Graphic Design & Layout with Photoshop Elements

Graphic Design & Layout with Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Elements (PE) is a program that is powerful enough to edit photographs for book publications. I began to wonder if it could be used to create graphics from scratch. The thought was prompted by many of my books containing not only photographs but also maps, charts, flow diagrams, etc. A little bit of experimenting produced the graphic to the right. It is part of a Power Point

Blogs and Podcasts
Good news! I will be giving a class on what blogs and podcasts are all about and how to use them in your personal or business efforts. At the end of the meeting, you will have your very own blog on the Internet and the information and software necessary to create podcasts. The class will be held on the main campus of COCC, from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday, April 15, 2006. More information is

Buying Trends by Book Genre
More book publishing statistics for 2004-2005 are appearing. The following pertains to fiction sales. Romance novels lead the way with 39.3% of sales. Next were mystery books at 29.6% Followed by general fiction with 12.9% of sales. When the figures are added, they total 81.80%. Thus, 18.2% of fiction books sales appear to fall outside of the three categories. What must they be? Whatever they

Arielle Ford, Publicist biography
Arielle Ford has helped launch the careers and create bestselling books for Deepak Chopra; Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup for the Soul series; Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations With God; Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers; and Dean Ornish, Love and Survival and many, many other notable authors.

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Premier Entry
This is my first blog in several years and I must say its good to be back in the blogosphere. The inital blog dealt with train watching conditions along the historic Union Pacific rail line through the Tehachapi Pass in California. I discontinued that blog when I decided to move to Oregon. A Union Pacific frieght train on the Tehachapi

Advertising Your Book
Getting the word out about your book is the first step in increasing sales. Check out the following Internet-based resources. The first is Radio-TV Interview Report (RTIR) at http://www.rtir.com/ This service is essentially a database of authors who are available for live and telephone interviews. A thrice-monthly magazine that is sent to about 4,000 on-air contacts, it broadens the geographic

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When Works Pass Into The Public Domain

The Publish and Sell Your Book Class
There is starting to be a buzz about the Publish and Sell Your Book class I offer through the Community Learning Program at Central Oregon Community College! I suspect that some of the interest has to do with former students who have taken the class to heart and are in the process of publishing their book. One, written by Becky Coffield and titled, Life was a Cabaret, should be available before

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