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Doctor Setebos
10-23-2008, 08:42 AM
Just got an email from Chris Baty at the Office of Letters and Light (the group the runs NaNoWriMo). If you were a NaNo2007 winner, you likely received one, too.

Essentially, NaNo has teamed up with an Amazon company called CreateSpace (http://createspace.com) to offer a free paperback printing of your winning NaNo2007 novel. It is being offered completely free of charge, they're even covering basic shipping. All you have to do is enter the code in your email into a special page on CreateSpace's website, upload your novel, fill in the essential details (title, author, etc.), and that's it! They will even offer to hold the book in Amazon's store and do on-demand printing and sales.

All in all, this is a phenomenal prize for "winning" NaNoWriMo. And it can act as a great incentive to work hard in this year's NaNo, as the prize will likely be the same, if not better, for 2008 winners. Sure, it's not a publishing contract with a big name imprint, but for someone who wants to feel encouraged by seeing their work in book form, it's a pretty cool trophy to put on the bookshelf.
Crittias
10-23-2008, 08:50 AM
I'm tempted to do this. Last year's story turned out pretty well, and I'd still like to tweak it and try to get it actually published. But in the meantime, a physical copy I could put on my bookshelf would be really cool.
VerseD
10-24-2008, 01:18 AM
This is a really cool prize. Makes me even more excited about participating this year.
Jeffool
10-24-2008, 01:21 AM
I _will_ win this. Thanks Doc!
Xerxes
10-25-2008, 12:28 AM
Do you have to sign up or something. I write like a middle schooler though. <shrug>
Crittias
10-25-2008, 07:25 AM
Do you have to sign up or something. I write like a middle schooler though. <shrug>If you won NaNo last year, the organization sends you an email with registration instructions for getting your book published.
Xerxes
10-25-2008, 11:55 AM
If you won NaNo last year, the organization sends you an email with registration instructions for getting your book published.

I mean for this year?
Crittias
10-25-2008, 01:02 PM
I mean for this year?For this year you just need to create an account at www.nanowrimo.org, and then submit a copy of your story for a wordcount sometime before November 30th.
TheEpicOfTyler
10-26-2008, 03:28 PM
I think I will try this out this year. I was kind of brain storming a plot and setting in my head today at work and I think it's worth a shot.
Crittias
10-26-2008, 08:04 PM
I think I will try this out this year. I was kind of brain storming a plot and setting in my head today at work and I think it's worth a shot.Awesome!
We had our kick-off event in Lawrence, KS, today, and had 22 people show up, which is a record by far. I'm very excited about our community this year!