I know a lot of readers don’t actually visit the blog directly, but read articles in their feed reader or in an email message. And I’m glad we have those available, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to keep up with much of what goes on in the...
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...
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...
In my recent blog redesign, I added the “SHOP” to the menu to make it easier to find resources with basic information about self-publishing. Each resource helps with a stage on the journey to becoming an author and publishing a book. People ask me all the...
Editor’s Note: This is a guest article from Helen Sedwick. Writers worry about using real people’s names in fiction. Even memoirists and nonfiction writers identify people by name and worry about the ramifications. Can writers model characters after real...
So why exactly do you need a sample copyright page? One of the most common questions I get from new self-publishers is, “What do I put on the copyright page?” For some reason, the copyright page has the power to intimidate some people, with its small print...