Grammar Question

[Crono]

I'm more worser at grammar than I thought.

Let's say I am making a picture book that has the title, "My Friend Coffee" (it's about an anthropomorphic coffee cup). Would it be correct to put a comma after "Friend" and have the title be "My Friend, Coffee"?

 

[sdifox]

yes

 

[Aikouka]

yes

I concur.

 

[SSSnail]

My friend - coffee

I want 10% royalty to your crappy coffee book.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Ballsy asking for advice on April 1st. How can you be confident in any of the responses?

 

[kranky]

Or you could use a colon (My Friend: Coffee)

But don't use a semicolon. The editor will remove your semicolon and for the rest of your life, you'll have to punctuate into a rubber bag.

 

[Crono]

Ballsy asking for advice on April 1st. How can you be confident in any of the responses?

You are right, I should have thought of that.

The joke's on me already if so, since I put it up on Amazon Kindle already as an ebook. Not that it's super high quality illustration or anything, or very long even for a picture book... don't really expect many people to buy it, either (though if you have Kindle Unlimited, it's free). I am going to get a print or two in softcover, to see if print on demand is any good at all.

Just wanted to see how the self-publishing process overall worked for something more serious and longer that I am still working on.

 

[Crono]

Or you could use a colon (My Friend: Coffee)

But don't use a semicolon. The editor will remove your semicolon and for the rest of your life, you'll have to punctuate into a rubber bag.

Yeah, I was thinking a colon might work. Most of what I've read says not to use any punctuation there, but I'm not entirely sure based on this scenario. The title is a reference also to the end which goes, "... but he will always be my friend, Coffee". I really need a refresher or a reference book on grammar.

 

[kranky]

I'm pretty decent with grammar and I think any of these are acceptable:
My Friend Coffee
My Friend, Coffee
My Friend: Coffee

But I lean towards the one with the comma.

 

[SMOGZINN]

In this case whether you put the comma or not is determined by how you want it read. Do you want:

My Friend (pause) Coffee

or

My Friend Coffee (no pause)

 

[Crono]

In this case whether you put the comma or not is determined by how you want it read. Do you want:

My Friend (pause) Coffee

or

My Friend Coffee (no pause)

With the pause. But would a colon work better in that case? Or are both equally valid?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

In this case whether you put the comma or not is determined by how you want it read. Do you want:

My Friend (pause) Coffee

or

My Friend Coffee (no pause)

Considering his target audience is amped up on caffeine, how about MYFRIENDCOFFEE?

 

[Nograts]

Write about how coffee enjoyed seeing flocks of deers during the summer.

 

[SMOGZINN]

With the pause. But would a colon work better in that case? Or are both equally valid?

In the title of a book a colon denotes that what follows is a subtitle.

The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again

 

[slayer202]

I don't like the comma. Makes me think you are saying "My Friend" to someone named Coffee

I like no punctuation, or colon if you want the pause

 

[slayer202]

The title is a reference also to the end which goes, "... but he will always be my friend, Coffee". I really need a refresher or a reference book on grammar.

I don't like the sound of this, either


"He will always be my friend, John"

 

[cbrunny]

You are right, I should have thought of that.

The joke's on me already if so, since I put it up on Amazon Kindle already as an ebook. Not that it's super high quality illustration or anything, or very long even for a picture book... don't really expect many people to buy it, either (though if you have Kindle Unlimited, it's free). I am going to get a print or two in softcover, to see if print on demand is any good at all.

Just wanted to see how the self-publishing process overall worked for something more serious and longer that I am still working on.

Link?

 

[Crono]

Link?

http://www.amazon.com/My-Friend-Coffee-Cerulean-Lotus-ebook/dp/B00VDUV0D2

Based on this article, I think it's incorrect the way I have it. Oh well, I shouldn't really have listed it before proofing it.
I think correcting listing and cover should be easy, though.

 

[Jaepheth]

Use this:

Coffee: Beverage, friend, lover

 

[cbrunny]

did you do the pictures yourself? Kinda looks like the kid is preggo.

how much of each purchase do you get?

 

[Crono]

did you do the pictures yourself? Kinda looks like the kid is preggo.

how much of each purchase do you get?

No, I had someone else do it. Yeah, that cover image definitely could use fixing. Royalty rate is 35%.

I did a little fix. Not worth doing any more than that (would get it done by a professional artist if I had a publisher and any real shot of selling this, and my own art skill is slightly above stick figures ). I set the book to go free for a few days. Kicks in tomorrow.

 

[Perknose]

I like no punctuation, or colon if you want the pause

Agreed, especially for the "no punctuation" option.

 

[Carson Dyle]

No comma.

 

[cbrunny]

No comma.

Yeah but can you tame a wild heart?

 

[Crono]

No comma.

Lol, yeah I saw that an hour ago while trying to figure out if it was correct or not. My instinct at first was to put the comma, but pretty clear now that's not correct.

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