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For Foreign Authors Looking to Succeed in the American Market, the Importance of High Quality English Translation Cannot Be Overstated

by Ulatus
Bowker | Tue Feb 5, 2019

Foreign Authors Success

It goes without saying that to sell literature in any market, it needs to be made available in the local language. But for foreign authors the American market can be a different kind of beast altogether.  Run-of-the-mill English translation won’t suffice. It needs to be meticulous, contextual and above all, professionally done. Without it, their chances for success are greatly diminished.

American Book Market: How to Be Successful

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In Translation, Machines Have Their Role, but Not Without Human Intelligence

by Ulatus
Bowker | Tue Dec 18, 2018

Machine Translation (MT) has become a vital part of the language industry, but that does not mean that human translation will become obsolete. On the contrary, there is a strong need for human translators to work in conjunction with machine translators to achieve first-rate results.

MT (Machine Translation): An Overview

With roots dating back to the seventeenth century, MT was launched in the 1950s, when research funded by the U.S. government first garnered global interest in the concept. During the machine translation process, content is automatically transferred between languages through the following methods:

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The Who’s Who of Book Translation: 7 Important Players You Should Know About

by Ulatus
Bowker | Tue Jun 12, 2018

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Translating a book into another language exposes it to an entirely new market. This is extremely valuable for both the publisher and the author: it both increases the book’s potential revenue and extends its reach to a global audience. Publishing a book in English makes it accessible to 360 million native speakers, plus the billion people who speak it as a second language; but publishing a translation to Mandarin, for example, exposes it to an additional potential audience of 955 million!

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Marketing vs. Editing vs. Writing: The Delicate Balance of the Self-Publisher

by AC de Fombelle
Bowker | Thu Feb 1, 2018

 
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Life is all about balance. The balance between your personal and professional commitments; between heart and mind; between activity and rest. A perfect life is one in perfect equilibrium. In self publishing, the tricky balance is between writing, editing and marketing. Three necessary activities for a successful publishing project.
 
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Top editing tips and tools to get your book published

by Kelly Marone
Bowker | Tue Dec 22, 2015

Writers have an immortal feeling when their first books are published and the ambrosial effect would last forever. For any writer it seems that Nature has designed such glorious destiny for them and the moment is unforgettable. However, getting published is not simple and there are many conditions and procedures to cope with before your work can get into printing machines. Most amateur writers feel disappointed because their work is rejected, but one must be aware that in most cases of rejection the problem is not with the content but with the presentation. Let us learn the procedures through which a new book is dealt with in a stepwise manner so that one can understand how certain books go through while some do not.

Tools to reduce errors while writing

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Find Your R.E.A.L. Personality

by Sharon C. Jenkins
Bowker | Tue Aug 18, 2015

We’ve all taken a personality test at some point in our life. Maybe you took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and discovered that you are Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging. Or perhaps you’ve taken the DiSC test and now you know that you lean more towards steadiness than dominance. Maybe you just saw a quiz on Facebook that tells you your personality based on your favorite song.

Whatever the test, more and more people are putting stock in what your personality is. So the question is, how can you use your personality to help you become an author?

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7 Things Publishers Wished Authors Knew

by Rochelle D. Carter
Bowker | Tue Jun 30, 2015

There are many things that publishers wish authors knew before they signed their contract or even submitted their books. I know that I have had a few head-scratching interactions with potential authors, from being told "I don't read books" to "I didn't know I could talk about my book". Here are 7 Things Publishers Wished Authors Knew, and sometimes are a little perturbed at having to explain:

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Join Us For A Webinar About Editorial!

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Thu May 8, 2014

In conjunction with Digital Conversion Labs, Bowker's SelfPublishedAuthor.com is presenting a webinar on the editorial process with expert independent editor Ann Moller. Join us on Thursday, May 15th from 1-2 Eastern as we discuss the different types of editing, the value that good editorial brings to your book, and tactics for accepting constructive criticism! 

Register here!

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MFA, NYC, and the Book Editor

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Mon Mar 31, 2014

Maxwell Perkins, editor of Fitzgerald and Hemingway​

The New Yorker today has a great post by Barry Harbaugh about the role of the book editor in book culture.

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Top 5 Tips to Starting a Writing Group

by Chris Robley
Bowker | Thu Mar 20, 2014

Running your own informal writing workshop can be a difficult but rewarding experience. It ain’t easy to get a group of people together who are promising writers AND critical readers, who are honest but nurturing in their feedback, who are committed to meeting frequently, and who don’t smell like cheap wine all the time.

But think of the American expats meeting at 27 Rue de Fleurus. Think of the Inklings congregating in the corner of some Oxford Pub. You could be the founder of a similar literary club that makes history! And even if you don’t make history, you’ll be making each other better writers. And THAT would seem to be the true measure of its success.

5 tips to starting a successful writing group:

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