by Joel Friedlander | May 2, 2012 | Editorial, Self Publishing Basics, Self-Publishing
Do you remember the last time you went looking for a book at the local bookstore? Maybe it was recently, but for a lot of people it might have been some time ago. Now more than ever, book sales are moving online. Let’s face it: when you want to find information...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 8, 2011 | Author Blogging 101, Self Publishing Basics, Self-Publishing
There’s a bit of a leap you have to make when, as a writer, you decide to start an author’s blog. But what you hear if you ask writers why they decided to start blogging, are things like these: My agent/publisher told me to do it I heard you were supposed...
by Joel Friedlander | May 14, 2011 | Self Publishing Basics, Self-Publishing
I’ve often wondered what to do on my blog on Saturdays. When I was first getting started I didn’t blog on the weekends. But like all beginning bloggers I was pretty obsessed with my numbers, with the statistics and analytics and metrics and I hated to see...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 22, 2011 | Editorial, Self Publishing Basics, Self-Publishing, Writing
In the beginning was the word, and the words are what make the book. But soon thereafter, came the metadata—that is, data about the data. When you publish a new book, you have a chance to assign metadata to your book that will travel with descriptions of the...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 11, 2010 | Book Construction Blueprint, Book Production, Self Publishing Basics
It looks like it’s become manuscript preparation week here at The Book Designer due to popular demand. Today I’m going to tell you how to do one thing, and only one thing. But this one thing can turn you from a hysterical, tearing-your-hair-out, mumbling...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 1, 2010 | Book Construction Blueprint, Book Design, Self Publishing Basics
In an earlier post about the parts of a book, I briefly discussed the title page: Title page—Announces the title, subtitle, author and publisher of the book. Other information that may be found on the title page can include the publisher’s location, the year of...
