Books & Authors - July 2007

I finished it last night and have to say it was the most enjoyable Horror novel I have read in years.

2007-07-16 20:45:58 · 2 answers · asked by Doodle 6

Get a book/novel published by a traditional publishing corp? or Publish it yourself?

I've gotten some opportunities to send in a manuscript of mine or a novel of mine that i wrote to some trad. corps and i was just reading on a self publishing thing and it will cost a sum of money as will getting a traditional publishing house (with the trad. house it'll take longer too)

Benefits: Trad. Corps
*better way to get out book to public
*if makes good sells, "Famous"??
Cons: Trad Corps:
*they may change YOUR work
*they have rights to your book
*takes a long while if they decide to publish

benefits: do it yourself
*rights are yours
*takes less to publish
*keep your book the way YOU wrote it
cons: do it yourself
*difficult to get famous to the public
*problems with getting more copies
ext. little things like that

what do you think???

2007-07-16 20:07:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The aforementioned question contains spoilers.

2007-07-16 19:41:08 · 8 answers · asked by hieiaijima 1

Okay I am probably being a bit closed minded on this, but...

If Harry Potter could not even be killed as a little baby, just sitting there defenceless, how can Voldemort even try to kill him now, as Harry now actually can actually perform magic. And I am not really buying that Harry survived because his mother threw her arms around him.

Thank you.

2007-07-16 19:36:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, I understand Peter Pettigrew and Severus Snape perhaps told Voldemort about the prophecy, but how is it that Voldemort goes to The Potters and why? He only heard part of the prophecy at the time which said someone will be born and that could be anyone why does he go to the Potters?

thank you.

2007-07-16 19:31:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do not ask this question in order to judge you as a reader. I am asking honestly and would like your opinion. Please take your time in formulating an answer. I do not choose a best answer until I receive one. You have DAYS to respond. Thank you.

2007-07-16 19:27:39 · 7 answers · asked by God_Lives_Underwater 5

What type of region would the Shire be called? Ex/ Highlands, steppes, valley, plain, etc. Please tell, i'm writing a story and can't describe what the geography would be called. Thanks!

2007-07-16 18:59:53 · 8 answers · asked by Calvinn the Great 2

Is this true?

2007-07-16 18:58:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

this is called books and authors, not harry potter and other books...

2007-07-16 18:17:30 · 14 answers · asked by IRI 3

i have a book im trying to fill with quotes. so i was wondering if any of you had any. any are good....funny or serious, or anything else. thanks

2007-07-16 18:04:15 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Currently, my friend is in the hospital because of cancer, and he really loves the Harry Potter series. Now, I'm determined to give him the new Harry Potter and whatever it is called (I do not like the Harry Potter series that much), and I heard people saying that camping overnight for the book is pointless and that only people with reservations can get them at midnight.


now, i want to give the book to him soon, because, he just keeps getting sicker and sicker, and I want him to have some joy in avoiding the pain he has.


Please, is this true? If not, then I may wait overnight correct?

And if so, will they available the next day or so?


I really want to do this for my friend. =[

And thank you for helping. I am sure that Michael would give his thanks. =]

2007-07-16 17:42:01 · 6 answers · asked by Live Laugh Love 6

2007-07-16 17:28:43 · 10 answers · asked by shiningStar 2

Are wizards just men with more power? I'm reading the book and it's really complicated, and what's up with Aragorn? Does he like two women? And what exactly does the lord of the mark mean?
thanks

2007-07-16 17:08:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I feel that I am a victim of an information culture (also self caused victim). I can't catch up with the book of the internet. Furthermore, all I know is facts & trivia. Yet, the internet CNN has all this how to stuff and I know nothing! The idea of books and the internet is to teach and yet I know nothing! I feel slightly disconnected from life. Like, I've been taught to not experience life and be cautious of everything. It's odd. But, sadly i'm a bit addicted to the computer....

2007-07-16 16:57:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

me + my friend were talking about #7 he thinks that harrys the last horcrux + that both him + voldemort will die, i hope hes wrong

also i think that the title refers 2 where harrys parents were murdered (godrics hollow) thats the deathly hallows(this is my theroy)

2007-07-16 16:51:53 · 9 answers · asked by cindy g 1

2007-07-16 16:06:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am going to college in Septermber and I want to start reading books other than young adult books. What books would you recommend? I love fiction and fantasy, i hate classics, adventure and nonfiction.

2007-07-16 15:39:55 · 10 answers · asked by Armine 3

Ok.....which is your ALL-TIME favorite book....a REAL page turner, the kind you can't stop talking about....

2007-07-16 14:55:35 · 22 answers · asked by Skittles 3

I am currently writing a historical fiction novel, and have come up with a couple of questions:
1) Can the book be about a real time period with a made up monarch?
2) Can the book be about a real monarch, just with different events in his/her life? (Some major some minor.) It's almost as if I'm giving them a new life!

Thanks guyz.

2007-07-16 14:51:11 · 8 answers · asked by aksgeh 2

ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-16 13:58:31 · 6 answers · asked by acguterres 2

I love to write fantasy and I'm stuck right now in the novel I'm writing. Any ideas/tips? thx

2007-07-16 13:48:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just looking for some good books to purchase and feedback would be nice :)

2007-07-16 13:27:26 · 9 answers · asked by xuxu_lovah 2

2007-07-16 13:18:38 · 3 answers · asked by Tit for Tat 6

2007-07-16 12:34:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm working on a little fantasy-based story in a world I made up, and I need to know: How can you get readers to read it, and possibly enjoy it? My uncle is really into it, so our other members of the family, but only a few really seem to enjoy it. Please help! Thanks again

2007-07-16 12:32:38 · 7 answers · asked by Calvinn the Great 2

Whats the first step In writing a book?

2007-07-16 12:05:23 · 23 answers · asked by Sameerah K 2

I bought 4. I would like to read the most tragic one. have:
1. Farewell to arms
2. The Nick Adams stories
3.The Suna also rises
4. I slands in the streams

2007-07-16 11:35:20 · 4 answers · asked by Kelly K 2

Should I go to a midnight Harry Potter release, grab a book, flip through the pages, and then scream out the ending at the top of my lungs? I will no matter what you say, btw, just thought I would tell you that I planned to do this.

2007-07-16 11:23:41 · 14 answers · asked by - Tudor Gothic Serpent - 6

I once heard all stories in the world fall into 7 archtypes. The first stories to use these archtypes are the 7 original stories.

What are these stories?

2007-07-16 11:18:18 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wouldn't it be awesome if Snape cut off Harry's arm and said "Harry, I am your faaathar"?

2007-07-16 11:13:34 · 14 answers · asked by GeminiVirgo1971 5