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Answers - Get a Copyright First... Right? 5 Big Myths About Getting Published
Writers -- you expect them to be the most literate, informed people on the planet. Yet editors are continually astonished by how little new writers bother to learn about the publishing industry before they send their work out. Writing is an art and a craft, but publishing is a business, and publishers expect writers to approach them in a professional, business-like manner. This means that writers must know the rules of the road before the
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
y begin. Let's start with some of the common myths that one finds floating around that have the potential of crippling your writing career before it even begins.
Myth #1: You must get a copyright to protect your work so editors don't steal it.
Fact: Under U.S. copyright laws, your work is protected as soon as it is in tangible form. You do not need to apply for and pay for an official copyright before you submit your work.
But s
Myth #1: You must get a copyright to protect your work so editors don't steal it.
Fact: Under U.S. copyright laws, your work is protected as soon as it is in tangible form. You do not need to apply for and pay for an official copyright before you submit your work.
But s
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
hould you do it anyway, just to be sure?
No. And here's why not.
Reason #1: If you are submitting to real editors at real publishing houses as you should be (not vanity presses or so-called "subsidy" presses), your manuscript will be just one of thousands of hopefuls in a staggeringly-high slush pile. Ahead of your manuscript in the line are manuscripts that were pre-screened and submitted by agents (who also have staggeringly-high slus
No. And here's why not.
Reason #1: If you are submitting to real editors at real publishing houses as you should be (not vanity presses or so-called "subsidy" presses), your manuscript will be just one of thousands of hopefuls in a staggeringly-high slush pile. Ahead of your manuscript in the line are manuscripts that were pre-screened and submitted by agents (who also have staggeringly-high slus
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
h piles in their own offices). If an editor has that kind of overabundance of material on hand, what incentive is there to steal?
"But," you protest, "what if the editor decides to publish my work under the name of a famous author so the publisher can make a lot of money?"
Think -- would that famous author really sit still for that? Of course not! Famous Author's lawyers would be all over any editor who tried to pass of someone else's w
"But," you protest, "what if the editor decides to publish my work under the name of a famous author so the publisher can make a lot of money?"
Think -- would that famous author really sit still for that? Of course not! Famous Author's lawyers would be all over any editor who tried to pass of someone else's w
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
ork as that of Famous Author's. Nor is Famous Author likely to form a conspiracy with an editor to steal someone's work and publish it under Famous Author's name. There are too many things that can go wrong, too many careers at risk. Possibly, maybe, under certain phases of the moon and alignments of the planets, this might happen in the music industry. Maybe. If you're submitting songs, get educated about the music industry and how copyr
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
ights work. If you're submitting novels and nonfiction, don't sweat it.
Reason #2: So you go ahead and shell out 20 bucks or so to get that copyright. You submit your manuscript. Editor takes a look at your manuscript. First impression: "Hmm. This author copyrighted the work. Doesn't trust me to know not to steal manuscripts. Pah! Amateur!" The reading starts off with a bad impression, and goes downhill from there.
Reason #3: It's 20 re
Reason #2: So you go ahead and shell out 20 bucks or so to get that copyright. You submit your manuscript. Editor takes a look at your manuscript. First impression: "Hmm. This author copyrighted the work. Doesn't trust me to know not to steal manuscripts. Pah! Amateur!" The reading starts off with a bad impression, and goes downhill from there.
Reason #3: It's 20 re
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
jections later, and you're still shopping your manuscript around. Editor number 21 picks it up and sees the copyright date from ten or so years ago. "Man, this has been out for a long time. Must be a real loser." Again, the reading starts off with a bad impression, and back comes the manuscript with rejection number 21.
The only exception to this rule is if you are self-publishing. Then and only then do you need to purchase an official c
The only exception to this rule is if you are self-publishing. Then and only then do you need to purchase an official c
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
pyright. Everything you need to know about copyrights can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office at http://www.copyright.gov/
Myth #2: You have to pay a lot to get your book published.
Fact: You don't have to pay anything other than postage costs of mailing your manuscript to get it published. A legitimate publisher pays YOU the going industry rate for the various rights to publish your work. A literary agent gets paid a percentag
Myth #2: You have to pay a lot to get your book published.
Fact: You don't have to pay anything other than postage costs of mailing your manuscript to get it published. A legitimate publisher pays YOU the going industry rate for the various rights to publish your work. A literary agent gets paid a percentag
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
e only AFTER selling your book.
If an agent asks for "reading fees" or other fees other than itemized postage costs, the agent is likely a scam agent. If an agent can make money with reading fees, what incentive is there to actually sell your book?
If a publisher offers to publish your manuscript for a fee, that publisher is a subsidy publisher, known more commonly as a vanity publisher. Vanity publishers accept anything that comes at t
If an agent asks for "reading fees" or other fees other than itemized postage costs, the agent is likely a scam agent. If an agent can make money with reading fees, what incentive is there to actually sell your book?
If a publisher offers to publish your manuscript for a fee, that publisher is a subsidy publisher, known more commonly as a vanity publisher. Vanity publishers accept anything that comes at t
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
hem. They are little more than a glorified printing service, with one important difference: the imprint on the book and the ownership of the ISBN number belong to them, not to you.
Why is that important? Because if you want your book to appear in real bricks-and-mortar bookstores, you don't want the imprint of a vanity publisher on them. Book distributors and buyers know who the vanity presses are and avoid them like the plague.
If you
Why is that important? Because if you want your book to appear in real bricks-and-mortar bookstores, you don't want the imprint of a vanity publisher on them. Book distributors and buyers know who the vanity presses are and avoid them like the plague.
If you
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
really want to self-publish, go with a good printing service, such as Books Just Books. Educate yourself about copyrights, ISBN numbers, bar codes, distribution services, marketing, and other business aspects of publishing. You need to know the business side, because when you self-publish, you are starting a business.
If you do not want to self-publish, avoid the siren calls of the "We'll Publish Your Book!" vanity press advertisements i
If you do not want to self-publish, avoid the siren calls of the "We'll Publish Your Book!" vanity press advertisements i
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
n the backs of magazines, polish your work until it gleams, then submit it to legitimate publishers, the ones listed in the Writer's Market.
Myth #3: If you want to break into publishing, start with writing for children. It's easy. Then move up to writing for adults.
Would all the children's writers out there stop howling with laughter? Thanks.
Fact: Breaking into the children's market is harder than breaking into the mainstream
Myth #3: If you want to break into publishing, start with writing for children. It's easy. Then move up to writing for adults.
Would all the children's writers out there stop howling with laughter? Thanks.
Fact: Breaking into the children's market is harder than breaking into the mainstream
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
adult market, and breaking into the picture book market may be the hardest feat of all.
Part of the difficulty is that everybody and his uncle thinks writing for children is easy, so they dash off a cute little tale in Dr. Seuss rhyme about the fuzzy bunny who saved the day, throw in a heavy-handed moral, and send it off "to get published." Slush piles are knee-deep in these amateur offerings. When 95% or more of the slush pile is unpub
Part of the difficulty is that everybody and his uncle thinks writing for children is easy, so they dash off a cute little tale in Dr. Seuss rhyme about the fuzzy bunny who saved the day, throw in a heavy-handed moral, and send it off "to get published." Slush piles are knee-deep in these amateur offerings. When 95% or more of the slush pile is unpub
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
lishable scribbling, it's no wonder that the odds look so bad when you just look at the numbers.
But even for writers who know what they're doing, who study the market, who read children's books all the time, breaking in is hard. Editors are demanding. Children's books have to be concise. The author must choose words carefully for best effect.
Good writing is good writing. All editors demand good writing. Children's editors demand it ev
But even for writers who know what they're doing, who study the market, who read children's books all the time, breaking in is hard. Editors are demanding. Children's books have to be concise. The author must choose words carefully for best effect.
Good writing is good writing. All editors demand good writing. Children's editors demand it ev
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
n more, because their market is smaller, and adult buyers of children's books are more discriminating about the quality of those books. We're not just talking parents here, either. Teachers and librarians have a big influence over the children's book market, and you'd better believe they demand quality writing.
Myth #4: Once you've published your first book, your writing career is set. From then on, it's easy.
Fact: Would all the
Myth #4: Once you've published your first book, your writing career is set. From then on, it's easy.
Fact: Would all the
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
authors who have published one book but couldn't get the second published please raise their hands?
Thank you. From that forest of hands out there, it's easy to see that publishing your first book is not the equivalent of opening the golden door to the publishing industry. There's no free ticket to a glamorous life of autograph parties and spots on Oprah.
Sorry.
Myth #5: Getting published is easy once you know the "secret."
Yo
Thank you. From that forest of hands out there, it's easy to see that publishing your first book is not the equivalent of opening the golden door to the publishing industry. There's no free ticket to a glamorous life of autograph parties and spots on Oprah.
Sorry.
Myth #5: Getting published is easy once you know the "secret."
Yo
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
u'll hear this from people who have been "published" by vanity publishers (see Myth #2). Often they're pleased with the service -- but their pleasure comes primarily from seeing their writing between two covers and having a handful of sales. For hobbyists, maybe this is enough, provided they don't spend their retirement savings on publishing scams. You may also hear pitches like this from ebook software vendors who swear that you can writ
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
e a bestselling ebook in seven days using their "secret" method and their software -- never mind that the ebook market is puny at best and the vast majority of books are still sold in book form through bricks-and-mortar bookstores.
Mostly you'll hear this from people who shop the bookstores and say, "Look at this! This is trash! Anyone could write better than this!"
True, there are some pretty poor books out there, and who can fathom th
Mostly you'll hear this from people who shop the bookstores and say, "Look at this! This is trash! Anyone could write better than this!"
True, there are some pretty poor books out there, and who can fathom th
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
e reason for their publication? Never mind the awful books based on cartoon characters or science fiction shows -- those are put together by book packagers and written by freelancers on a work-for-hire basis. They sell on the basis of the reputation of the television show, not the writing.
An editor's and a publisher's reputations rest on the sales for their books, and no publisher can afford to keep cranking out books with poor sales. W
An editor's and a publisher's reputations rest on the sales for their books, and no publisher can afford to keep cranking out books with poor sales. W
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
hat sells most books is good writing.
And there's more. Not only do you have to write the book, you also have to sell it to an editor. You have to write top-quality query letters, book synopses, proposals, and cover letters.
There are no shortcuts. No 10 easy steps. No magic tricks. You must be a good writer. You must know the market and the industry. You must write the best book you can. And you must persist. Those are the only secrets
And there's more. Not only do you have to write the book, you also have to sell it to an editor. You have to write top-quality query letters, book synopses, proposals, and cover letters.
There are no shortcuts. No 10 easy steps. No magic tricks. You must be a good writer. You must know the market and the industry. You must write the best book you can. And you must persist. Those are the only secrets
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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