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Create 3D Book Covers In A Few Simple Steps
Authors know how hard it is to make a book stand out, but using 3D book covers can give your book a unique look. A 3D book cover can catch a reader's eye and inspire them to pick your book on a shelf compared to the other ones around it. As an author, you know how...
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How to Upload Your Book to KDP, Easily and Correctly [Text Instruction + Screenshots]
I recently published my 21st book to the KDP platform, having been self-publishing for the last 7 years. And as I was going through the self-publishing steps again, it occurred to me how the platform has evolved over the past decade. This text-based, step-by-step...
Book Cover Design Ideas (From Bestselling Books of 2022)
If you are self-publishing a book, choosing the right book cover style is just one of the many choices you will have to make. But it’s one of the most important. A suitable cover for your book can help attract readers that would never otherwise discover it. The...
Publishing Your Ebook Is Changing on Smashwords
If you want to distribute your ebook through Amazon directly and then also to “every ebook vendor beyond Amazon,” Smashwords is my recommended choice.
Your Complete 4 Step Guide To Book Sizes
Book sizes vary depending on genre, audience, and a multitude of other factors. If you are self-publishing, it’s helpful to have a firm grasp of what your book size should be before you take your book to print. If you traditionally publish, knowing what size book to...
How To Create A Standout Title Page: 5 FAQs and Answers
Knowing how to create a title page is one of the first needs you have as an aspiring author. Yes, you have your book idea. Yes, you can write. But if you hope to get your book out into the world, it’s important to format your project in the appropriate way....
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What Is Voice in Writing? [Examples Included]
Many authors are recognizable from a single sentence: William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Ernest Hemingway, just to name a few. We know their work because they have a distinct author's voice. “To be, or not to be: that is the question.” -Shakespeare“A lady's...
Punctuation Guide – Your Comprehensive Guide to English Grammar
Entering the world of punctuation can very quickly take you down a long and winding road into specifics of the English language that you may not have known existed. We know firsthand how easy it is to get lost among the seemingly endless punctuation points; that's why...
Punctuation Guide – Question Mark Usage – Are You Doing It Correctly?
In our turbulent and ever-changing world, it stands to reason that we'd have a lot of questions. Luckily for us, the question mark is the perfect piece of punctuation for clearly articulating and posing these questions. Best of all: it's so easy to use! In this...
9 Best Book Trailers of All Time
Did you know that trailers aren’t just for movies? In case you didn’t know: book trailers are to books what movie trailers are to movies. And sometimes, they can even look like movie trailers, with full sets, actors, and dialogue. Some book trailers lean towards...
