The Telemachus Press Blog

Entries for January 2013

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I received a great question from a wonderful new author recently. He has written a legal thriller that will be out in a couple of months.  This was his question: Hello Joanne,                 I note in the following language that at some point in time, I'm to provide two summaries of the book, described as a 400 character summary and a 4000 character summary.               ...

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Authors frequently ask me if Telemachus Press offers marketing. My response is no, we do not. This is somewhat qualified in that we are always seeking ways to get the word out about our amazing authors through blogging, social media, the Telemachus Press website and partnerships we have with other websites. This is a benefit of being part of the TP team. Reason #1 We Do Not Offer Marketing as a Service of Telemachus Press It is not our area of expertise Plain and simple, marketing is not pa...

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Posted in: Self-Publishing
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A.K. Taylor Who I am as a writer? I am an adventurous person as a writer in and out of the book. I like to go to other worlds.  I also like to write about the backwoods world on my blog and it makes up part of my material for my YA series. I am a science freak which goes into my material. My love of video games also makes it into my work as well. So in some ways I’m still a kid at heart. What motivates me to write? It can be the birth of a cool idea that hits me. It can be somet...

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or Why Telemachus Press does not offer discounts* *except in the case of multiple books being brought to us at the same time, but that’s for another blog post.  I received emails from authors the other day that read: “Does Telemachus Press offer a discount if I’ve already designed my cover?” and “I’m having a graphic artist prepare my cover. Do you reduce your fee because of this?” And another email that said: “I’ve formatted my ...

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