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Typesetting a Book: A Beginner’s Guide to Perfecting Your Pages with Ease
Skill Level: Beginner Typesetting refers to arranging and formatting text for printing or digital display. The main goal is to make the text readable and visually appealing, ensuring a smooth flow that enhances readers' experience. Do authors need to know much about...
The Back Matter of a Book: 17 Sections You Can Include
The back matter of a book, matters. Did you see what I did there? Every part of a book’s design has a purpose, and the back of the book has a specific one. It is a beautifully formatted catch-all for the extras you want people to know about the book they just read,...
The 8-Step Dan Harmon Story Circle: Story Structure Guide
For thousands of years, stories have followed a simple pattern called "the hero's journey." The term was coined quite recently by an American professor, Joseph Campbell in 1949. Campbell noticed that many stories from different cultures follow the same pattern: a hero...
What Is Wattpad? Strategies to Excel on the Popular Storytelling Network
Do you ever wonder how great it would be to have a group of beta readers provide almost instant feedback? Or maybe you're looking to connect with other writers and share experiences. If you value online interaction and are seeking a writing community, Wattpad...
About the Author: Essential Strategies for Writing A Captivating Bio
What is an "About the Author" section, and do you need one? If you're an author, you most certainly do! "About the Author" is a brief text that introduces you to readers, much like an elevator pitch but in writing. This is your chance to explain who...
How to Self-Publish: 10 Tips for Avoiding Blunders, Bloopers, and Boo-Boos
Every author has a bucket list of things to do “right” to avoid book publishing blunders, bloopers and boo-boos along the way.
What is a Novella? Definitions and Inspiring Examples
When writing a story, one of the first questions you ask yourself is what kind of story you are writing. Is it a short story, a novel, or a novella? While the first two are quite well-known, you might wonder, "What is a novella?" A novella is a story that falls...
Book Formatting: Smart Do’s and Don’ts for Integrating Color in Print and eBooks
When we think about book formatting, we often think more about "typesetting" and how the words are organized on the page, but did you know that any color you add to your book's interior pages is also considered book formatting? When you’re self-publishing, printing...
Elevate Your Writing: 11 AI Writing Tools for Author Success
Technology. It’s always moving, always shifting, always morphing into something new, but if you know when and how to harness it, you can tame the beast and use it to help you thrive as an author. Writing a book is not for the faint of heart. Where do you start?...
Ebook Formats: Efficient and Practical Strategies for Print Consistency
In 2024, it's hard to imagine authors publishing their books in print without considering also releasing them in several eBook formats. According to the Pew Research Center's 2021 study, reading habits are diversifying. While 75% of adults read a book in the past...
