Articles
I’ve collected some of the articles that you might find most useful in your book publishing efforts. They are arranged here by category. Enjoy!
Book Construction Blueprint
- CIP: What It Means, How to Read It, Who Should Get It
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Title Page
- The Problem With “E-Books”
- 6 Copyright Page Disclaimers to Copy and Paste, and Giving Credit
- Copyright Page Samples You Can Copy and Paste Into Your Book
- Warning: Book Files Need 4 Crucial Checks to Succeed At Your Printer
- How to Make PDFs for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand—A Free Report
- Book Covers, Dust Jackets, and Case-Wrap Books
- Self-Publisher’s 5-Minute Guide to Book Printing Processes
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Copyright Page
- How Long Should Your Book Be?
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Elements of the Book Page
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 1
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Pagination For Fun and Profit
- Self-Publishing Basics: A 5-Minute Guide to Copyright
- Self-Publishing Basics: Deciphering the Bookland EAN Bar Code
- Self-Publishing Basics: Why You Need a Category on the Back Cover of Your Book
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
- Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book
Book Printing
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Making Print Choices
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: Competitive Self-Publisher
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost? A Preview
- Preparing Black & White Photos for Your Book
- How Self-Publishers Get The Most from Pre-publication Printings
- Book Running Late? Working With 48HrBooks.com
- Working With Blurb.com for Color Books
- How Print-on-Demand Book Distribution Works
- Book Production On the Edge: How Lisette Model Got Made
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 2
- Turn The Tables on Self-Publishing Disadvantages
- Self-Publisher’s 5-Minute Guide to Book Printing Processes
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 1
- Real World Book Design: Designing for Print-on-Demand Production
- Self-Publishing Basics: Print on Demand—What Is It?
Book Reviews
- Review: The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier
- Liz Castro: EPUB Straight to the Point
- Book Running Late? Working With 48HrBooks.com
- Review: Self-Publishing Boot Camp Workbook: 10 Steps to Self-Publishing Success
- Straight from the Master: Masterson on Book Design & Production
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Create Your ARC Cover
- Does Book Design Really Matter?
Book Design
- 8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign
- Book Design: 8 Solutions to the Text Break Dilemma
- Pantone: The Language of Color Reproduction
- The Typographer’s Curse: Automatic Leading
- iPad’s ePub: The “Book” of the Future?
- Project Focus: Exotic Life by Lisa Alpine
- The Design Process: Choice
- Carol Twombly, An Extraordinary Type Designer
- Book Page Layout for a Long Narrative
- Apple iPad Typography: Fonts We Actually Want
- Project Focus: The Poetry of the Typography of Poetry
- 3 Great Typeface Combinations You Can Use in Your Book
- Less Expensive, Bite-Sized, Available for Take-Out: The Book of the Future
- 4 Questions I Ask Myself About E-Books
- In Response to Your Inquiry: Letter to a Prospective Client
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Title Page
- The Problem With “E-Books”
- Readability and a Lifelong Lesson for Beginning Book Designers
- Designing Books
- The Trouble With Word Processors
- E M Ginger on Digitizing the Art of the Book
- Warning: Even “A-List” Bloggers Need Book Designers
- Project Focus: Cover Design with Supplied Artwork for The “And” Principle
- Self-Publishing Tools: Adobe InDesign CS4
- Chapbooks—The Personal Side of Self-Publishing
- Project Focus: Cover Design With Supplied Artwork for Not A Fire Exit
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Elements of the Book Page
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Pagination For Fun and Profit
- Real World Book Design: Designing for Print-on-Demand Production
- Self-Publishing Basics: Deciphering the Bookland EAN Bar Code
- Self-Publishing Basics: Why You Need a Category on the Back Cover of Your Book
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Create Your ARC Cover
- Does Book Design Really Matter?
- 22 Top Book Designer Tasks for Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Print
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
- Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book
- 5 Favorite Fonts for Interior Book Design
- Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Layout Mistakes that Make You Look Unprofessional
Book Production
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Making Print Choices
- Pantone: The Language of Color Reproduction
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: Competitive Self-Publisher
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: Online Self-Publisher
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: DIY
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost? A Preview
- Preparing Black & White Photos for Your Book
- ISBN for Self-Publishers: Answers to 20 of your Questions
- Less Expensive, Bite-Sized, Available for Take-Out: The Book of the Future
- Working With Blurb.com for Color Books
- 3 Indie Publishing Discussion Groups: Getting Your Questions Answered
- Casewrap vs Dust Jacket? Self-Publishers Make the Hard(cover) Choice
- Straight from the Master: Masterson on Book Design & Production
- Warning: Book Files Need 4 Crucial Checks to Succeed At Your Printer
- How to Make PDFs for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand—A Free Report
- How Print-on-Demand Book Distribution Works
- Self-Publishing Tools: Adobe InDesign CS4
- The Speed of Self-Publishing is Best When You Go Slow
- Book Production On the Edge: How Lisette Model Got Made
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 3
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 2
- Self-Publisher’s 5-Minute Guide to Book Printing Processes
- How Long Should Your Book Be?
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 1
- Real World Book Design: Designing for Print-on-Demand Production
- Self-Publishing Basics: Deciphering the Bookland EAN Bar Code
- 22 Top Book Designer Tasks for Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Print
- Self-Publishing Basics: Print on Demand—What Is It?
- Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Layout Mistakes that Make You Look Unprofessional
Cover Design
- Top 8 Cover Design Tips for Self-Publishers
- 4 Incredible Free Sources for Photos to Use in Your Book or Blog
- 3 Ways Self-Publishers Fail at Cover Design
- Project Focus: Cover Design with Supplied Artwork for The “And” Principle
- Project Focus: Cover Design With Supplied Artwork for Not A Fire Exit
- Book Covers, Dust Jackets, and Case-Wrap Books
- Real World Book Design: Designing for Print-on-Demand Production
- Self-Publishing Basics: Deciphering the Bookland EAN Bar Code
- Self-Publishing Basics: Why You Need a Category on the Back Cover of Your Book
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Create Your ARC Cover
- Project Focus: Book Cover Design for The Spirit of the River
- 22 Top Book Designer Tasks for Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Print
E-Books & Readers
- Apple’s Pages ePub Export: First Look
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Ebooks and Ebook Readers
- Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iPad: Could Chris Brogan Be Wrong?
- Liz Castro: EPUB Straight to the Point
- Will Apple Sell 12 Million iPads This Year?
- The E-Book in 2020: What’s On Your Wishlist?
- Managing Your eBook Library with Calibre
- Apple iPad, the New Mall of America?
Editorial
- Self-Publisher’s Quick Guide to Copyright: A Report
- CIP: What It Means, How to Read It, Who Should Get It
- How Self-Publishers Get The Most from Pre-publication Printings
- The Secret to Successful Self-Publishing
- What Every Writer Ought to Know about Fair Use and Copyright
- Top 10 Myths, Lies and Misinformation about Copyright
- How We Solved The “Rejection” Problem
- 6 Copyright Page Disclaimers to Copy and Paste, and Giving Credit
- Copyright Page Samples You Can Copy and Paste Into Your Book
- How to Create, Register and List Your New Publishing Company
- What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing
- The 9 Best Funny and Helpful Blogs About Grammar
- The Speed of Self-Publishing is Best When You Go Slow
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Copyright Page
- How Long Should Your Book Be?
- Self-Publishing Basics: A 5-Minute Guide to Copyright
- Self-Publishing Basics: Why You Need a Category on the Back Cover of Your Book
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
- Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Read an ISBN
Interior Design
- 8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign
- The Typographer’s Curse: Automatic Leading
- Project Focus: Exotic Life by Lisa Alpine
- Book Page Layout for a Long Narrative
- Apple iPad Typography: Fonts We Actually Want
- 4 Incredible Free Sources for Photos to Use in Your Book or Blog
- Project Focus: The Poetry of the Typography of Poetry
- 3 Great Typeface Combinations You Can Use in Your Book
- Readability and a Lifelong Lesson for Beginning Book Designers
- Warning: Even “A-List” Bloggers Need Book Designers
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Copyright Page
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Elements of the Book Page
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Pagination For Fun and Profit
- Does Book Design Really Matter?
- 22 Top Book Designer Tasks for Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Print
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
- Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book
- 5 Favorite Fonts for Interior Book Design
- Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Layout Mistakes that Make You Look Unprofessional
Interviews
- Self-Publisher with Drive: The Amazing Tania McCartney
- Bowker’s Andy Weissberg on ISBNs and the Future of the Book
- Where Beauty Meets Art: An Interview with Jennifer Robin, Author of Growing More Beautiful
- Interview with Chris Finlan, Author of Not A Fire Exit
Marketing
- Author Branding: The You That Is Everywhere
- How Authors Can Use Article Marketing: Linking Strategies
- What Does Distribution Really Mean for Self-Publishers?
- How Authors Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing: Sourcing Content
- How Authors Can Use Article Marketing: Ezinearticles.com Metrics
- 10 Steps for Authors Who Want to Get Started on Twitter
- Self-Publishing Basics: Understanding Book Discounts
- How Self-Publishers Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing, Part 1
- How To Write Book Titles for People & Robots
- Top 5 Reasons Authors Shouldn’t Blog Their Books
- Independence in The Era of the Aggregators
- How Apple’s App Store is Changing Bookselling
- Indie Bookstores & Indie Publishers—On The Same Page?
- How to Market Your Self-Published Book—A Plan by Bill Quain
- How Nonfiction Self-Publishers Can Become Keyword Naturals
- Getting Started with Scribd.com
- Why Self-Publishing Is a Long-Tail Business
- Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For?
- 3 Ways Self-Publishers Fail at Cover Design
- 10 Ways Authors Can Find More Blog Readers
- How I Sold 10,000 Copies of My Self-Published Book
- 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Self-Publishing Career
- The New Self-Publisher
- What Hasn’t Changed in Self-Publishing
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Create Your ARC Cover
Podcasts
- Self-Publishing: Tutorials from the Trenches
- What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing
- Self-Publisher’s 5-Minute Guide to Book Printing Processes
Project Focus
- Project Focus: Exotic Life by Lisa Alpine
- Project Focus: Cover Design with Supplied Artwork for The “And” Principle
Publishing Timeline
- My Publishing Timeline: The Complete Story
- Publishing Timeline: 7. California and Marin Bookworks, Past and Future
- Publishing Timeline: 6. Globe Press Books and the Conscious Arts Book Society
- Publishing Timeline: 5. Friedlander Design
- Publishing Timeline: 4. New York City and Aperture
- Publishing Timeline: 3. The Renaissance Press and Beyond
- Publishing Timeline: 2. California Bound
- Publishing Timeline: 1. Early Years
Reports
- Self-Publisher’s Quick Guide to Copyright: A Report
- How to Make PDFs for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand—A Free Report
Reviews
Samples
- Project Focus: Exotic Life by Lisa Alpine
- Project Focus: The Poetry of the Typography of Poetry
- Project Focus: Cover Design with Supplied Artwork for The “And” Principle
- Project Focus: Cover Design With Supplied Artwork for Not A Fire Exit
- Project Focus: Book Cover Design for The Spirit of the River
Self Publishing Basics
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Title Page
- How to Create, Register and List Your New Publishing Company
- How Print-on-Demand Book Distribution Works
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 3
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 2
- Self-Publisher’s 5-Minute Guide to Book Printing Processes
- 8 Milestones to Self-Publishing Success
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Pagination For Fun and Profit
- Self-Publishing Basics: A 5-Minute Guide to Copyright
- Self-Publishing Basics: Deciphering the Bookland EAN Bar Code
- Self-Publishing Basics: Why You Need a Category on the Back Cover of Your Book
- Does Book Design Really Matter?
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
- Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book
- Self-Publishing Basics: Print on Demand—What Is It?
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Read an ISBN
- Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Layout Mistakes that Make You Look Unprofessional
Self-Publishing
- Apple’s Pages ePub Export: First Look
- 8 Reasons Self-Publishing is Entering a Golden Age
- Two Paths to Success at Book Distribution for Self-Publishers
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Ebooks and Ebook Readers
- 8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Making Print Choices
- Review: The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier
- The Beginner Mindset in Self-Publishing
- Top 10 Worst Self-Publishing Mistakes—Explained!
- What Does Distribution Really Mean for Self-Publishers?
- Self-Publisher with Drive: The Amazing Tania McCartney
- Book Design: 8 Solutions to the Text Break Dilemma
- How Authors Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing: Sourcing Content
- Shipping
- Self-Publishing Basics: Understanding Book Discounts
- How Self-Publishers Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing, Part 1
- How To Write Book Titles for People & Robots
- Creative Commons: What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know
- Top 8 Cover Design Tips for Self-Publishers
- 9 Ways for Self-Publishers to Get Unstuck
- Getting to the Top of the Charts on Amazon Kindle
- Self-Publishing: Tutorials from the Trenches
- Bowker’s Andy Weissberg on ISBNs and the Future of the Book
- Independence in The Era of the Aggregators
- Fair Use, The Rights of Personality, and Unintended Consequences
- 36 Great Blogs for Self-Publishers
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: Competitive Self-Publisher
- 26 Ways to Win at Self-Publishing
- Self-Publisher’s Quick Guide to Copyright: A Report
- 5 Things That Shouldn’t Surprise You About Self-Publishing
- iPad’s ePub: The “Book” of the Future?
- Tribe
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: Online Self-Publisher
- Project Focus: Exotic Life by Lisa Alpine
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: DIY
- Book Publishing Numbers That Tell A Story
- How Apple’s App Store is Changing Bookselling
- Indie Bookstores & Indie Publishers—On The Same Page?
- Writing For Your Life: Old Friend From Far Away by Natalie Goldberg
- 52 Fantastic Twitter Follows for Self-Publishers
- Apple iPad First Look: The Future Has Arrived
- How to Market Your Self-Published Book—A Plan by Bill Quain
- The Self-Publisher’s Self-Questionnaire
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost? A Preview
- iPad, iBookstore, iBooks, iAnticipation
- How Nonfiction Self-Publishers Can Become Keyword Naturals
- Self-Publishing Pro and Con(temptuous)
- Author Blogs—Getting Started
- CIP: What It Means, How to Read It, Who Should Get It
- ISBN for Self-Publishers: Answers to 20 of your Questions
- 2010 BAIPA Get Published! Institute – Part 2
- 2010 BAIPA Get Published! Institute – Part 1
- A Google Toolbox for Authors
- Book Page Layout for a Long Narrative
- Why Self-Publishing Is a Long-Tail Business
- 7 Reasons Not to Self-Publish—Is This You?
- Book Running Late? Working With 48HrBooks.com
- 4 Incredible Free Sources for Photos to Use in Your Book or Blog
- Top 5 Discussion Forums for Self-Publishers
- Working With Blurb.com for Color Books
- Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For?
- The Secret to Successful Self-Publishing
- What Every Writer Ought to Know about Fair Use and Copyright
- In Response to Your Inquiry: Letter to a Prospective Client
- Top 10 Myths, Lies and Misinformation about Copyright
- 3 Ways Self-Publishers Fail at Cover Design
- How to Copyright Your Book
- The Trouble With Word Processors
- 3 Indie Publishing Discussion Groups: Getting Your Questions Answered
- Copyright Page Samples You Can Copy and Paste Into Your Book
- Casewrap vs Dust Jacket? Self-Publishers Make the Hard(cover) Choice
- Where Beauty Meets Art: An Interview with Jennifer Robin, Author of Growing More Beautiful
- Interview with Chris Finlan, Author of Not A Fire Exit
- Warning: Book Files Need 4 Crucial Checks to Succeed At Your Printer
- How to Create, Register and List Your New Publishing Company
- How I Sold 10,000 Copies of My Self-Published Book
- Do Authors Actually Read Publishing Contracts?
- Project Focus: Cover Design with Supplied Artwork for The “And” Principle
- 8 Answers That Help Self-Publishers Get Up and Running
- 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Self-Publishing Career
- What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing
- The 5-Million Word Typewriter and How to Stay Focused
- Self-Publishing Tools: Adobe InDesign CS4
- Chapbooks—The Personal Side of Self-Publishing
- Project Focus: Cover Design With Supplied Artwork for Not A Fire Exit
- The Speed of Self-Publishing is Best When You Go Slow
- Why Self-Publishers are Exhausted
- Turn The Tables on Self-Publishing Disadvantages
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Copyright Page
- 8 Milestones to Self-Publishing Success
- How Long Should Your Book Be?
- The New Self-Publisher
- Self-Publishing Basics: Four Ways to Publish Your Book
- What Hasn’t Changed in Self-Publishing
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 1
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Create Your ARC Cover
- 5 Good Reasons to Self-Publish Your Book
- Two Kinds of Self-Publishers—Which One Are You?
- Project Focus: Book Cover Design for The Spirit of the River
- Does Book Design Really Matter?
- 22 Top Book Designer Tasks for Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Print
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Read an ISBN
- 5 Favorite Fonts for Interior Book Design
- Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Layout Mistakes that Make You Look Unprofessional
Social Media
- 8 Reasons Self-Publishing is Entering a Golden Age
- Author Branding: The You That Is Everywhere
- Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iPad: Could Chris Brogan Be Wrong?
- Will Apple Sell 12 Million iPads This Year?
- How Freewriting Saved My Life
- Top 10 Worst Self-Publishing Mistakes—Explained!
- Shipping
- 10 Steps for Authors Who Want to Get Started on Twitter
- Expert-ease
- 9 Ways for Self-Publishers to Get Unstuck
- Getting to the Top of the Charts on Amazon Kindle
- Top 5 Reasons Authors Shouldn’t Blog Their Books
- Fair Use, The Rights of Personality, and Unintended Consequences
- 36 Great Blogs for Self-Publishers
- 5 Things That Shouldn’t Surprise You About Self-Publishing
- Tribe
- Unleash Your Creativity Now: How to Freewrite
- 52 Fantastic Twitter Follows for Self-Publishers
- Apple iPad First Look: The Future Has Arrived
- iPad, iBookstore, iBooks, iAnticipation
- Off-Topic: 4 x 4s
- Author Blogs—Getting Started
- Getting Started with Scribd.com
- 2010 BAIPA Get Published! Institute – Part 2
- 2010 BAIPA Get Published! Institute – Part 1
- A Google Toolbox for Authors
- Why Self-Publishing Is a Long-Tail Business
- Top 5 Discussion Forums for Self-Publishers
- Dear Suzanne: 7 Things Writers Need to Know Today
- 10 Ways Authors Can Find More Blog Readers
- 3 Indie Publishing Discussion Groups: Getting Your Questions Answered
- 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Self-Publishing Career
- The New Self-Publisher
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Writing
- How Freewriting Saved My Life
- Writing’s Next Frontier: Twitter Fiction
- How Authors Can Use Article Marketing: Linking Strategies
- How Authors Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing: Sourcing Content
- How Authors Can Use Article Marketing: Ezinearticles.com Metrics
- Expert-ease
- Creative Commons: What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know
- Car Writer
- Top 5 Reasons Authors Shouldn’t Blog Their Books
- Fair Use, The Rights of Personality, and Unintended Consequences
- Creativity
- Unleash Your Creativity Now: How to Freewrite
- Writing For Your Life: Old Friend From Far Away by Natalie Goldberg
- How Nonfiction Self-Publishers Can Become Keyword Naturals
- Off-Topic: 4 x 4s
- Self-Publishing Pro and Con(temptuous)
- Getting Started with Scribd.com
- Off-Topic: Grill Day
- A Google Toolbox for Authors
- 7 Reasons Not to Self-Publish—Is This You?
- How to Get Out of Your Own Way: Suzanne Murray on Freewriting
- Off-Topic: Fish, or Dine Out?
- Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For?
- The Secret to Successful Self-Publishing
- 4 Questions I Ask Myself About E-Books
- What Every Writer Ought to Know about Fair Use and Copyright
- Dear Suzanne: 7 Things Writers Need to Know Today
- Top 10 Myths, Lies and Misinformation about Copyright
- How to Copyright Your Book
- 10 Ways Authors Can Find More Blog Readers
- Do Authors Actually Read Publishing Contracts?
- What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing
- The 5-Million Word Typewriter and How to Stay Focused
- The 9 Best Funny and Helpful Blogs About Grammar
- Why Self-Publishers are Exhausted
- 5 Good Reasons to Self-Publish Your Book
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
