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Summary

The Dancing Elephants Press Book Project for 2022 has announced its participants and outlined the requirements for the collaborative book creation process, which includes writing articles, poems, and essays, as well as engaging with co-authors' work.

Abstract

The Dancing Elephants Press Book Project is launching its first collaborative book project of 2022 with the participation of numerous authors. The project will result in two books, with the same rules and participation requirements for both. Participants are required to submit their consent to participate by specific deadlines and to contribute a biography, a minimum of one 800-1000 word article per month on the featured topic, and optionally, poems and shorter articles. All resources and quotes must be properly cited to avoid plagiarism. The project will utilize Google Drive for collaboration and will be promoted on social media platforms. The books will be published through Draft2Digital, which allows for multiple author payments and distribution to various bookstores and libraries. The editorial team encourages authors to engage with each other's work and to contribute to the book's cover art.

Opinions

  • The editorial team, consisting of Vidya Sury, Sharing Randomly, and Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi, has decided to split the project into two books due to the high number of quality applications.
  • The project emphasizes collaboration, with authors required to comment on each other's work and alert editors to any mistakes.
  • The use of Google Drive for collaboration and the requirement for proper citation indicate a strong commitment to a streamlined and ethical publishing process.
  • The project aims to promote positivity, health, and wellness through the collaborative efforts of its participants.
  • The editorial team values the input of the authors, as evidenced by their request for feedback on alternative publishing platforms.
  • The project encourages creativity and engagement by inviting authors to contribute to the book's cover art and by featuring authors on social media.

Dancing Elephants Press Book Project

Participants Announcement

Logo designed by Sharing Randomly used with permission

Please join me to congratulate the participants for the first Dancing Elephants Press Book Project of 2022.

We have received so many wonderful applications that your editors Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Sharing Randomly and Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi decided to do two groups for the book. The Dancing Elephants Press Book Project will have a Part 1 book and the Part 2 book. Same rules and participation for both parts of the book and same starting and ending times. The books will be published on the same day.

Dancing Elephants Press Book Project First group:

Jennifer Dunne, Gaurav Jain, Bingz Huang, Libby Shively McAvoy, Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar, Trista Signe Ainsworth, Yana Bostongirl, Jo An Fox-Wright Maddox, Tamil, CARMEN F MICSA

Dancing Elephants Press Book Project Second group:

Natalie Gasper, Rane Kelze, Sally Prag, Dr. Preeti Singh, Art Bram, Purbita Chakraborty, Umme Salma, Pene Hodge, Lola Rosario, Anjali Joshi

First steps:

Send your e-mail to your editorial team at [email protected] to receive consent for participating in the project no later than 2/10/2022. Return your consent to participate no later than 2/14/2022.

Reply to this post acknowledging that you are still planning to participate in the book project.

Monthly participation requirements:

· We will use Google Drive to collaborate you will be invited via e-mail when participation is requested

· Please use the #Dep Book Project tag when posting for the monthly prompt

· Submit a biography by the end of February a prompt will be posted today by Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles. We will use your biography in the books as well to start to pre-promote the books by featuring an author each month on social media.

· Requirement is to post a minimum of one 800–1000 word article on the featured topic of the month.

· Requirement for every resource and quote to be cited in the body of the article by year and original author’s name and at the end of the article with a full resource citation of a book, article, or webpage. We want to make sure to avoid any plagiarism.

· Optional to post a poem and /or an additional short article for the monthly prompt.

· Minimum for poems — 100 words

· Minimum Short forms — 300–600 words

· Minimum for essays — 800–1000 words (one is a must for everyone)

· You can also submit various formats to achieve the word count

· Requirement for your main article is to include an introduction, body, and conclusions/lessons learned

· Respond to at least one of your coauthor’s main articles with a minimum of 2–3 sentence supportive comment. This comment will be shared in the book. Make sure that each article has an equal distribution of comments.

· Alert your editors if you notice mistakes this book is a collaboration.

Publishing Platform:

Draft2Digital — this platform allows payments to multiple authors and distributes the books to Libraries, internationally, on Amazon, on Barnes and Nobles, and other Bookstores. This is the only platform we have found that allows the collaboration of multiple authors and setting up multiple payments for the authors. If you know of any other platforms, please let your editorial team know.

Please make sure to visit Draft2Digital and get familiar with their website.

Social Media:

Please follow Dancing Elephants Press on Facebook and Twitter. These platforms will be used to feature the authors and the book project. Please send an e-mail to your editorial team at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Please let us know if you would be interested in creating a painting or photo art for the cover of the books.

Your editorial team would like to welcome you to our First Collaborative Book Project to spread Positivity, Health, and Wellness to the World.

Thank you for being here and we are looking forward to the wonderful articles coming our way.

First Book Prompt on Positivity will be published on 2/8/2022 articles will be due by 3/8/2022.

Thank you for being part of this collaborative book project,

Wishing you great success,

Your Editorial Team,

Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Sharing Randomly, Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi

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