Gregath Company, Inc. Blog

2012 Patriotic Catalog Sale

gregathcompany — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:58:29 +0000

Book catalog orders have a limited time to save on these patriotic deals through Independence day. Click here for full details on offers.

Leap Year 2012 Publishing Special Offers

gregathcompany — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:31:59 +0000

Occasionally, Gregath extends special publishing package offers. As leap year doesn’t happen every year, these special – limited time – offers triple the savings potential. Publishing orders received by February 29, 2012 may qualify for free ISBN, free Library of Congress Number and up to $10.00 per book savings on color hard bindings. Check out the full details and get your mailing ready!

Jamboree 2012 speaker – Researching the “Red Man”…

gregathcompany — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:21:11 +0000

Publisher, Carrie Cook is excited to present “Researching the Red Man”: Not all War Chiefs and Indian Princesses at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree 2012 this year in Burbank, California. Saturday, June 9 at 11:30 AM, the hour long presentation is session SA026 with the actual room to be announced.

Basic understanding of different culture(s) may go farther than you realize with Native American research. Several facts as well as typecasting and handling family tradition will be examined.

Facebook event – RSVP

January 2012 E-Zine (V11#12): Define

gregathcompany — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:47:31 +0000

What’s It Mean? – Writer’s Lingo
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Desktop publishing: The use of a personal computer to bring together text and other elements (photos, graphics, etc.) into a camera-ready manuscript without using other resources (typesetter, paste-up, etc.

*Desktop publishing (2): The use of a personal computer to produce multiple copies of a manuscript to be bound in some method as books.

Terms marked with an asterisk (*) are not generally used in our office.

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For other writing, printing, publishing, marketing lingo, check our glossaries at http://www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html and
http://www.gregathcompany.com/glosswrite.html

January 2012 E-Zine (V11#12): Design

gregathcompany — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:43:26 +0000

A Gregath Company, Inc. ISBN can be used for any publication through Gregath for the author/copyright holder. The flat fee* for this add-on publishing service is $20.00. In addition to this flat usage/filing fee, the book must contain the elements the ISBN agency requires. This may also add further costs to publishing, depending on the project. To utilize this flat fee service, the client understands:

Have a correctly completed ISBN Advertising Release on file, at Gregath, before published book delivery.
Assigned ISBN to be printed inside the book, near the Copyright information.
Assigned ISBN to be added to the bottom of the back cover for hard copy books.

The most frequently noted limitation with Gregath ISBN is the ISBN/book is listed out of print if it is published elsewhere, as a Gregath ISBN can not be used with another printer or publisher (author owned ISBN may be printed anywhere, as long as the design and format are consistent).

*This fee is waived with Smashwords electronic editions and traditional publishing of at least 100 books (upon request).

January 2012 E-Zine (V11#12): Produce

gregathcompany — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:39:12 +0000

When considering a page number strategy, the following considerations may also influence your choice:

Traditionally plates (fine art, etc.) are un-numbered inserts printed on one side only and have their own table of contents. Furthermore, tradition allows these to be a heavier or different quality paper – causing issues in the long term quality of the book binding.

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/design/pagenumbers.html

January 2012 E-Zine (V11#12): Marketing Advice

gregathcompany — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:36:50 +0000

Collaboration may need file exchanges. Online is the fastest, but email attachments can be a problem. Some online file exchange services include:

docs.google.com

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This section is drawn from
http://www.gregathcompany.com/publish/groups.htm

January 2012 E-Zine (V11#12): Computer Aid

gregathcompany — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:33:55 +0000

See marketing advice this issue…

Holiday Hours 2011

gregathcompany — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:23:41 +0000

Our front office staff will be getting their Christmas break this week. Visits are by appointment only. Staff will be in and out all week. Correspondence shouldn’t be slowed by more than a day. We return to regularly scheduled office hours Monday, January 2, 2012.

Have a great New Year!

New catalog formats available online

gregathcompany — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:28:08 +0000

Smashwords edition formats of the basic Gregath catalog are now available for download and viewing free of charge!

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/115879