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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Editorial
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing
- Self-Publisher’s 5-Minute Guide to Book Printing Processes
Project Focus
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
Reviews
Samples
- 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
- A Google Toolbox for Authors
- Book Page Layout for a Long Narrative
- Why Self-Publishing Is a Long-Tail Business
- 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
- 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
Writing
- A Google Toolbox for Authors
- 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
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