Backbone of a Book

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May 16, 2012 00:25
If you write twenty thousand words, do you think of going to a press in order to publish it? If you are brave enough and tell your idea to an editor, he will regret that twenty thousands words is too few to be printed to a book. The editor will explain that the backbone of book with only twenty thousand words is too narrow to be written anything. This explanation sounds reasonable. If a book must be printed in paper, the editor is absolutely right.
However, our world is taking deep changes. Every thing in our lives is influenced profoundly by computer. As a result, book can not be defined in its original way. Nowadays, publishing a book is so easy on the internet. As long as you want, you can publish anything on your homepage without been printed on paper, even if it has only twenty thousand words. This freedom takes the advantage that the carrier of book is changing from paper to computer. Every advantage has its disadvantage. As a result of this freedom, book does not long represents knowledge. It may be nonsense.
Maz
Thank you for your correction!
May 16, 2012 04:56
  • If you are brave enough and tell your idea to an editor, he will regret that twenty thousands words is too few to be printed to a book.

  • If you are brave enough to tell your idea to an editor, he will regretfully inform you that twenty thousands words is too few to be printed to a book.

 
  • The editor will explain that the backbone of book with only twenty thousand words is too narrow to be written anything.

  • The editor will explain that the backbone of a book with only twenty thousand words is too narrow to be written about anything.

 
  • Every thing in our lives is influenced profoundly by computer.

  • Every thing in our lives is influenced profoundly by computers.

    or "by the computer"

 
  • As a result, book can not be defined in its original way.

  • As a result, the book can not be defined in its original way.

    I'm sure there is a better way to say this, and I'm not sure I corrected it correctly... hmm. You're talking about the general symbol of the book right?

 
  • As long as you want, you can publish anything on your homepage without been printed on paper, even if it has only twenty thousand words.

  • As long as you want, you can publish anything on your homepage without it having been printed on paper, even if it has only twenty thousand words.

 
  • As a result of this freedom, book does not long represents knowledge.

  • As a result of this freedom, the term "book" no longer represents knowledge.

 

Your writing is superb! and I agree! I think it's a type of deflation of the conceptual idea of "the book". Before not a lot of people could read books, so they were thought of almost as something sacred, but now they're so common that they don't have worth in many people's eyes.

Sedgehead
May 16, 2012 05:41
  • If you write twenty thousand words, do you think of going to a press in order to publish it?

  • If you write twenty thousand words, do you think of going to a press in order to publish it?

 

80,000 to 100,000 is good for a first time novelist. I have 65,000 words in my first novel and 240,000 in my autobiography! Neither are finished.

burtstar
May 16, 2012 13:40

E-publishing also allows you to publish magazine-article length features on sites such as amazon.com. You can also use the "print on demand" feature for book publishing.

Jon
Thank you for your correction!
May 16, 2012 17:03
  • Backbone of a Book

  • The Backbone of a Book

    Or, "A".

 
  • If you write twenty thousand words, do you think of going to a press in order to publish it?

  • If you write twenty thousand words, would you think of going to a press in order to publish it.

    It's a rhetorical question, so I'd use a period.

 
  • If you are brave enough and tell your idea to an editor, he will regret that twenty thousands words is too few to be printed to a book.

  • If you are brave enough to show your work to an editor, he will regretfully inform you that twenty thousands words is too few to be printed as a book.

    You could use the numbers "20,000". Most Americans would, I think. If you use words, numbers don't take the plurals in that way.

 
  • The editor will explain that the backbone of book with only twenty thousand words is too narrow to be written anything.

  • The editor will explain that the backbone of book with only twenty thousand words is too narrow for a title.

    Is that what you mean?

 
  • If a book must be printed in paper, the editor is absolutely right.

  • If a book must be printed on paper, the editor is absolutely right.

 
  • However, our world is taking deep changes.

  • However, our world is changing deeply changes.

 
  • Every thing in our lives is influenced profoundly by computer.

  • Everything in our lives is influenced profoundly by computers.

    Or "by the computer".

 
  • As a result, book can not be defined in its original way.

  • As a result, a book can not be defined in its original way.

    This still seems a bit odd to me. I'll have to think.

 
  • Nowadays, publishing a book is so easy on the internet.

  • Nowadays, publishing a book is very easy on the internet.

    American English would tend to use "very" rather than "so" in written language.

 
  • As long as you want, you can publish anything on your homepage without been printed on paper, even if it has only twenty thousand words.

  • As long as you want, you can publish anything you want on your homepage without been printing it on paper, even if it has only twenty thousand words.

    This way works, too.

 
  • This freedom takes the advantage that the carrier of book is changing from paper to computer.

  • This approach takes the advantage of the shift from physical books to computers.

    Is this what you mean?

 
  • Every advantage has its disadvantage.

  • Every approach has its good points and its bad points.

 
  • As a result of this freedom, book does not long represents knowledge.

  • As a result of this new freedom, books no longer represent all knowledge.

    This way works, if it's what you mean.

 
  • It may be nonsense.

  • It may be nonsense.

    What may be nonsense? "It" needs to be replace with a noun.

 

Computers and networks make publishing and communicating enormously cheaper and easier.

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