Comments on: Seven Steps to a More Readable Book http://www.publishingbasics.com/2007/02/05/seven-steps-to-a-more-readable-book/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » Self-Publishing Primer: Part 8 - How do I write my book? http://www.publishingbasics.com/2007/02/05/seven-steps-to-a-more-readable-book/comment-page-1/#comment-15703 A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » Self-Publishing Primer: Part 8 - How do I write my book? Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:16:10 +0000 http://blog.selfpublishing.com/?p=166#comment-15703 [...] Write your book for readability, not to impress people with your vocabulary. Of course, if you are writing a technical book for a professional audience, you will use industry jargon and the level of writing appropriate for the subject and the audience. But if you are writing for the general public, check the readability (you can do this in Word through the grammar check function) and try for around the eighth grade level. Peter Bowerman suggests Seven Steps to a More Readable Book from his book The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living. [...] [...] Write your book for readability, not to impress people with your vocabulary. Of course, if you are writing a technical book for a professional audience, you will use industry jargon and the level of writing appropriate for the subject and the audience. But if you are writing for the general public, check the readability (you can do this in Word through the grammar check function) and try for around the eighth grade level. Peter Bowerman suggests Seven Steps to a More Readable Book from his book The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living. [...]

]]> By: Peter Bowerman http://www.publishingbasics.com/2007/02/05/seven-steps-to-a-more-readable-book/comment-page-1/#comment-3495 Peter Bowerman Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:59:31 +0000 http://blog.selfpublishing.com/?p=166#comment-3495 Thanks Michele, Glad you like! Good luck on your own self-pub journey (more resources at www.wellfedsp.com). All the best. PB Thanks Michele,

Glad you like! Good luck on your own self-pub journey (more resources at http://www.wellfedsp.com). All the best.

PB

]]> By: M. Taylor http://www.publishingbasics.com/2007/02/05/seven-steps-to-a-more-readable-book/comment-page-1/#comment-3494 M. Taylor Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:42:44 +0000 http://blog.selfpublishing.com/?p=166#comment-3494 Peter, Peter, Peter. Where've you been all my life? This is good stuff. Thanks. Peter, Peter, Peter. Where’ve you been all my life? This is good stuff. Thanks.

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