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You probably didn’t click on the “Reset Password” button before returning to the login page. When your email message supplies a link taking you to a separate page with the automatically generated password, you can accept the automatically generated password or change it to your own choice right there. In either case, then click on a blue button that says “Reset Password” to get the link that takes you back to a login page.
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Although Write My Memoirs offers tools that help you craft your memoir, despite our name we are happy to have you use our site to write any book of your choice. Write a biography of someone else’s life, a history, a travelogue, a novel, a children’s book—all writers are welcome here.
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No catch! We believe that every person has a compelling story to tell, and that documenting a life is a priceless gift to the person’s family. Write My Memoirs was created to support ordinary people who want to write an autobiography or a biography. You can write as much as you want on Write My Memoirs. We charge a fee only if you request writing help or ask us to publish your book.
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You really don’t have to! But when you insert the dates and milestones of your life, our technology takes the information you provide and develops your Personal Timeline, which will appear as an actual time line as you write.
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If you opt into our emails, we’ll send you periodic reminders that you haven’t logged in lately. Other than that, your commitment and schedule are fully up to you. Your work will be waiting for you.
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We get asked this a lot! We set high ethical standards and would never share your work with anyone. More than taking our word for that, what might convince you is knowing that we would not want liability for what you write. Let’s say in the book you call your cousin “the town drunk,” and your cousin doesn’t take kindly to that and decides to sue you. We want you holding the copyright, all of the publishing rights, everything. Leave us out of it! Typically, we do not even read your work unless you’ve hired us to edit it. If we publish your book, your name is the only name listed as the copyright holder.
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No, not at all! You can purchase the services a chapter at a time or even send us just one or two pages to try out the power of professional polishing before you commit your whole book to the process.
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Just contact us! Your book is YOUR vision, not ours. We can publish your book in any size or format, soft cover or hard cover. We will price it out and email back a bid. We also hope to soon standardize an offering of audio book and digital book options.
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Extremely easy! Our standard initial run is 20 copies, but we’ll publish as many copies as you like and customize the price for you. Then in six months, a year, 5 years or whenever, just use our “Reprint” button to let us know you’d like more copies. The per-book price is cheaper than the first run, and typically you’ll receive the books within less time as well.
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We do not offer book marketing services at this time, since most of our authors intend to distribute their books free of charge to friends and family. However, in our Publish My Book section, you can purchase an ISBN number for $125, which qualifies your book to be listed with Amazon and other vendors.
