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Tanya: book(: ?
hi! i’m writting a book, or novel. (what is the difference?!) & i was wondering, can i post it on here? obviously not the whole thing, lol, but maybe like a small excerpt? i heard though that if you’re planning to get published that you can NOT have posted it online ANYWHERE. is this true? thanks.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Waffles
It’s not a good idea to post it online- someone else might steal it.

Answer by kman
No, I heard that you need veiwers to publish. So post away! I can’t wait to read some of it!

Answer by ging
Book can be any type: fiction or non-fiction
Any genre

Novel is fiction work usually having greater than 75000 words.

You may post an excerpt for critique.

No, it is not true. Not in this sense.

Answer by Amanda
I think it depends on how much you have on the internet. I mean, on amazon you can read excerpts of the book. As long as it’s not too much I think you’re ok.

Answer by grayce 🙂
You can, but people can plagiarise it and steal your idea!

Answer by old lady
Not true that you can not have posted any of your writing online if you are planning to get published – but you DO want to protect yourself by copyrighting stuff before you post it.
What’s the difference between a book and a novel? A book is a number of pages, bound together. A book with no writing in it is still a book. A novel is a fictional story.

Answer by Nicole S
well if ur book gets published, someone might steal it, publish it and get credit for something you did. i wouldnt post it on here, but if u really want feedback id go somewhere like a writing forum, like YOUNGWRITERSONLINE.NET this place is great, i love it. also, maybe you can get a copyright or something (i have no idea how that works, u probs cant even get one for an unpublished book) but anyways just be careful so that ur book wont be stolen

although, if it’s just an excerpt, they cant steal ur whole book, but then again they could claim they wrote it
theres tons of creepers out there, i wouldnt