Xlibris presents a Guide to the Foreword, Preface, and Introduction

Xlibris presents a Guide to the Foreword, Preface, and Introduction Guide to the Foreword, Preface, and Introduction Xlibris knows you’ve asked the question, “When is this book actually going to begin?” By Xlibris Publishing - September 26, 2013 Xlibris knows you’ve asked the question, “When is this book actually going to begin?” How many...

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Techniques for Paraphrasing

Xlibris knows that paraphrasing means putting content, whether written or spoken, into other words. In writing, using direct quotations can be very easy. Sometimes, using quotes in your writing is important, but overusing them is the sign of a bad writer or implies you are just unfamiliar with the material you are writing about. Paraphrasing...

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Xlibris Book Video: The Written World

Fatimah Jan. The Written World. Bloomington: Xlibris Publishing, ISBN 978-1-47977-623-8. 2013. Perfect Bound Softcover. What if a stranger came into your life and gave you the power to change an entire world? Unearth the story of a young innocent girl who discover she is destined to become the keeper of an empire and it's seven kingdoms In...

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Author Interview: Gloria Naylor

Four Questions for Gloria Naylor 1. Recent publishing industry news points out that despite a stronger presence of African-American literature, the range of interests, voices, and concerns of African-American readers are not adequately represented in books produced by the traditional publishing houses. Do you think smaller presses and self-publishing...

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Author Interview: M.J. Rose

Originally posted on Xlibris Author's Lounge Six Questions for M.J. Rose 1. Your first novel, Lip Service, was an online publishing success. What was your experience with potential publishers of the novel prior to that, and what prompted you to take matters into your own hands? When my agent tried to sell Lip Service in 1996,...

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Author Interview: Janet Wong

Four Questions for Janet Wong 1. Your career took quite a different direction at one point, and now you're writing for kids. How and why did that happen?  Before becoming a children's author, I was a lawyer. In my last job, I was the Director of Labor Relations at Universal Studios Hollywood, firing people, negotiating union contracts, and...

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Top Tips to Improve Your Proofreading – Part Two

Whether you enlist the services of an editor or not, you should still want your book to leave your hands looking as professional as possible. In this second installment of proofreading tips, Xlibris Writer’s Workshop discusses more techniques from the experts for finding those embarrassing errors before anyone else does. 1)    Have someone...

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Tips to Improve Your Proofreading - Part 1

Once settled on a process that picks up spelling and grammar errors easily, concentrate on their proofreading speed. Often authors find themselves consistently misspelling the same words or repeating the same consecutively making a sentence seem boring and bland. Repeated misspellings come from a mental block or the word is not well known, they...

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Xlibris Book Review: The Cloak of Deception

The Cloak of Deception ''Memoirs of a Rural Undercover Cop'' Written by: Darryl Parker Published by: Xlibris LLC Date published: 06/08/2009 Edition: Casebound Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-43633-302-3 Available in Hardcover Review: The Cloak of Deception is written to provide insight into the criminal justice system as it relates...

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Xlibris Book Review: The Quicksilver

Michael C. Madden. The Quicksilver. Bloomington: Xlibris Publishing, ISBN 978-1-46530-018-8. 2011. Perfect Bound Softcover. Overview: It wasn't supposed to be like this. This is all too real... time travel is real - irreversible! You can go forward, but you can never go back! We should have listened to him... what have we done??...the deepest...

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How to Edit Great Books

We at Xlibris Publishing believe that one of the most widespread errors that aspiring authors and, indeed experienced writers commit in writing is to try to edit their book as they are writing it.. So instead of getting your great masterpiece out and on paper you tend to get bogged down in the minutiae of editing. The general consensus amongst...

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Xlibris Book Review: Nothing is Strange with You

James Jeffrey Paul. Nothing is Strange with You. Bloomington: Xlibris Publishing, ISBN 978-1-43636-626-7. 2008. Perfect Bound Softcover. Overview: A young man kidnaps his own nephew and makes him his servant and sex slave. He abducts young boys, has his way with them, and, if they "know too much," kills them. He forces his nephew to participate...

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Xlibris Book Review: Eclectic Poems From The Soul

Jerry L. Robinson. Eclectic Poems From The Soul. Bloomington: Xlibris Publishing, ISBN 978-1-46532-102-2. 2009. E-Book. Overview: Eclectic Poems From The Soul is my journey through many conflicting situations in broken relationships, trust, depression and fully understanding my hurts and the hurting of others through forgiveness. Getting...

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