INTERACTIVE
CD DEVELOPMENT
Market your writing skills by
building your own CD
Employ multimedia or slick
presentations to market your writing skills presenting a writing
sample library and readings or videos. We are constantly
researching improved audio and video streaming. Streaming is
important to protect your work.
WRITER MARKETING
Our highly-skilled technical
writers and editors assist with building well-constructed
marketing packages.
GLOBAL MARKETING
Our computer-savvy, Internet
specialists set you up in a global market place. We are
affiliated with top-quality reputable websites. We can help you
place your books in the world-wide top-selling e-commerce sites.
I want a new author
photo. What suggestions do you have?
PI loves marketing authors and provides free photo
shoot sessions to assist with any writer marketing. Authors are
very pleased with the results. If you do have a photo that you
want to use, you are welcome to submit it. Please respect the
photographer's copyright.
NEED HARDWARE?
Our computer services include consultation and assistance with
the purchase of equipment and/or software.
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Buy new or update?
Many sales reps tell you that it is not cost-efficient to upgrade your computer, or incorrectly tell you that your computer cannot be upgraded. PI's technical support partner has updated many systems that others have been told were not upgradeable -- at reasonable cost. We've replaced mother boards, added new chips, put in extra hard drives, added peripherals to make the computer serviceable and useful, with the
writer's needs in mind.
We just bought the machine and it doesn't
work!
@#@$#$@#$?
There is no quality assurance in hardware manufacturing. Research indicates that a whopping 12 to 13% of computer hardware arrives defective. Many trouble-shooting hours are wasted dealing with this problem. Let us be your aspirin for these headaches.
There is no quality assurance in computer sales. "New" computers may have been used and returned to the store.
More than one superstore in our area have sold used computers as
new. There are even cases when the software and data from a former
user were still resident on the "new" machine.
I prefer and use a Mac. Can you help me?
While PI has moved to primarily the PC platform, we often provide assistance for Macintosh users.
We have Macintosh computers and software that permits us to accept
both Macintosh and PC files in virtually any file type. You can
work as you normally do and let us translate the files in a form we
can use. We don't ask you to bend over for us; we do the work. I'm a new author and
would like assistance. Can you help me? PI
provides technical writing and editing services and training, editing & publishing services via print (multiple copies
through years of networking with print shops), electronic (CD-ROM), and online (www)
via your own or in our own established website (since 1995) which is marketed across Canada
and in the United States.
I was given a deal on hardware. How do I hook it up and use it?
We provide the technical support for setting up the equipment, trouble-shooting common hardware and software problems. In addition, we setup one-click access and macro routines to helping you accomplish repetitive
writing, scanning and photo-touching tasks with the least finger effort! We take repetitive-stress problems seriously. We help you lessen the chance of carpal tunnel syndrome
(cts).
I would like to learn how to do
create my own book and do my own publishing. I don't have time to take a course.
We provide one-on-one professional instruction from a qualified instructor who also works in your field to you
or on a group basis.
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I want to add a CD
to my book.
PI provides CD-ROM development including multimedia elements;
we specialize in
midi and mp3 development and voiceovers. In addition, we create
electronic books whereby the book can be translated from text to
spoken word using text to speech software utilities.
I want to update an
old, lengthy manuscript but only have it on paper. Can you help
me? I don't want to retype or pay someone for typing in the
manuscript. ... and, of course, I needed it by yesterday.
If your manuscript is in fairly good condition and the
print is legible, we can translate the printed document to a file
format that YOU can use irrespective of what software or hardware you
use. In addition, our skilled document production expert can
assist with the file setup so that the table of contents, indexing,
chapter titles, page headings and footings are all automated so that
you need only focus on the content and the book can be delivered as a
finished product.
Our personnel is extremely competent in this
area. By seeing how easy it is to complete the project, you will
be able to produce your next book following the same pattern -- either
all by yourself or with very little training.
I've completed my book and need
graphic work to "jazz" it up. Can you help me? PI
provides graphic art & illustrations for
content and book covers. As we also network with artists and
photographers, you can choose from either our work or look at some of
our artist or photographer samples.
PROTECTED WEBS
(author-controlled web areas for access to author's
complete electronic books)
Let us create a private, password-controlled web
area for you, the writer, to offer online webbooks to
your readership. These webbooks can be in PDF or LIT format for the
Internet subscriber to print out or read on screen. More... it's
in colour!
PROMOTION
The Write Landscape,
has an advertising
area publicly available to all Internet browsers. There, authors' works
are promoted showing
writing samples in a variety of genres.
YOUR DOMAIN
Let us help you create your own web domain... or use my established website
(since 1995). It has been marketed across Canada and in the United States
Bottom line -- what
are the costs?
Our rates vary from $45 - $60 CDN/hour
depending upon the project, plus
disbursement costs. We negotiate project fees.
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I'm a new author and
would like to publish a book. Can you help me? In
2001, PI became a Canadian book publisher. Visit Blue
Grama Publications (BGP Corp.) website. BGP skills are unique in
that personnel are experienced with optimizing document production
software to easily produce books ready for press and for the digital
world. Personnel have worked in this area since 1984. BGP is
a new media publisher and develops book/CD combination packages and
delivers them for sale via the Internet. By publishing with BGP
Corp.,
your book becomes available in multiple media formats, unlike standard
publishers who deal only in the print world. Many are experimenting with
the digital realm but as yet, remain inexperienced and seem to keep
their focus only on the print medium not fully realizing the values of
the digital realm.
By combining media elements, PI provides
truly integrated product marketing for
the artist (author, artist, musician). We work closely with
artists in all media areas and we have developed a strong multimedia
support network. In addition, supplemental products that arise out
of the development can be used to assist with defraying costs. For
example, posters, photos, music snippets, etc. can be used to develop your marketing
material.
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