The use and typesetting of hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes
Does Your Book Need a Lay-Flat Binding?
Examines lay-flat book bindings, including photos, tips, and resource links.
Two New Publishing Events You Don’t Want to Miss: Thomson-Shore Booktoberfest and BookBaby Independent Authors Conference
Fall is conference time in the publishing world, and it’s a great time to travel to these conferences to meet other authors, vendors of publishing services, to get great education in how to produce and market your books. And hey, it’s just a lot of fun! While there are over 40 writers conferences, there have […]
Happy Labor Day (U.S.) and Labour Day (Canada)
Labor Day / Labour Day Post including links
Book Construction Blueprint, Creativity, WriteWell Writer’s Journals–An Update
An update on projects including the WriteWell Writer’s Journal, Book Construction Blueprint, and Creativity
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #83
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #83 including Erica Verrillo, Helen Sedwick, Darcy Pattison and many more.
e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2017
e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2017 including Dan Van Oss, Dane Low, James T. Egan, and many more.
Discoverability: Go Wide
There are many ways to improve discoverability for authors and their books, and this post lists many of them.
Book Design: Chapter Openers and Part Openers
I have to confess that my favorite part of book design is creating the chapter opening pages. Ideally the display typography and any other pictorial or decorative elements you use on the chapter opening pages will reflect the type used in the rest of the book, including the title page. In indie books we have […]
Why You Should Market to Grow Your Author Platform–Not to Sell Books
As authors, can advertise to sell books now or we can market to build an author platform. Let’s look at the differences between these two approaches.
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