Dinesen biography becomes a success story.(ENTERTAINMENT)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: August 11, 1996| Author: Wood, Dave | Copyright information

If you've ever self-published a book or if you've even thought about self-publishing a book, the story I'm going to tell will make your heart leap up.

Several years ago, Linda Donelson of Iowa City read an article in Writer's Digest by an arrogant young New York editor warning his readers that no self-respecting New York publisher would ever publish a full-length book by someone who had not been published earlier in magazines or anthologies.

The news was rath...

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