Many metaphors have been offered up to describe or explain the Internet, but calling it "an ocean of words" is as accurate as any other. In 1998 the first Google index counted 26 million pages, by 2000 it had reached the billion mark and by 2002 it had more than tripled again to over 3 billion. In July 2008 the company’s Web Search Infrastructure Team announced that it had counted 1 trillion unique URLs on the web at once. At an average 1000 words per page, that means the web contains an astonishing 1 quadrillion words. That’s 15 zero’s.
Google Publication Ads Available For Print
The pilot phase of Google’s Publication Ads component of AdWords has debuted online and is available currently by invitation only.
Marketing Before Publication
New writer’s are often told that once they’re published, it’ll be up to them to market and promote their own book. Previously unpublished authors, or those who’ve had a book accepted for a mid-list publication, often find themselves left in the cold by the traditional publishing house, sometimes to the point where they’re unable to earn back their advance.