Crowd Source Funding -- Kickstart Your Project

Crowdsource Funding -- Kickstart Your Project (Maryellen Burns)

March 20, 2012 6:00 pm to 9 pm  CastleDab, 2014 23rd Street Sacramento $25

Crowdsource funding has been around for centuries -- friends, families and business associates pooling their money and resources together.  What's different today is the Internet.  Now, individuals and organizations who need funding for a special project, business, or creative project can seek support from people anywhere in the world. 


Discover the ins and outs of how to start a campaign, write a compelling narrative, create a memorable video, exciting premiums, and a plan for getting the word out and encouraging people to invest in you. 


Maryellen Burns has raised more than $15,000,00 for organizations and creative individuals over the last thirty years.  Recently, she helped raise more than $18,000 for writers and artists in less than ninety days using Kickstarter, Indiegogo and investigative journalism sites to support conferences, books, overseas travel, and art exhibits. 

Book Review -- monthly workshops starting in January.

Upcoming Talks, Events, Classes and Workshops

Nonfiction Authors Network Meeting -- Funding for Writers (Maryellen Burns)

February 15, 2012 6:30 pm  Double Tree by Hilton Hotel 2001 Point West Way $10

You'll learn how to find money, materials, and other support for creative work or the book of your dreams, whatever field you're in.  Discover sources for planning a successful project, identifying potential funding sources and investors and creating a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter, Indiegogo and other sites. 

Sacramento Book Collectors Club -- The Serious Side of Comics, Scott Burns

February 17, 2012 7:00 pm  Arcade Library, 2442 Marconi Blvd.  (Free)

Scott Burns will give us a tour of the serious side of cartooning at the Sacramento Book Collectors monthly meeting at Arcade Library.  War, Politics, and Social Commentary in 19th and 20th century books, periodicals and ephemera. Scott is a non-fiction writer, attorney, avid book collector, bookseller and raconteur.  The event is free. Arcade Library is located at 2442 Marconi Avenue, west of Fulton Avenue Sacramento.  The library is closed so look for the community room doors on the left side of the building.  Lots of well lit parking. 

I Street Info Sessions -- 2nd Tuesday 6:15 pm and 4th Saturday 10 am. 

Join the Sacramento Public Library as we jump into the world of print-on-demand, self-publishing and writing/publishing classes.  We hope that I Street will become the go-to destination for all things writing and publishing.  Do you have a book inside you?  We can help get it out of your brain and on to paper and then print it for you. Every month Maryellen Burns and Lawrence Fox volunteer for two information sessions that take you step by step through the process.  There's also an author's guide. Go to saclibrary.org.  Double click on the I Street Logo and then look for I Publish at I Street for more information or istreet@saclibrary.org.  

Morning Coffee -- Wednesday, March 7th, 10 am to 1 pm 
Join us from 10 am to noon on Wednesday March 7^th from 10 am to 1 pm with your writing or art pad, work-in-progress, or idea for a new project.  We’ll provide inspiration, writing and art prompts, pen and ink, watercolor pencils, and bits of this and that, to get your creative juices going.  There are almost always editors around to help sharpen your work, too.  


March's Morning Coffee will be held at the CastleDab, home of Maryellen Burns and Leo Dabaghian, 2014 23rd Street, Sacramento. (between T and U Street). Each month we'll convene at different spots around the city, and see what emerges. That is, until we have enough material to publish Morning Coffee – the first in a series of literary books and magazines we’ll publish on the I Street Press Espresso Book Machine at the Sacramento Public Library.  There's no charge, but if you want to put a little money into the kitty to cover drinks and snacks, we won't turn you down.  The April Morning Coffee is April 4th in midtown, then we head out to Arcade Library for a while and a turn at Shine Coffee. Call 916-768-6077 or email: maryellen_burns@mac.com or booktalk@me.com for more information. 

Crowdsource Funding -- Kickstart Your Project (Maryellen Burns)

March 20, 2012 6:00 pm to 9 pm  CastleDab, 2014 23rd Street Sacramento $25Crowdsource funding has been around for centuries -- friends, families and business associates pooling their money and resources together.  What's different today is the Internet.  Now, individuals and organizations who need funding for a special project, business, or creative project can seek support from people anywhere in the world. Discover the ins and outs of how to start a campaign, write a compelling narrative, create a memorable video, exciting premiums, and a plan for getting the word out and encouraging people to invest in you. Maryellen Burns has raised more than $15,000,00 for organizations and creative individuals over the last thirty years.  Recently, she helped raise more than $18,000 for writers and artists in less than ninety days using Kickstarter, Indiegogo and investigative journalism sites to support conferences, books, overseas travel, and art exhibits. 

Book Review -- Tuesday, April 17, 6 pm to 9 pm.  -- An overview of everything you need to know about creating a self-published book -- from concept, to planning, research, writing, editing, book design, and other things you need to know to get the book into the marketplace.  Artfox Gallery, 2213 N Street #B. Contact Lawrence Fox, fox@artfox.us or Maryellen Burns, booktalk@me.com for more information. We take most major credit cards.  $35. 

To RSVP or purchase tickets for any of these programs contact Maryellen Burns at either maryellen_burns@mac.com or booktalk@me.com.  Credit cards for programs are accepted.  

ArtFox/Book Talk Design Services

ArtFox/Book Talk Design Services

BOOKTALK and ArtFox Design helps independent authors get their work to the marketplace. We offer one-on-one consultations, classes, talks, and workshops on every aspect of the publishing process -- from inception of an idea to how to arrange a book tour and everything in between.

Format Word File

Review your original Word files to make sure formatted correctly. If not, we’ll re-format and create Cover and Interior page PDF’s. Files can be sent electronically.

$40 per hour/$25 minimum.

Professional Cover/Spine Design

Select from one of our Book Templates: $200.

Custom quote at $40 an hour.  Most books range from $250 to $500.

Interior Page Design

Custom quote at $40 an hour.

Depending on complexity (amount of graphic insertions) the range is generally between $4 to $7 per page with a $200 minimum. 

Editing Services

Manuscript Evaluation

Review and written report or recommended editorial services.

$100 to $200 (based on number of pages).

Evaluation can take 2 to 3 weeks.

Editing

One simple hourly rate for proofreading/copyediting, and/or rewriting; the average copyediting speed is 7-10 pages per hour, double-spaced in 12 pt. Times Roman. More complex work takes longer.

$25 per hour. 

Copy Editing

Fixes typos, spelling, capitalization, punctuations, minor grammatical errors and formatting issues

Line Editing

Fixes sentence structure, word choice, repetitiveness more pervasive grammar errors, clarity and sense, awkward phrasing and rhythm.

If we recommend content editing (Fix characterization, plot consistency, overall structure loose ends and momentum) we may refer your work to others who work in the same genre and they may charge a higher fee.

Additional Services

If you plan to publish at I Street Press we recommend you purchase the premium package that provides an ISBN/Barcode, Copyright, Library of Congress Number and Books in Print.

If you want to publish with another print-on-demand company or local printer we provide the following services:

                       

Copyright

Basic Copyright Filing

Filing with US Copyright Office

$100

           

Library of Congress Catalog Control Number

$75

Amazon Listing ($50 one time fee)

We will help list your book on Amazon.com. The retail price of your book will have to be changed to cover all the fees that Amazon charges per transaction.

ISBN/ISSN Purchase

If you want to sell your book to retailers, distributors or libraries, you will need an ISBN and barcode.  If you produce your book through The Sacramento Public Library they provide publishing packages that will supply you with and ISBN, Copyright filing and Library of Congress Preassigned Control Number (PCN), plus place your book in Books in Print for a fee. However, they will be listed as the publisher of record and carry their imprint on the book.

If you want to own your own publishing imprint you will want to apply for and purchase your own ISBN, by going to www.isbn.org. It will cost $125 for a single ISBN and $25 for a barcode. This will take about two weeks. Once you receive your ISBN you will need to go to www.bowkerlink.com to register your book title in Books in Print. We can then insert your ISBN and Barcode onto your book cover design for an additional fee of $25. If this seems daunting you can take our monthly Book Review workshop and we’ll walk you through it.

Book Review

Everything you need to know about creating a self-published book -- from revision, to editing, book cover and interior page design, ISBN/Barcodes and all the other things you need to know to get the book into the marketplace. Saturday, January 28. 2 pm to 5 pm at ArtFox Gallery, 2213 N Street #B, Sacramento. $35

Contact Lawrence Fox, fox@artfox.us or booktalk@me.com for more information or check out our booktalksacramento.com blog.