Author M.J. Rose Publishes Serialized Novella with MightyWords.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 Self-publishing Expert Also to Publish Series of Advice Columns for MightyWords Audience on Publishing and Promoting Written Works MightyWords, the definitive digital marketplace for the written word, today announced that author M.J. Rose, who reached popular acclaim through her own efforts in self-publishing, today published the first installment of her new serialized novella novella: see novel. novella Story with a compact and pointed plot, often realistic and satiric in tone. Originating in Italy during the Middle Ages, it was often based on local events; individual tales often were gathered into collections. , "Private Places," exclusively at www.mightywords.com. Rose's latest work exemplifies new opportunities available to writers via digital publishing, such as the ability to publish a variety of formats, including serialized novels, novellas This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it]. This is a selected list of novellas that have gained fame and/or critical and public acclaim. , short stories, speeches and poetry. In addition, MightyWords announced that Rose has penned the first in a series of weekly columns providing practical, how-to advice to help unpublished writers produce, publish and promote their work. Rose's serialized novella, "Private Places," is a 130-page erotic thriller in which a harmless game turns dangerous when a bright young woman accesses the credit records of a man she wants to get to know better and sets in motion a threatening series of events. The installment is available in secure digital format for downloading and printing, and will be available in five bi-monthly installments for a price of $2 each. The first installment, which contains the first four chapters of the book, is for sale today. The first chapter of the book is now available for free preview Free preview is a term, most commonly used by cable television, referring to when cable systems offer a pay-TV service to customers for free for a short period of time. History . Rose, whose first novel "Lip Service lip service n. Verbal expression of agreement or allegiance, unsupported by real conviction or action; hypocritical respect: " was the first online book to be chosen by the Doubleday Book Club and The Literary Guild as a featured alternate selection, also will write and facilitate 20 columns for the "Writers Corner/Get Noticed" section of the MightyWords site. The series of weekly columns also will tap the expertise of agents, artists and authors to help aspiring writers publish and promote their work effectively. The week's introductory column, "Letting Your eBook Work the Net for You," is available at no charge today at www.mightywords.com. Future columns will cover funding unique selling propositions The Unique Selling Proposition (also Unique Selling Point) is the marketing concept that was first proposed as a theory to explain a pattern among successful advertising campaigns of the early 1940s. , how to test your book online, obtaining off-line and online reviews and defining a target audience. "M.J. Rose has shown that persistence, creativity and solid content can lead to success in today's new publishing," said Judy Kirkpatrick, executive vice president and general manager of MightyWords. "We asked M.J. to offer her professional counsel to the MightyWords community because she has shown by example the power the Internet gives unpublished writers to create their own opportunities for success." Rose said, "MightyWords is an idea whose time has finally come online. I believe in the real estate adage of 'location, location, location.' Just as it's better to be the smallest house on the most attractive block, I think it serves an author well to be in the same environment as giants such as Jonathan Kellerman Jonathan Kellerman (born August 9, 1949) is an American clinical psychologist and prolific writer. His writings on psychology (and specifically psychopathology) include Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children. , Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (born 16 December 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel , and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the . , Caroline Kennedy This article is about the daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. For the late wife of President Kennedy's son, see Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is the daughter and only surviving child of U.S. and Pete Hamill Pete Hamill (born June 24, 1935) is a prominent American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. He is currently on the staff of The New Yorker. Hamill was born in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn as the oldest of seven children of Catholic immigrants from . I'm looking forward to working with the MightyWords community of authors and readers and sharing some of my marketing knowledge." Rose will host an hour-long live Web chat at 7 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, April 24, during which writers will have the opportunity to ask questions relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc self-publishing and self-promotion. Time Magazine this year called Rose "the poster girl of e-publishing." After being chosen as a featured alternate selection by the Doubleday Book Club and The Literary Guild, her first novel "Lip Service" was published in hardcover by Pocket Books in September 1999. This summer it will be released as a trade paperback trade paperback n. A paperback book that is typically of better production quality, larger size, and higher price than a mass-market edition, intended for sale in bookstores. . Rose is currently finishing her second novel, "In Fidelity," for Pocket Books. About MightyWords MightyWords is the definitive digital marketplace to read, write, buy and sell compelling written content. MightyWords uses the Internet to provide authors, professionals, academics and enthusiasts the control to instantly publish and sell their works to the world, earning at least 50 percent royalties on every copy sold. MightyWords features exciting content from best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best and yet-to-be-discovered authors alike. Visit MightyWords at www.mightywords.com. MightyWords is a subsidiary of Fatbrain.com (Nasdaq:FATB FATB Florida Association of Ticket Brokers ). About Fatbrain.com Fatbrain.com is the leader in managing, marketing and distributing information for businesses. Today, the company's business-to-business solutions reach more than 2.25 million employee desktops at more than 300 Fortune1000 corporations worldwide. Fatbrain provides businesses with a comprehensive Web-based solution for information exchange by combining its leading professional bookstore with unique print-on-demand capabilities and enterprise eMatter, a customized implementation of its secure digital publishing solution, for the printed and digital delivery of valuable, mission critical corporate information. Fatbrain.com enables paper and digital documents to co-exist in an organized and highly-accessible fashion. Last year, the company was named the second fastest-growing public company in Silicon Valley. Visit Fatbrain.com on the Web at http://www.fatbrain.com. Fatbrain.com, MightyWords and eMatter are registered trademarks of Fatbrain.com, Inc. All company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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