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Re: Getting to know the business

Lake Williams — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:02:59 -0700

some publishers dont accept unsolicited manuscripts while others are only interested in the authors investments. one would think that going through a literary agent would be better but it makes no difference really. these agents are quick to send you a contract after which they start milking you; they ask you to pay for edit, to be listed in their catalogue, bookfairs...the list is endless and God help you if you dont have the financial capacity, your work gets to seat in their computer while you waite and hope endlessly. it is really sad that we the upcoming writers of this generation are not being given the chance to he heard.

I'm looking for a publisher for a memoir

WilliamD'Ambrosi — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:55:30 -0700

Hello

My name is Bill and I have a manuscript that I wrote up about my Adventure while in Rota Spain as a U.S. Marine trying to pass through the country to my final destanation.

This is a true story that took place in Spain between 1979 - 1982 while I was in the Unites States Marine Corps.
The story covers why, and how I had arrived in Spain, the two sailors I met that lead to my arrest. What happened through the arrest and trial then appeal of the courts decisions.
A story of the hardships and heartaches along the way that I had to endure while I went through the Spanish court system, time in Rota jail , The two separate times I was in the Navel Brig on base ,and Cadiz prison, To be sentenced five years for a Crime I was innocent of. This is a story that I feel needs to be told.
It’s a story of both courage and fear as I faught my way through their Courts and prison.

I have written over a 60,000 word memoir about what happened, But I'm not a writer just a person with a story to tell so the book needs editing and polishing

my e-mail is wdambrosi1@yahoo.com Thank you

Re: Adaptation for TV/Film in mind...

Katherine Pinotti — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:46:14 -0700

Stephen, I have a question. Just how does one promote a book for adaptation to a film? People tell me everything I write would make a good movie, and I admit, I'd love to see a couple of them myself, but I don't have the foggiest idea how to go about getting anyone in the movie industry to even read one of my manuscripts. I wrote a sequel to Gone With The Wind that was published in Australia in 2008, and it has done quite well. Now THAT would make a good movie! :-) Any advice? Thanks.

Oops

Katherine Pinotti — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:43:02 -0700

Oops. Posted to the wrong message. :-(

Re: Adaptation for TV/Film in mind...

Melissa Maxwell — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:23:44 -0700

After finishing first childrens book titled, A Pelican's Tale,(www.apelicanstale.com). Georgia Administrator asked me to write another children's book which I'm currently working on. I'm curuous as to why the TV/Movie industry seems hell-bent on supplying their audience with drivel when most are dying of thrist. Hopefully someone in this industry will reply. mm

Wordless picture books submission guidelines

Ben Wiggins — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:25:58 -0700

I have searched and researched many children's publishers, and have not been able to find any sort of specific guidelines when it comes to submitting stories without words.

Is there a general way this is done? Perhaps a cover letter stating the aim of the story and a rough layout of 3 or 4 pages?

Any advice would be welcome.

Finding Out Past Years Book Rankings?

Anesha Pereira — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:08:22 -0700

Hey Guys

So I'm doing some research and I need to know how to find out book sales rankings from past years as opposed to their current rankings. If someone could tell me how to find this information, that would be great.

-Nesh

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Adaptation for TV/Film in mind...

TVFilmRights.com — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:36:21 -0700

Hi PubMatchers!

From the TV/Film side of the industry, we're happy to provide any advice for questions you may have related to the writing of stories/books with the potential for adaptation in tv and film... particularly stories based on true events. Feel free to post questions, and we'll have happy to give you any insight that may help.

Cheers!

Stephen
www.tvfilmrights.com
The TV/Film Rights Marketplace

Re: Anyone know a good literary agent?

TVFilmRights.com — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:21:02 -0700

I agree, Katie.
Another powerful "in-road" in the TV/Film Rights Marketplace. There, Lit Agents scout manuscripts, published books, and other IP's for adaptation in tv/film. Also used by a lot of top Studios and Networks. ICM, WME, CAA are just a few of the larger firms using it.

Cheers!

Stephen
www.tvfilmrights.com

Re: Anyone know a good literary agent?

TVFilmRights.com — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:18:16 -0700

Sorry Charles. Literary Agents represent any form of intellectual property to be exploited in film, television, print, etc.
There are literary agents who handle TV Format Writers exclusively, just as the Literary Agent who handles Novelists exclusively.

Cheers!

Stephen
www.tvfilmrights.com

Getting to know the business

Janie Douglas — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:21:49 -0700

I have been writing since 1993. Most things I wrote were small poems which was mostly scribbled on anything I could get my hands on at the moment. As time went by I noticed the writing began to change. Periodically it continues to do so. The change either forms a better article or it adds new forms of writing such as short stories, which I began in September of this year. I write things, they go into a binder. This has gone on for years up until last month. I felt it was time to send off my first book, so I did.

After doing quite a bit of research on how to get published I thought I had it figured out but now I am not so sure. In October I sent my first transcript off on a Tuesday. On Wednesday of the next week the contract arrived. Only I could not meet the Author Investment required. Reading their brochure, that acame with the contract, I understand everyone is required to pay this investment so they must handle everything the same. They also state that they are not a vanity or a self-publishing company so here I got a little confused.

They do state that they will provide resources to produce, market, and distribute the Work. (Yet it is in the authors best interest if they set up their own promotional sales in order to make 40% on all sales made.) They then give a dollar amount for such investments in resources. Below that is another figure of what the author is required to send in before any further actions can be taken. After the author sells 5,000 books this investment will be returned. I was under the impression that we become a self-publisher when an author has an investment in the process. What to do?

This company was very prompt in touching basis with me and the aquisitions editors that I dealt with were very pleasant. I was very pleased with their promptness and courtesy. I had no professional written letter for them, a hard copy nor a PDF file yet they accepted my letter and format just as it was. They accepted me, as I am. They were willing to give me a chance. That meant a lot to me as well as being told that the first aquisitions editor was impressed with my work. That told me he was more concerned over the quality of the book than how I wrote a letter or what format I used. I was almost there! :)

Any thoughts or explanations would be so helpful.

Self Publishing

Oliver — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:39:44 -0700

Recently I have been looking at different methods of publishing for free or just a small fee of buying your own book. I have got it down to the best sites and services for this.

Right so what we are going to need:
A Windows, Linux or Mac computer with an internet connection (preferably high speed - adsl or cable) and the latest version of openoffice available for free download at openoffice.org .
Createspace.com account - this is a publishing site by Amazon.com - more on this later.
Quite a bit of time.
And finally although not required a 8gb or higher usb stick, SD card or external SSD or HDD.

If you want to you could go and look at Createspace.com now or wait till later.
So your going to want to after go to createspace.com :

And sign up for an account. It is free so don't worry. Once you have your account you'll want to actually start writing your story, (wont you?). So for this open the openoffice writer application. This is what you'll be writing your story in for the next few days, weeks, months even years that's why I recommend backing it up to some sort of external flash device.

Once you have finished writing your story, proof read it and checked everything is the way you want it go to file>export as pdf. Under the general tab in range select All, in images select Lossless Compression, under general select PDF/A-1a and deselect any others. Now go to the initial view tab, leave everything as it is, pop over to the User interface tab now and deselect display document title. Leave links and security and click export!

Your almost done, upload it to Createspace.com, it's very easy to do, you can try fiddling with createspace to get it perfect. Please comment and if you want I can make a tutorial for an similar service, Lulu.com and a easier service, Bookemon!

The last days before the mass extinction

Rostrand — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:13:30 -0700

Association
V. E. Save the planet
France
Paris, December 10 th, 2010

Dear Mr. The Director,

Our association “ V. E. – Save the planet” will publish a scientific book (2 volumes) written in English which will be on sale by February 2011. The publication titled:

The last days before the sea level rise

The mechanism of the ice melting – The Arctic Ocean, Greenland
and Antarctica
The methane release - The scenarios before the sea level rise

1 - The scientific book is illustrating with several images, schemas and diagrams (about 100 joyful illustrations) in order to facilitate the comprehension for any audience worldwide.
We think that you might already hear or know about the subject.
The humans already know about these actualities related to the climate change, the global warming and its final consequences.
We understand your acknowledgement of the humanity matters.
The purpose of this publication is to make the human being aware of the causes, the consequences, the upcoming scenarios for humans in next days, especially the proposed solution for each individual on the Planet, the way to delay the rapid catastrophically consequences of climate change and avoiding the premature ending of Holocene.
It’s based on the causes of climate change in 1760 since industrial revolution. According to the international scientific studies with high degree of confidence, the climate scientists can determine that the human activities are largely causing global warming in a record time since millions of years, an unprecedented situation.

2- Method presented:

The scientific book is presenting as theoretical basics, atmospherical studies and climate in normal and abnormal conditions, essential parameters of climate, diagram representation by professionals of the top climatology centers such as N.A.S.A., the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique C.N.R.S. of France, the conclusions on the climate change by the top climatologists, the Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate change, the Academies of Sciences, etc.

3- Some basic points to remember:

3.1 - Climate change

The climate is not waiting for no one.
Today, the climate condition is not getting better.
It will be happening with the speed that the humans can not imagine.
If any habit changes, the consequence is very heavy for the human lives.
Do not forget that the consequences of global warming will exceed
the adaptability of humans, animals, and plants, so we talk about the mass extinction.

3.2- Ending the Holocene
Present day- the Holocene extinction event

70% of biologists view the present era as part of a mass extinction event, possibly one of the fastest ever, according to a 1998 survey by the American Museum of Natural History (International biologist conference in New York 1998).

3.3 - Scenarios:

. The climate situation is worse in the next steps.
. The description of all the scenarios which can happen during and before the big event. It will be complicated to predict.
. The sea level rise can occur any time by a rapid warming and be caused by the methane release which was actually happening in Siberia and in North Pole.
. The history of geology of the planet demonstrated that the methane release had caused at least once the rapid warming .

3.4 - The livestock, the greenhouse gases, the human activities and the final consequences:

The new calculations made in 2009 by two experts on environmental issues of the World Bank show that the responsibility of livestock actually which represent 51% of global emissions of greenhouse gases (direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases ).

3.5 - The comparative anatomy teaches us that human body like frugivorous not carnivorous. The entire human body is intended exclusively vegetable diet. Humans are not naturally carnivorous, but are much closer to herbivores. Our digestive system is not designed to digest meat (dentition structure, the pH of stomach about 4 and 5 while meat digesting).

3.6- Only a small portion of population in the developed countries, the people whom
we call "vegetarians" eat correctly while majority of population eat incorrectly (not vegetarian).
The consequence of incorrect human activities resulted that humans are facing the threat of gradual life disappearing on Earth.
The amount of efforts spent by ecologist and vegetarian will be proportional to the number of survivors after the event.

3.7 - Description of the publication:

The author is chemist (first publication: From the Big Bang to mankind-smallest particle of matter, second publication: Handbook of technical trading, third publication: The last days before the mass extinction - Appeal of all the humans to understand their acts in the past on the environment they lived and the final consequences they will suffer in 3 years or 40 years).
"The last days before the sea level rise" is a pure scientific work analyzing and describing the mechanism of climate in normal and abnormal conditions, the causes and consequences of all activities of the human beings.

The final consequences are therefore pessimistic and disastrous.
Those consequences might probably be: excessive floods, poverty, tropical disease everywhere/pandemics, high concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and in the ocean, environmental variation, long-term environmental trends, natural catastrophes, habitat disturbance, habitat destruction, and ice melting of the Poles.
Right now, life faces the sixth great extinction event in Earth history. The cause is just as unsettling and unprecedented: eating, manufacturing, traveling, warring, consuming, and breeding by six billion human beings. For the first time in the history of life on Earth, one species—Homo sapiens is waging a war against Nature and is killing countless others.

3.8- The pronunciation of the top climatologists for this important event:

Hereafter, these climatologists are always with us at the last moments with their precious words:

* Lovelock, British climatologist, has discussed about the climate change and final consequences for human lives, he finally said: It's too late, it’s inevitable.
* Hansen, climatologist of N.A.S.A. quoted “ The geological history
shows that the ice melting is not linear and gradual, but suddenly switches from one state to another.
There are 3 to 5 million years, when global temperatures rose by 2 - 3°C to the temperature today, the sea levels have not increased by 59 cm but 25 meters. The ice has reacted almost immediately to temperature changes.
* Jay Zwally is the climate scientist at N.A.S.A., he has already demonstrated last year that the water surface melting could flow under the glacier forming vertical tunnels in the ice. The water acts as a lubricant to melt and could accelerate the melting of ice. This phenomenon has been observed on glaciers of Greenland .
* Isabella Velicogna, scientist at N.A.S.A. : her work shows that the ice sheet is not only losing mass, but it is losing mass at an accelerating rate. "The important message is that it is not a linear trend. A linear trend means you have the same mass loss every year. The fact that it’s above linear, this is the important idea, that ice loss is increasing with time "
* Frank Fenner , scientist of the Australian Academy of Science and
the Royal Society, said " The human species is extinct. No matter what we do now, it's too late. The Homo sapiens will disappear, perhaps a century and it's an irreversible situation"

3.9 - Climate cycles of Earth and conditions for human life:

The climate changes of Earth is experiencing more or less cyclical warming alternating with cooling that differ in duration (a few thousand to several million years) and their amplitude.
Since 800,000 years the Earth's climate has experienced several of these cycles. Several cycles of 100,000 years were repeated during this period.
The radiative forcing is roughly defined as the difference between radiant energy received and the radiative energy re-emitted by a given climate system. A positive radiative forcing tends to warm the system, whereas a negative radiative forcing is in the direction of cooling. When the balance is zero, the average temperature of the planet is stable.

∆F = F absorbed energy - F re-emitted energy
∆F = 0 Earth temperature is stable
∆F > 0 tends to warm
∆F < 0 tends to cool

2004 ------------------------------ ---- 2100
155 W/ m2 > ∆F > 157,5 W/m2
378 ppmv > [CO2] > 610 ppmv

Remember that the raising atmospheric CO2 level at a rate of 2 ppm/year, a pace unprecedented in the geological record.
James Hansen said " The scientific data approved that in order not to endanger the climate, the level of CO2 in the atmosphere must remain under 350 ppm (parts per million). We have already reached a level of 385 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere. If we keep the level of 450 ppm long enough, it will probably cause the melting of all ice - which would trigger a rise in sea level of 75 meters."

The current concentration of CO2 is, by volume, approximately 387 ppm (parts per million). This level should continue to increase because of the continued use of fossil fuels, the deforestation, the livestock and the continued consumption of animal meat.

Earth Climate --> Gases of greenhouse effect up 90 % causing by human activities --> ∆F > 0 --> Unstable temperature -- > Global warming --> Increasing atmospheric temperature --> Melting of arctic ocean --> Increasing of heat absorption of sea water --> Melting of sea ice of Greenland and Antarctica --> Melting of land ice of Greenland --> Melting of land ice of all Antarctica --> Rising sea level --> Catastrophes for the lives

You see the above representation that the arrow direction is irreversible.

3.10- We live at the condition of climate with ∆F > 0 , unstable temperature.

4- Geo-engineering:

To reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, scientists have invented amazing technologies: inject the seawater into the clouds, introduce the pollution into the stratosphere, sending huge mirrors in space, fertilize oceans, etc. For most scientists, the Geo-engineering is a very risky bet.

5- Ideas about the date:

5.1- The sea level rise:
In 2004, the scientists estimated that the volume of ice rejected by the glaciers of Greenland was about 200 km3 equal to liquid water of 180 km3. The Earth surface is 365.10 exp 6 km² . This amount water causes a rise in sea level equal to 180 / 365.10 exp 6 km² = 5.10 -7 km or 0.8 mm.
The Greenland volume is approximately 3,000,000 km3 (3 × 10 exp 6 km3 ). The Antarctica volume is 30,000,000 km 3 ( 30 × 10 exp 6 km3 )
The averaged annual glacier volume loss is estimated about less than 100 km3/ yr , this is the most recent estimation ( N.A.S.A.). It is very small compared to the total ice of Antarctica.
5.2 - Global warming: is an increase in the average temperature of Earth's surface. Since the late 1800's, the global average temperature has increased about 0.4 to 0.8 degrees C. Many experts estimate that the average temperature will rise an additional 1.4 to 5.8 degrees C by 2100. That rate of increase would be much larger than most past rates of increase. The result found by these researchers is that the warming in recent decades has brought global temperature to a level within about one degree Celsius (1° C) of the maximum temperature of the past million years.

5.3 - Global temperature limit: the I. P. C. C - Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate change, estimates that global warming of more than 2-3 °C may be dangerous. The European Union adopted 2 °C above pre-industrial global temperature as a goal ( 450 ppm CO2 maximum target). The climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to 350 ppm.

5.4 - The relationship between sea level and global temperature

The two contributors to sea level rise are thermal expansion of water and melting ice.

The relationship between sea level and global temperature during the 20th century will be a proportionality constant of 3.4 millimeters/year per °C. When applied to future warming scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this relationship results in a projected sea-level rise in 2100 of 0.5 to 1.4 meters above the 1990 level.

The temperature record over the past 120 years doesn't include highly non-linear events such as the collapse of an ice sheet. The study examines calving glaciers in Greenland, determining each glacier's potential to discharge ice based on factors such as topography, cross-sectional area and whether the bedrock is based below sea level. The kinematic method estimates sea level rise between 80 cm to 2 metres by 2100.

"I think action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is needed urgently, because we are on the precipice of a climate system 'tipping point'," Hansen concluded. "I believe the evidence shows with reasonable clarity that the level of additional global warming that would put us into dangerous territory is at most 1°C." If we follow a 'business-as-usual' course, Hansen predicts, then at the end of the twenty-first century we will find a planet that is 2-3°C warmer than today, which is a temperature Earth hasn't experienced since the middle Pliocene Epoch about three million years ago, when sea level was roughly 25 meters higher than it is today.

6- Mechanism of melting:
- Surface melting, vertical melting,
- Melting of the underside of the ice shelf (Antarctica),
- Ice collapse,
- Methane release: methane may trigger abrupt climate crisis therefore the sudden increase in temperature will cause widespread melting of ice caps in Greenland and in Antarctica. This is a global disaster.

7- The Academies of Sciences , brain of the planet

told us that we will get ready for the impacts of climate change.
We understand that nobody would care of you.

You are released already. They are really able to do nothing.

8- Adaptation to survive

Scientists worry that the species "Homo sapiens" might not adapt to rapid climate changes. Plants and animals can survive only within certain temperature ranges.
Until today, any reaction was made.
The humans accept climatic disasters that happen in the coming weeks, months, years and finally the disappearance of all.

9- Now you are facing directly to the disasters causing by the climate change.
That's you who decide the destiny of your children and yours. You should find out a way that you feel reasonable, calm and correct.
Being a vegetarian and ecologist is possible the last hope for saving the human lives, at least delaying the mass extinction and so on.
What will be your choice by reducing the maximum loss of life?
You do not have time !
React now or never !
If you really need advice, please contact us.

Our proposal

In writing this letter, we ask that you can help us for the distribution and the sale of the book:
* as my copyright sale,
* as financial or commercial partner,
As your goal is to help the humans to react as soon as possible and to approach the way to save human lives by avoiding the ignorance before the event occurs.

Your collaboration to publish this scientific book will be the best way you can help our association and the human lives.

We are short of times.

We will send you 18-pages preface and Part One of the book after your agreement.
Thank for your commitment and your cooperation.
Best regards.

J. Ros

Association V. E. – Save the planet

E-mail: J.Rostrand@yahoo.com
scientist_rostrand@yahoo.com
[rostrand.tripod.com]

Find US book distributor or publisher

Ros — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:40:15 -0700

Association
V. E. Save the planet
France
Paris, December 10 th, 2010

Dear Mr. The Director,

Our association “ V. E. – Save the planet” will publish a scientific book (2 volumes) written in English which will be on sale by February 2011. The publication titled:

The last days before the sea level rise

The mechanism of the ice melting – The Arctic Ocean, Greenland
and Antarctica
The methane release - The scenarios before the sea level rise

1 - The scientific book is illustrating with several images, schemas and diagrams (about 100 joyful illustrations) in order to facilitate the comprehension for any audience worldwide.
We think that you might already hear or know about the subject.
The humans already know about these actualities related to the climate change, the global warming and its final consequences.
We understand your acknowledgement of the humanity matters.
The purpose of this publication is to make the human being aware of the causes, the consequences, the upcoming scenarios for humans in next days, especially the proposed solution for each individual on the Planet, the way to delay the rapid catastrophically consequences of climate change and avoiding the premature ending of Holocene.
It’s based on the causes of climate change in 1760 since industrial revolution. According to the international scientific studies with high degree of confidence, the climate scientists can determine that the human activities are largely causing global warming in a record time since millions of years, an unprecedented situation.

2- Method presented:

The scientific book is presenting as theoretical basics, atmospherical studies and climate in normal and abnormal conditions, essential parameters of climate, diagram representation by professionals of the top climatology centers such as N.A.S.A., the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique C.N.R.S. of France, the conclusions on the climate change by the top climatologists, the Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate change, the Academies of Sciences, etc.

3- Some basic points to remember:

3.1 - Climate change

The climate is not waiting for no one.
Today, the climate condition is not getting better.
It will be happening with the speed that the humans can not imagine.
If any habit changes, the consequence is very heavy for the human lives.
Do not forget that the consequences of global warming will exceed
the adaptability of humans, animals, and plants, so we talk about the mass extinction.

3.2- Ending the Holocene
Present day- the Holocene extinction event

70% of biologists view the present era as part of a mass extinction event, possibly one of the fastest ever, according to a 1998 survey by the American Museum of Natural History (International biologist conference in New York 1998).

3.3 - Scenarios:

. The climate situation is worse in the next steps.
. The description of all the scenarios which can happen during and before the big event. It will be complicated to predict.
. The sea level rise can occur any time by a rapid warming and be caused by the methane release which was actually happening in Siberia and in North Pole.
. The history of geology of the planet demonstrated that the methane release had caused at least once the rapid warming .

3.4 - The livestock, the greenhouse gases, the human activities and the final consequences:

The new calculations made in 2009 by two experts on environmental issues of the World Bank show that the responsibility of livestock actually which represent 51% of global emissions of greenhouse gases (direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases ).

3.5 - The comparative anatomy teaches us that human body like frugivorous not carnivorous. The entire human body is intended exclusively vegetable diet. Humans are not naturally carnivorous, but are much closer to herbivores. Our digestive system is not designed to digest meat (dentition structure, the pH of stomach about 4 and 5 while meat digesting).

3.6- Only a small portion of population in the developed countries, the people whom
we call "vegetarians" eat correctly while majority of population eat incorrectly (not vegetarian).
The consequence of incorrect human activities resulted that humans are facing the threat of gradual life disappearing on Earth.
The amount of efforts spent by ecologist and vegetarian will be proportional to the number of survivors after the event.

3.7 - Description of the publication:

The author is chemist (first publication: From the Big Bang to mankind-smallest particle of matter, second publication: Handbook of technical trading, third publication: The last days before the mass extinction - Appeal of all the humans to understand their acts in the past on the environment they lived and the final consequences they will suffer in 3 years or 40 years).
"The last days before the sea level rise" is a pure scientific work analyzing and describing the mechanism of climate in normal and abnormal conditions, the causes and consequences of all activities of the human beings.

The final consequences are therefore pessimistic and disastrous.
Those consequences might probably be: excessive floods, poverty, tropical disease everywhere/pandemics, high concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and in the ocean, environmental variation, long-term environmental trends, natural catastrophes, habitat disturbance, habitat destruction, and ice melting of the Poles.
Right now, life faces the sixth great extinction event in Earth history. The cause is just as unsettling and unprecedented: eating, manufacturing, traveling, warring, consuming, and breeding by six billion human beings. For the first time in the history of life on Earth, one species—Homo sapiens is waging a war against Nature and is killing countless others.

3.8- The pronunciation of the top climatologists for this important event:

Hereafter, these climatologists are always with us at the last moments with their precious words:

* Lovelock, British climatologist, has discussed about the climate change and final consequences for human lives, he finally said: It's too late, it’s inevitable.
* Hansen, climatologist of N.A.S.A. quoted “ The geological history
shows that the ice melting is not linear and gradual, but suddenly switches from one state to another.
There are 3 to 5 million years, when global temperatures rose by 2 - 3°C to the temperature today, the sea levels have not increased by 59 cm but 25 meters. The ice has reacted almost immediately to temperature changes.
* Jay Zwally is the climate scientist at N.A.S.A., he has already demonstrated last year that the water surface melting could flow under the glacier forming vertical tunnels in the ice. The water acts as a lubricant to melt and could accelerate the melting of ice. This phenomenon has been observed on glaciers of Greenland .
* Isabella Velicogna, scientist at N.A.S.A. : her work shows that the ice sheet is not only losing mass, but it is losing mass at an accelerating rate. "The important message is that it is not a linear trend. A linear trend means you have the same mass loss every year. The fact that it’s above linear, this is the important idea, that ice loss is increasing with time "
* Frank Fenner , scientist of the Australian Academy of Science and
the Royal Society, said " The human species is extinct. No matter what we do now, it's too late. The Homo sapiens will disappear, perhaps a century and it's an irreversible situation"

3.9 - Climate cycles of Earth and conditions for human life:

The climate changes of Earth is experiencing more or less cyclical warming alternating with cooling that differ in duration (a few thousand to several million years) and their amplitude.
Since 800,000 years the Earth's climate has experienced several of these cycles. Several cycles of 100,000 years were repeated during this period.
The radiative forcing is roughly defined as the difference between radiant energy received and the radiative energy re-emitted by a given climate system. A positive radiative forcing tends to warm the system, whereas a negative radiative forcing is in the direction of cooling. When the balance is zero, the average temperature of the planet is stable.

∆F = F absorbed energy - F re-emitted energy
∆F = 0 Earth temperature is stable
∆F > 0 tends to warm
∆F < 0 tends to cool

2004 ------------------------------ ---- 2100
155 W/ m2 > ∆F > 157,5 W/m2
378 ppmv > [CO2] > 610 ppmv

Remember that the raising atmospheric CO2 level at a rate of 2 ppm/year, a pace unprecedented in the geological record.
James Hansen said " The scientific data approved that in order not to endanger the climate, the level of CO2 in the atmosphere must remain under 350 ppm (parts per million). We have already reached a level of 385 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere. If we keep the level of 450 ppm long enough, it will probably cause the melting of all ice - which would trigger a rise in sea level of 75 meters."

The current concentration of CO2 is, by volume, approximately 387 ppm (parts per million). This level should continue to increase because of the continued use of fossil fuels, the deforestation, the livestock and the continued consumption of animal meat.

Earth Climate --> Gases of greenhouse effect up 90 % causing by human activities --> ∆F > 0 --> Unstable temperature -- > Global warming --> Increasing atmospheric temperature --> Melting of arctic ocean --> Increasing of heat absorption of sea water --> Melting of sea ice of Greenland and Antarctica --> Melting of land ice of Greenland --> Melting of land ice of all Antarctica --> Rising sea level --> Catastrophes for the lives

You see the above representation that the arrow direction is irreversible.

3.10- We live at the condition of climate with ∆F > 0 , unstable temperature.

4- Geo-engineering:

To reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, scientists have invented amazing technologies: inject the seawater into the clouds, introduce the pollution into the stratosphere, sending huge mirrors in space, fertilize oceans, etc. For most scientists, the Geo-engineering is a very risky bet.

5- Ideas about the date:

5.1- The sea level rise:
In 2004, the scientists estimated that the volume of ice rejected by the glaciers of Greenland was about 200 km3 equal to liquid water of 180 km3. The Earth surface is 365.10 exp 6 km² . This amount water causes a rise in sea level equal to 180 / 365.10 exp 6 km² = 5.10 -7 km or 0.8 mm.
The Greenland volume is approximately 3,000,000 km3 (3 × 10 exp 6 km3 ). The Antarctica volume is 30,000,000 km 3 ( 30 × 10 exp 6 km3 )
The averaged annual glacier volume loss is estimated about less than 100 km3/ yr , this is the most recent estimation ( N.A.S.A.). It is very small compared to the total ice of Antarctica.
5.2 - Global warming: is an increase in the average temperature of Earth's surface. Since the late 1800's, the global average temperature has increased about 0.4 to 0.8 degrees C. Many experts estimate that the average temperature will rise an additional 1.4 to 5.8 degrees C by 2100. That rate of increase would be much larger than most past rates of increase. The result found by these researchers is that the warming in recent decades has brought global temperature to a level within about one degree Celsius (1° C) of the maximum temperature of the past million years.

5.3 - Global temperature limit: the I. P. C. C - Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate change, estimates that global warming of more than 2-3 °C may be dangerous. The European Union adopted 2 °C above pre-industrial global temperature as a goal ( 450 ppm CO2 maximum target). The climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to 350 ppm.

5.4 - The relationship between sea level and global temperature

The two contributors to sea level rise are thermal expansion of water and melting ice.

The relationship between sea level and global temperature during the 20th century will be a proportionality constant of 3.4 millimeters/year per °C. When applied to future warming scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this relationship results in a projected sea-level rise in 2100 of 0.5 to 1.4 meters above the 1990 level.

The temperature record over the past 120 years doesn't include highly non-linear events such as the collapse of an ice sheet. The study examines calving glaciers in Greenland, determining each glacier's potential to discharge ice based on factors such as topography, cross-sectional area and whether the bedrock is based below sea level. The kinematic method estimates sea level rise between 80 cm to 2 metres by 2100.

"I think action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is needed urgently, because we are on the precipice of a climate system 'tipping point'," Hansen concluded. "I believe the evidence shows with reasonable clarity that the level of additional global warming that would put us into dangerous territory is at most 1°C." If we follow a 'business-as-usual' course, Hansen predicts, then at the end of the twenty-first century we will find a planet that is 2-3°C warmer than today, which is a temperature Earth hasn't experienced since the middle Pliocene Epoch about three million years ago, when sea level was roughly 25 meters higher than it is today.

6- Mechanism of melting:
- Surface melting, vertical melting,
- Melting of the underside of the ice shelf (Antarctica),
- Ice collapse,
- Methane release: methane may trigger abrupt climate crisis therefore the sudden increase in temperature will cause widespread melting of ice caps in Greenland and in Antarctica. This is a global disaster.

7- The Academies of Sciences , brain of the planet

told us that we will get ready for the impacts of climate change.
We understand that nobody would care of you.

You are released already. They are really able to do nothing.

8- Adaptation to survive

Scientists worry that the species "Homo sapiens" might not adapt to rapid climate changes. Plants and animals can survive only within certain temperature ranges.
Until today, any reaction was made.
The humans accept climatic disasters that happen in the coming weeks, months, years and finally the disappearance of all.

9- Now you are facing directly to the disasters causing by the climate change.
That's you who decide the destiny of your children and yours. You should find out a way that you feel reasonable, calm and correct.
Being a vegetarian and ecologist is possible the last hope for saving the human lives, at least delaying the mass extinction and so on.
What will be your choice by reducing the maximum loss of life?
You do not have time !
React now or never !
If you really need advice, please contact us.

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Infarom — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:47:03 -0700

There is a new kind of utility for marketing the translation rights of your titles abroad, which is called translator-agent system. Basically, you hire a translator for your book, native in the target language and resident of that country. After he completes the translation, he markets the translation rights in his country, by contacting local publishers under your guidance. If he finds a buyer for the rights, he will be paid the translation work plus further agent commissions. In case of failure, you may offer some guarantees, like a portion of the translation fee or some royalties on a further foreign edition published under your own imprint. As the translation fee is paid by the foreign publisher, you can anticipate low costs – possibly no cost – for the campaigns. There are also other advantages, like being able to offer the completed translation to the foreign publishers, which increases their interest on publishing it. You can also run simultaneous campaigns in several countries.
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Charmaine Morris — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:01:03 -0700

Anyone know any literary agents or publishers in Asia who specializes in police drama or horror?

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Anatolika Publishing — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:33:58 -0700

We are a Turkish publisher in USA but at present we are giving only translation and editorial services to Turkish writers who are interested in self-publishing their content. Recently we are working on six novels. On behalf of our writers we are looking for a POD publisher in USA or in Canada who will print and ship their books.

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Knightstone Publishing Ltd — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:45:38 -0700

I suggest that there are many, many problems with self-publishing. The most important has been mentioned already: who's going to market and sell the book? To be successful you need to have links with the major retailers - and major retailers usually want nothing to do with self-published authors.

The second problem with self-publishing is that it doesn't really make financial sense. To use "print on demand" providers you have to pay a cost per unit that is several times greater than would be paid by an established publisher for a print run. To avoid a loss, self-publishers have to price their book higher than the competition and still settle for a smaller margin. The higher price means that the chances of selling large numbers of copies are even lower.

A professional publisher can market and sell books effectively at a low price and a (reasonably) high margin. To make things better, virtually all need a steady stream of manuscript submissions. Some openly look for them (like us - visit Knightstone Publishing to find out more) and even those that claim, "no unsollicited manuscripts" still need a steady stream of new talent. The best way to get published by this sort of firm is through the services of a good agent.

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HURRY!!! LAST CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN THE FICTION WRITING CONTEST...

Pustak Mahal — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:41:54 -0700

HURRY.... SEND YOUR MANUSCRIPTS BEFORE WE STOP ACCEPTING ENTRIES!!!
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY

Cedar Books is running a Fiction Writing Contest and invite authors to
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What is a fair percentage?

Marcellus Atkins — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:37:40 -0700

I am working with an artist that is doing the cover for my book. We are now finalizing the details of the contract. What is a fair percentage of future book sales for this work?

Fiction Writing Contest

Pustak Mahal — Tue, 25 May 2010 02:32:48 -0700

Cedar Books is running a Fiction Writing Contest and invite authors to
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