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Amazon Book Review FAQs

by Amy Collins on September 7, 2021 38 Comments

Amazon and Amazon’s rules are changing so fast! We would like to bring you up to date on the current rules and share some guidelines.

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Contributing Writers, Marketing Tagged With: Amazon, Amy Collins, Book Reviews

Do This, Not That – Professional Reviews in the Time of COVID

by Keri-Rae Barnum on December 14, 2020 8 Comments

Receiving a positive review from a well-known review or news outlet is practically more valuable than gold when launching a new book.

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Book Reviews, Keri-Rae Barnum

How to Jumpstart Book Reviews for Self-Published Books

by Joel Friedlander on January 15, 2018 47 Comments

The challenge for self-published authors who have small or nonexistent networks, is to convince readers to add one more title to their to-be-read pile.

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Guest Posts, Marketing Tagged With: Book Reviews, David Wogahn, The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages

Review: The Anatomy of Type by Stephen Coles

by Joel Friedlander on January 30, 2013 10 Comments

The Anatomy of Type by Stephen Coles [Book Review] looks at the recent publication that helps to identify and inform about 100 typefaces

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Reviews Tagged With: book design, book review, Stephen Coles, typography

Book Review: Show Me About Book Publishing by Judith Briles, Rick Frishman, and John Kremer

by Joel Friedlander on May 18, 2011 3 Comments

Ed: Please see the note at the end of this review for a special offer the authors are making for three days only. Today I’m reviewing a new book on independent book publishing: Show Me About Book Publishing. It’s written by an unusual group of people. The authors are all heavyweights in the independent book […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Self-Publishing Tagged With: author platform, book marketing, indie publishing, John Kremer, Judith Briles, Rick Frishman, self publishing, Show Me About Book Publishing

Book Review: If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland

by Joel Friedlander on October 27, 2010 7 Comments

Book Review: If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland, a practical and inspirational book that can help a writer free their authentic voice

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Brenda Ueland, creativity, freewriting, writing workshops

The Big Book of Font Combinations by Douglas Bonneville

by Joel Friedlander on September 20, 2010

The Big Book of Font Combinations by Douglas Bonneville is a unique resource to understand how typefaces work together to create different effects. It’s a source of inspiration and ideas for designers and typographers.

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Reviews, Interior Design Tagged With: book design, Douglas Bonneville, fonts, self publishing, The Big Book of Type Combinations, typefaces, typography

Review: The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier

by Joel Friedlander on July 28, 2010 17 Comments

The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier is an update of a self-publishing classic, and highly recommended. It provides a practical overview to the writing, publishing and selling of an author’s own book.

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Self-Publishing Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, Dan Poynter, Marilyn Ross, Self-Publishing Resources, Sue Collier, The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, Tom Ross, Writers Digest

Liz Castro: EPUB Straight to the Point

by Joel Friedlander on July 23, 2010

Liz Castro’s EPUB Straight to the Point will revolutionize the creation of EPUB files for ebooks. Recommended for anyone who is planning to create their own ebooks, or anyone curious about how ebooks are put together.

Filed Under: Book Reviews, E-Books & Readers Tagged With: CSS, Elizabeth Castro, ePub, iBook, iBookstore, InDesign, iPad, iPad fonts, Word, XHTML

Book Running Late? Working With 48HrBooks.com

by Joel Friedlander on March 3, 2010 23 Comments

In a perfect world all our carpools would run on time, no backpacks would be left on the back seat, construction zones would open as we approached them, and our children would be grateful and respectful at all times. Of course, in a perfect world all our work would come in right on schedule. Editors […]

Filed Under: Book Printing, Book Reviews, Self-Publishing Tagged With: 48HrBooks.com, Advance Review Copies, Book Printing, digital printers, self-publishing a book

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