The copyright owner for Mom’s A Stewardess is Claretian Publications. They own the copyright since they spent for all the costs in relation to publishing or coming out with the book.

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What’s the typical print run for a book here in the Philippines? Through the whole process of writing my book and getting Claretian Publications to publish it, I learned that for publishing a book to be economical or to at least make some financial sense, you need to print a minimum of 1,000 copies.

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I am just so happy to have my book sold at National BookStore, Powerbooks, and BestSellers. Just seeing the book on the shelf gives me a certain fulfillment.

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If you are a first-time writer for a book, it makes good sense to get an editor for your book. If you are the writer, chances are, you are too close to your work that you may think something is quite understandable when it is not; you may also not readily notice mistakes and typos since you know what to expect (you wrote the material and re-read it several times) and chances are, even if there were mistakes, you would still read it perfectly since you already have the words in your brain or in your head.

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Coming out with a book is not just a writing exercise, it is also a marketing exercise. Particularly if you are a first time, unknown author like me, you will need to convince people that they need to part with their money and with their precious time for them to be able to read your book. Why would they want to do that?

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Before I started to write my book, I asked my publisher what a good length for a book would be. They replied: 100-200 pages.

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How long does it take to write a book? Long enough. Just kidding. I didn’t think writing or coming out with a book would be as fast as about 11 months, but in the case of Mom’s A Stewardess, that’s about how long it took.

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In finding a publisher who will help you make your book a reality, everything will start with a book proposal. Before you can get a publisher to take a chance with your book and sell your book to other people, you will need to sell your book concept to the publisher first.

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If you are planning to come out with your first book, what topic should you write about? I always thought I would come out with a collection of my best blog entries or maybe a collection of Philippine travel write-ups but as one of my favorite writers Conrado de Quiros says, sometimes, topics have a way of choosing you.

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Do you have dreams of writing your own book in the future? What will it be about?

Everything begins with a dream and I do believe that if you can even think it in your mind and see it as you close your eyes then you are a step closer to actually seeing your dream come true.

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