Publishing Jargon Glossary

The Language Of Publishing
101 Newsletter Answers is not about the mechanics of newsletter publishing but we thought the inclusion of this page might be useful, especially for newcomers to the field. Every line of work has it’s own language, or jargon, and publishing (together with it’s associated fields) is no exception. In fact, like most [...]

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Ensuring Newsletter ‘Readability’

Simple Tips For Improving Newsletter Copy
I’m not even sure that there is such a word as ‘readability’. But perhaps the fact that you probably know what it means explains something important about the objective of this article. It is not about precisely correct words. It is not about precisely correct grammar or precisely correct punctuation. [...]

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Sourcing Newsletter Content On The Internet (2)

Help and Guidance Resources
This is the second in a series of articles where the focus is on sourcing newsletter content on the Internet. The full sequence of articles is as follows:

Copyright Issues
Help and Guidance Resources
Subject Research
Content Providers

Writing Your Own Material

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If you intend writing your own newsletter articles, or even just the occasional piece, [...]

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Better Newsletter Article Titles

Using Titles In Newsletters
Article titles are not subject to quite the same rules of copyright as body text except where they may conveniently identify an original work. In other words, you may choose any title you like for an article, whether it’s an original work of your own or someone else’s, so long as you [...]

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