:58:00.000-08:002007-12-15T13:07:26.392-08:00Another Service from LeRue Press<span style="font-family:arial;">We're getting ready to host a great service to writers. The LeRue Review will offer free and/or paid reviews for writer's books. All you need to do is contact LeRue at <a href="mailto:custserv@leruepress.com">custserv@leruepress.com</a>. Enter Review info in the subject line and someone will get back to you with the details. In a nutshell, you will need 2 copies of your book that you're willing to part with; one for the reviewer and one for LeRue to post to the website. Don't forget...listing your book is free. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The review will be sent to our sister company's clients (LRP Printing, which btw, you can also have your book printed and available for on demand or small run printing) and available online at <a href="http://www.leruepress.com/">http://www.leruepress.com/</a> or via e-mail. The initial release will reach over 2,100 customers in print and online. </span>Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-85481744195538400902007-12-08T20:38:00.001-08:002007-12-08T20:38:43.551-08:00The View from LeRue...Reno, NV<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii285/apoet23/TheViewFromLeRue.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-78276942448044365342007-06-30T09:04:00.001-07:002007-06-30T09:07:35.060-07:00Astrella Celeste Interview<span style="font-family:arial;">Check out the interview with Astrella Celeste (Donovan's daughter- Mellow Yellow, Hurdy Gurdy Man). Astrella recently released her <strong>EP Dream and The Way We Are... </strong>If you are a writer interested in some insight about lyric writing, you shouldn't miss it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-7049883897579918362007-02-11T09:48:00.000-08:002006-11-19T11:24:44.682-08:00New title!If you enjoy reading as much as I do, you must read, "It's in the Rhythm" by Sammie Ward. It's a great story. You won't want to put it down!<br /><br />Check it out on our website at <a href="http://www.leruepress.com">www.leruepress.com</a>. Sammie is also one of our authors on eTour this month.Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-85200900017013547162006-11-19T11:17:00.000-08:002006-11-19T11:24:44.262-08:00E-Tours for Authors-How Do I SELL My Book?<span style="font-family:arial;">If you have a published book, you might wonder how you can get it exposed to a larger audience.<br /><br />Check out e-Tours for Authors. LeRue Press is e-stop #5 in conjunction with Marguerite Press! </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you want to<strong> </strong><em><strong>sell</strong> </em>your book, don't miss the chance to work with us at our currently discounted prices.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">We are adding authors daily!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.leruepress.com"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.leruepress.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span>Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176556847247817082.post-43359917064699559772006-09-02T09:17:00.000-07:002006-09-02T09:21:59.400-07:00Do you have questions for our publisher?Welcome to our blog!<br /><br />If you have questions about publishing or how to get published at LeRue Press, LLC , we're here to help. We will be posting a frequently asked questions later, but until we do, please ask away!Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871310625010939680noreply@blogger.com4