Reprint Articles from Chatgris Press Gary Michael Smith has written 224 articles for 68 technical, trade, professional, and scientific magazines and journals on topics such as scientific/technical communication, writing/publishing, journal management, general business, driving safety, and the film industry, and cats. Some articles were written as promotionals for his books, others as features for renowned periodicals. Select articles now are available on an individual reprint basis. Mr. Smith is the author of 11 internationally selling books such as The Peer-Reviewed Journal A Comprehensive Guide through the Editorial Process, which is used for scientific journal and trade magazine management in 14 countries. Other pioneering texts include Publishing for Small Press Runs How to Print and Market from 20 to 200 Copies of Your Book, which is used as the classroom text for a college course conceived, developed, and taught by the author. Other college texts by Mr. Smith include Perfecting Your Prose A Guide to Improved Writing; Writing for Magazines and Trade Journals Finding Them, Writing for Them, Getting Paid by Them; Gainfully Employed A Guide to Résumé Writing, Job Hunting, and Effective Interviewing; and Movie Extra 101 Your Shortcut to Stardom. Other books include From Bean to Brew A History of Coffee and Coffeehouses; Operating Procedures for Association Chapters and Committees Developing Usable Guidelines for Officers and Managers; The Complete Guide to Driving Etiquette Taking the Rules of the Road a Step Further; On-Demand Publishing Strategies for Printing on Demand, Point of Purchase Book Manufacturing, and Virtual Publishing; and Getting Grease A Guide to Effective Complaint Resolution and Consumer Protection. Fill in the quantity box (Qty) on the right of the list, complete the form at the bottom, and mail with your payment to Chatgris Press. All articles are delivered Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation to ensure efficient and expeditious delivery.
WRITING/PUBLISHING W/P-1 A Procedure for Filling Book Orders The Key to Good Customer Service. 2 page $1.00 W/P-2 Fuel That Burning Desire: Add Value To Your Books With CD Supplements. 2 pages $2.00 W/P-3 Guesswork-Free Writing for a Global Audience. 2 pages $1.50 W/P-4 Print on Demand Machines Revolutionizing Book Publishing and Distribution. 7 pages $7.00 W/P-5 Digital Photoreproduction for Documents and Books. 3 pages $3.00 W/P-6 Metaphors While-U-Wait: Making Space in Bookstores for Print on Demand. 4 pages $4.00 W/P-7 Print Books and Conference Materials Only When You Need Them. 2.5 pages $2.50 W/P-8 On Demand Publishing Strategies for Printing on Demand and Point of Purchase Book Manufacturing. 43 pages $49.95 W/P-9 Great Editorial Expectations The Book Publishing Trade. 2 pages $2.00 W/P-10 What Book Authors Can Expect from Editors. 2 pages $2.00 W/P-11 Collaborative Article Writing Should You Share the Glory. 2 pages $1.50 W/P-12 New for Authors POD Isn t Quite Carte Blanche. 2 pages $1.50 W/P-13 Five Ways to Track Your Submissions. 3 pages $2.00 W/P-14 A POV on POD Meeting the Demands for Publishing on Demand. 4 pages $4.00 SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION S/TC-1 Certifying Technical Communicators. 2 pages $2.00 S/TC-2 What is a Scientific Communicator? 2 pages $2.00 S/TC-3 Developing Style Manuals That Work for Your Environment. 4 pages $4.00 S/TC-4 The Deprogramming of Language. 2 pages $2.00 S/TC-5 From Technical Writer to Scientific Communicator and Back. 4 pages $4.00 S/TC-6 Creating Documentation for an International Audience. 2 pages $2.00 S/TC-7 A Baker s Dozen of Technical Writing Resources. 3 pages $2.50 S/TC-8 The State of Salaries for Technical Communicators. 3 pages $2.50 S/TC-9 Outsourcing: A Growing Trend. 1 page $1.00 S/TC-10 Tech Writing Opportunities. 2 pages $1.50 S/TC-11 Grammatical Technical Writing: Oxymoron? 1 page $1.00 BOOK REVIEWS BR-1 Pocket Guide to Technical Writing. 1 page $1.00 BR-2 Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads. 1 page $1.00
JOURNAL MANAGEMENT JM-1 Authorship and Guidelines. 1 page $1.00 JM-2 Authorship Conflict. 2 pages $2.00 JM-3 Developing and Managing an Effective Peer-Review. 7 pages $7.00 JM-4 E-mail: An Expedient or Impractical Method for Reviewing Manuscripts? 2 pages $2.00 JM-5 Making the Peer Review Process Work for Your Publications. 4 pages $4.00 JM-6 Manuscript Tracking: From Submission To Acceptance. 2 pages $2.00 JM-7 JM-8 Standard Operating Procedures Part 1-Developing Usable Submission Guidelines. 4 pages Standard Operating Procedures Part 2-Mandating Adherence To Submission Guidelines. 7 pages $4.00 $7.00 JM-9 The Revision Process: Responding To a Peer Review. 8 pages $8.00 JM-10 The Role of Managing Editor: An Overview. 5 pages $5.00 JM-11 Training Tomorrow s Journal Managers. 1 page $1.00 JM-12 Conducting an Effective Peer Review. 7 pages $6.00 JM-13 Developing and Managing an Effective Database for Manuscript and Reviewer Tracking. 4 pages $3.00 JM-14 Revising a Manuscript after a Peer-Review. A Primer for First-Time Authors. 3 pages $2.00 JM-15 Smoothing and Speeding the Journal Review Process. 2 pages $2.00 JM-16 When the News is Bad. How to Gracefully Reject an Article. 3 pages $3.00 JM-17 Setting Up an Editorial Board. 2 pages $2.00 JM-18 Eleven Ways to Automate Your Journal s Editorial Office. 2 pages $2.00 JM-19 Great Editorial Expectations The Periodical Publishing Trade. 2 pages $2.00 FILM INDUSTRY FI-1 The Life of a Film Extra. 6 pages $5.00 FI-2 Memoirs of a Background Actor. 6 pages $5.00 FI-3 Ethics in Casting. 4 pages $3.00 FI-4 Advancing Your Acting Potential. 1 page $1.00 FI-5 How to Get the Most Out of Extras. 1 page $1.00 FI-6 Casting in a Nutshell. 1 page $1.00 FI-7 SAG for the Extra. 1 page $1.00
GENERAL BUSINESS GB-1 Key Words List a Plus for Job Seekers. 2 pages $2.00 GB-2 Eleven Commandments for Business Meeting Etiquette. 1 page $1.00 GB-3 Job Titles Can Boost Esprit de Corps. 1 page $1.00 GB-4 Sixteen Suggestions for Ensuring Successful Videoconferences. 2 pages $2.00 GB-5 Twenty-Two Rules for Cubicle Etiquette. 3 pages $3.00 GB-6 Compact Discs or Zip Disks? A Comparison of Storage Media. 3 pages $3.00 GB-7 The Résumé: Is It Thorough Yet User Friendly? It Can Be Both. 8 pages $8.00 GB-8 Organization Management Developing and Managing the Local Chapter of a Professional Association. 4 pages $4.00 GB-9 Adobe Acrobat s PDF in a Nutshell. 6 pages $6.00 GB-10 Procedure for Linking Figure and Table Captions to In-Text References. 4 pages $4.00 GB-11 Pleading Your Case for Professional Development. 3 pages $2.00 GB-12 The Art of Tipping. 2 pages $2.00 GB-13 Five Ways to Track Your Book and Article Submissions. 3 pages $2.00 GB-14 Netiquette for the 21 st Century. 2 pages $2.00 GB-15 Whether or Not To Collaborate. 2 pages $2.00 GB-16 Creating figure captions, table captions, and links to in-text references in Microsoft Word. 4 pages $3.50 GB-17 Netiquette for the 21 st Century. 3 pages $3.00 GB-18 Virtual Visibility Create an Internet Presence with a Web Site. 5 pages $4.50 GB-19 Exporting from Outlook, Simplified. 2 pages $1.00 GB-20 Surveys Your Gateway to Knowledge. 2 pages $1.50 DRIVING SAFETY DS-1 Driving Etiquette: Tips for Safer Drivers. 1 page $1.00 DS-2 New Book Aims To Curb Bad Driving Habits. 2 pages $2.00
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