Taking the “Spookiness” Out of Ghostwriting by Michael J. Dowling including working with, finding, and paying for a ghostwriter to help you write your book

Joel Friedlander
BAIPA July 2011: Mastering Social Media for Authors with Cynthia Sue Larson
BAIPA July 2011: Mastering Social Media for Authors with Cynthia Sue Larson. A report of the meeting of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association
How to Make a PDF Book That Looks Like the Real Thing
How to Make a PDF Book That’s Realistic using Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe InDesign and Photoshop for book reviews, galley proofs, proofreading and other uses
This Week in the Blogs, July 3 – 9, 2011
Blogs for Self-Publishers for July 3 – July 9, 2011 including Jane Friedman, Gary Smailes, Joe Konrath, Michael Stelzner, Penny Sansevieri, and Kirstin Butler
10 Things You Should Know About e-Book Formatting
10 Things You Should Know About e-Book Formatting by Guido Henkel. Why you should take care with your e-book and how it looks, by a professional e-book creator
The Power of Persistence in Indie Publishing
The Power of Persistence in Indie Publishing, a guest post by novelist Thomas Burchfield about his self-publishing experience
7 Distraction-Free Writing Environments for Authors
Authors Get More Done With These 7 Distraction-Free Writing Environments including iAWriter, Omm Writer Dana, Darkroom, Q10, WriteMonkey, Creawriter and more
This Week in the Blogs, June 26 – July 2, 2011
Blogs for Self-Publishers for June 26 – July 2, 2011 including Mark Coker, Judith Briles, Jen Blood, Bob Mayer and Jim Jewell as well as Ben Franklin Book Awards
Meet Three Amazing Teenage Self-Publishers (Video)
Meet Three Amazing Teenage Self-Publishers Hayley Smith, Emma Williams-Baron and Kento Mizuno, the books they produced for their senior projects in high school
7 Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Book Design
7 Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Book Design including picking the right fonts and setting up your book pages
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #9
Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #9 including Carla King, James Moushon and 8 other bloggers on Self-Publishing
Summer Blog Notes
Well, it's happened again. Summer's rolled around, and with it the need to get outside, stretch the legs, see new places. Getting some needed recreation means long weekends and lots of sun. So I'm going to lighten the editorial calendar here on TheBookDesigner for a...