This educational picture book is about a little girl with a big story to tell - Why Water's Worth It. With her nose buried in her book, she walks young readers through the world of clean water, how it's managed, and the importance of everyone working together to protect it. Written for 4- to 8 -year-olds but with appeal to readers of all ages, this book uses fun, engaging illustrations and rhyming text to present a simple explanation of a complex process while encouraging personal responsi...

Environmental Threats to Pollinator Health and Fitness, Volume 64 in the Advances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including The threat of higher temperatures to pollinating insects, The challenge of balancing fungicide use and pollinator health, Insecticide effects on pollinating insects, Effects of invasive pathogens and parasites on pollinating insects, Heavy metal pollutants: ...

This booklet is about the author-editor partnership and the role it plays in creating the best possible manuscript. It focuses on the partnership between the freelance editor and his or her author-client. By author-client I mean the individual author who seeks out an editor and pays that person directly for services rendered.

In the lakeside resort town of Port Manitou, Michigan, dedicated teacher and running coach Neil Kazenzakis shoulders responsibilities that would break a lesser man: a tragic accident has left his wife seriously debilitated, he cares for his mother-in-law who suffers from dementia, and he’s raising his teenage son, Chris, on his own. On top of all that, he’s also secretly been seeing Lauren, his mother-in-law’s caregiver.When Neil breaks up a fight one day after school, he doesn’t g...

How To Write For Children is for anyone who has an idea for a children's book, and doesn't know what to do next. This book is an easy three step guide that teaches how to take a story from an idea to a completed project ready for publishing.Step one helps the writer with the basics of beginning a written project with children and young adults in mind. The author guides the writer through the writing process, including research requirements, determining target age, audience, genre a...

You can create your own eBooks, get them published, and have them made available for resale at little to no cost to you. In fact, the little you spend on this eBook guide may be the only expense you face in this whole process.This guide is a practical look at some of the most important things that you need to know to get your eBook out of your head and available for download.

This book guides you through the process of choosing a subject, outlining the steps & what software to use even if you don't own a computer! You will learn where to go to market your masterpiece, how to encourage others to sell for you and even how to collect the money!This book takes the mystery out of ebooks, and dispells the myth that states you have to use expensive software to create one!

What does it take to become an editor of fiction and creative nonfiction? In the first handbook written especially for freelance developmental editors who work with authors of novels and memoirs, Barbara Sjoholm draws on years of experience as a publisher, writer, and freelance editor. In An Editor's Guide you'll learn the basics of reading manuscripts and taking organized notes. You'll learn to query authors and how to make suggestions and when. Seasoned professionals and those just ente...

This document is designed for people who need help with their stuff. When we talk about "stuff", we mean all the things that we have to deal with daily in this fast-moving world. Email, mobile communications, meetings, digital media. All of that. It's not easy, but it is possible to manage a very high workload and multiple complex professional and personal commitments and to do so with no stress whatsoever. To achieve this requires the skills of the Productivity Ninja, and the power of Too...

This book covers the fundamentals to making a living writing books. How to set up your book from cover to description to maximize sales. How to get motivated and pick which books to write that sell. A beginner's guide to starting a self-publishing career. How to gather a following and write quickly to publish books faster.Learn how to publish a new book correctly and maintain a large portfolio of books, keeping them generating income long term.

Although many people seem to think that writing effective copy for the web is easy, it isn’t. So if you want to ensure that your readers and your customers understand how your website works and what it can do for them, you need to produce good copywriting for it.In this book, we will look at the basics of producing good copywriting for the web.It is important to remember that web users are active, not passive. So if they can not find a reason for staying o...

Tips and tricks for new independent authors helping you avoid common pitfalls and improve your profits. Learn about the following:Keywords – How to use your seven keywords correctly and avoid common mistakes.Titles – How to write a title that is easy to see on book covers while using powerful keywords in your subtitle for better list ranking.Formatting – Simple tips on how to format your book to look good on all the different reading devices.HTML – How to use HT...