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Posts by porton‭

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Q&A Can a literary agent be hired?

I've sent my manuscript to tens of literary agents. Strangely enough, I received no positive response. My question: Can I hire a literary agent? If yes, how much it costs? Are there other ways (e...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by porton‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A PDF e-book page size and fonts

I am self-publishing a free e-book which I will make available in several formats: EPUB, online HTML, PDF. What characteristics should the PDF e-book file have? What should the page size, font siz...

0 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by porton‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Name of a subsection and its parent section clash

I write a mathematical research monograph. It has a section named "Partially ordered categories". The first subsection (with the most basic properties of partially ordered categories) of this sect...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by porton‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A On using InDesign or Scribus

My book editor says that we need to professionally reflow the text with Adobe InDesign software (not just in a word processor). She asks $350 for the job, which seems like too much money. Do I ass...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by porton‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Would publishing my book like the "Stacks Project" increase the readership of my book?

I have written a book about my math discoveries. The book is available as a PDF file and as LaTeX files published in a Git hosting under Creative Commons license. Will it increase readership of my...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by porton‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Diagram wider than text width

In a math book, is it OK to have a diagram wider than text width (so overriding the margins)? Also, how do I center a wide figure so that it occupies both the left margin and the right margin (not...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by porton‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭