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Audiobooks
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Author Blogging 101
- Author Blogging: 5 Reasons to Start and 3 Ways to Do It Right
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Book Construction Blueprint
- Is Offset Printing the Future for Indie Authors?
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- Book Title Pages: 500 Years of Inspiration
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- How to Check Your Book Proof in 3 Simple Steps
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- Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 3
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- ISBN 101 For Self-Publishers
- Book Page Layout Preparation: The Local Formatting Problem
- Book Page Layout Preparation: Cleaning Up Your Word Files
- Pagination Styles: Shall We Kill the Widows & Orphans?
- Using Photos in Your Book: Understanding Print Resolution
- Self-Publishing Basics: How to Pick the Size of your Book
- CIP: What It Means, How to Read It, Who Should Get It
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Title Page
- The Problem With “E-Books”
- 6 Copyright Page Disclaimers to Copy and Paste, and Giving Credit
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- Warning: Book Files Need 4 Crucial Checks to Succeed At Your Printer
- How to Make PDFs for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand—A Free Report
- Book Covers, Dust Jackets, and Case-Wrap Books
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 1
- Self-Publisher’s 5-Minute Guide to Book Printing Processes
- Self-Publishing Basics: The Elements of the Book Page
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- Prepping Files for Book Layout: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
- Self-Publishing Basics: Why You Need a Category on the Back Cover of Your Book
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Book Design
- How to Make a Book
- It’s All in a Font: How Font Choice Affects the Mind
- Special Formatting for Nonfiction Books in Microsoft Word – Part 3
- Thoughts on Turning 10
- Special Formatting for Nonfiction Books in Microsoft Word – Part 2
- Special Formatting for Nonfiction Books in Microsoft Word
- Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 3
- Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 2
- Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 1
- How to Make Trim-Sized PDFs for Print on Demand Publication
- The Basics of Book Design
- Book Anatomy: Revisiting Your Book’s Back Matter
- Grammar, a Marketing Idea, Helvetica Now, and Pitching Junk
- Samples of 2-Column Book Layout
- 5 Questions on the Book Production and Marketing Matrix
- 110 Type Ornaments to Use in Your Book (Plus a Free Download)
- Project Focus: Long and Complex Books Demand Attention to Detail
- “I Hate That!” Book Design Pet Peeves
- New! The Book Blueprint: Expert Advice for Creating Industry-Standard Print Books
- Learn About the Color of Type Pages in Book Design
- A Quick Look at the Fine Art of Book Spine Design
- The Epic Saga of WriteWell Journals: Book Production Success
- Free: Expert Advice for Producing Print Books in the New Book Construction Blueprint
- The Epic Saga of WriteWell Journals: A Book Production Tale, Part 2
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- Hyphens, Em Dashes, En Dashes—Everything You Need to Know
- Book Design: Chapter Openers and Part Openers
- Author Series Book Templates: Relive The Glory
- The Elements of Bad Typography
- Designing Genre Fiction and New Book Design Templates
- New! Full-Service Book Design and Production from The Book Makers
- Designing for Hand Printing a Broadside in the Bookman Typeface
- Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Book Binding Styles Illustrated
- Working With Cover and Interior Designers
- Review: Book Design Made Simple by Fiona Raven & Glenna Collett
- Book Design: The Architecture of the Book Page
- 2016 Edition of The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide, Revised and Expanded
- 3 Typefaces for Books from Adobe’s Robert Slimbach
- Hermann Zapf, A Legendary Type Designer
- Hanging in the Back Matter: Indents Are the Rule
- 5 Favorite Free Fonts for Interior Book Design
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2015
- Kindle’s New Bookerly Font and Other Typography Features
- How to Create an Index for Your Book in Adobe InDesign
- Book Design: Formatting Poetry Gets A Lot Easier
- [Video] Adobe InDesign Book Template Quick Look
- New Today: Book Templates for Adobe InDesign
- New Self-Publishing Options from Blurb and Book Design Templates
- How Much Attention Should You Pay to Book Design?
- Now Create Your Book Covers in Microsoft Word
- Book Cover Success and Failure Explained
- The Evolution of a Book Cover: “Bad Elephant Far Stream”
- How to Design Running Heads for Your Book
- Breakthrough Technology Cuts Book Formatting Time in Half
- How to Build a Better Ellipsis with Adobe InDesign
- Answers to the 7 Biggest Questions About MiniBüks
- Where Can I Legally Use My Fonts?
- 12 Steps to Book Design Mastery: A Curriculum
- Book Design Templates Now With 12 “Done For You” Services
- Picture Book Templates Arrive for Kindle Authors, and a Labor Day Weekend Sale
- Understanding Book Layouts and Page Margins
- Children’s Book Templates Now at BookDesignTemplates.com
- Book Design and Formatting Services from The Book Designer
- New: Pro-Quality Book Interiors from The Book Designer
- Free Print Book Resource for Authors
- Top 5 Book Design Layout Errors Illustrated
- Is Interior Book Design a Commodity?
- Catherine Ryan Howard Interviews The Book Designer
- Book Design: Pages or Spreads?
- X Hits the Spot: Why .DOCX is Better than .DOC for Authors Using Word
- Adding Photos and Creating PDFs in Microsoft Word
- Your Top 7 Book Design Templates Questions Answered
- Self-Published Books Get a Major Overhaul with BookDesignTemplates.com
- Book Designer Confesses: The Truth About Word Processors
- Book Design Quick Tips for Self-Publishers
- Getting Started With Microsoft Word Styles for Book Layout
- Review: The Anatomy of Type by Stephen Coles
- Book Design, Internet Marketing and the Nature of Human Consciousness
- Finding Free Fonts for Your Self-Published Book
- 17 Things Self-Publishers Need to Know about Book Design
- 21 Top Links to Book Fonts for Self-Publishing
- Typefaces of 1932: Weiss Roman Specimens
- eBook Design Today and Tomorrow
- Picking Fonts for Your Self-Published Book
- Book Design: Have You Checked Your Margins?
- Confessions of a Drop-Shadow Addict
- Book Design: Choosing Your Paragraphing Style
- 5 Favorite Fonts with Hidden Type Ornaments
- Book Design: Points and Picas Primer
- IBPA Publishing University: Book Design Principles
- Book Design Case Study: Two Contemporary Novels
- Should Authors Design Their Own Books?
- Book Design: 6 Variations on Drop-Cap Typography
- Two Reasons Why Books Matter
- Book Design: Don’t Get Confused By Typeface Point Sizes
- Apple iBooks Author Reinvents eBook Creation
- Finding Photographs for a Book or Blog Gets Better
- Hardcover Books Reach New Heights
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 4
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 3
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 2
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 1
- There's Something Odd About Self-Publishing Books
- Book Design: Who's the Top Dog?
- These 3 Typography Websites Will Change How You Look at Type
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2011
- e-Book Cover Design Awards Information
- How to Reinvent a Book with a New Book Cover
- 5 Great Fonts for Book Covers
- Casewrap Books in Berkeley: Inspiration for Self-Publishers
- Authors: Why You Should Be Writing in Adobe InDesign
- Meet Three Amazing Teenage Self-Publishers (Video)
- 7 Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Book Design
- Don’t Let me Find You Bleeding in the Gutter—Understanding Book Terminology
- Using QR Codes to Expand the Reading Experience
- Amateur-Hour Books: Do You Know the Warning Signs?
- My Monospaced Life
- Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 03: Book Cover Wrap
- Old John Baskerville and the Birth of Modern Printing Paper
- Should You Design Your Own Book? Pro and Con
- Book Cover Design, Fiction and Nonfiction: What's the Offer?
- Square-Serif Fonts Pack a Typographic Punch
- Book Design Webinar: What You Need to Know In 17 Short & Awesomely Simple Steps
- The Problem With Reading Books on the Small Screen
- Book Design to Sell: 5 Book Interior Page Layout Mistakes to Avoid
- Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel
- When Self-Published Book Design Goes Bad
- Marathon: Ebook Design in a Grand Tradition of Bookmaking
- Lessons From a Do-It-Yourself Book Cover Designer
- Case Study: History of a 19th Century Sea Captain
- 24 Practical Tips for Using Photos in your Print on Demand Books
- Typefaces I Can't Live Without: Adobe Myriad Pro
- How I'm Going to Book my Blog—Titles & Covers
- How I’m Going To Book My Blog—Going Long
- Fun With Fonts—Identifont
- Ebooks Now & Tomorrow: Interview with Joshua Tallent of Ebookarchitects.com
- The Holy Grail of Book Design
- Authors: Wondering How Long Your Book Should Be?
- Top 10 Tips for Working With A Book Designer
- The Death of Book Design
- Book Design to Sell: Fonts for Books
- Book Design Case Study: Short Stories by Erika Dreifus
- Book Design for Self-Publishers: Raw Materials
- Book Design to Sell: Tips for Self-Publishers
- Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction
- iPad Martha Stewart Living: The Future of Text?
- Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Instruction
- The Century Typeface: An American Original
- Book Design & Page Layout Software: A Guide for DIY Authors
- Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction Hybrid
- Joanna Penn: Crowdsourcing Your Book Cover Design
- Typefaces as History: Aldus Manutius and The Noble Bembo
- Self-Publishing Case Study: Inspirational Photography Book
- EBooks Today: Futility or Utility?
- 7 New Typeface Combinations for Book Design
- A Friend’s Book: Tom Millea and The Book of Palms
- Friends’ Books
- Self-Publishing Case Study: Serious Nonfiction
- Beautiful Details, Beautiful Books: How to Recognize Oldstyle Typefaces
- Do You Know These 5 Ways to Use Negative Space in Your Book Design?
- Self-Publishing Case Study: Personal Memoir
- The Big Book of Font Combinations by Douglas Bonneville
- Book Design with Microsoft Word: The Art of Moriah Jovan
- 3 Keys to Beautiful Book Pages
- 8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Understanding Fonts & Typography
- A Day In The Life of a Blogging Book Designer
- Book Design: 8 Solutions to the Text Break Dilemma
- Project Focus: Dancing on the River by Mark Susnow
- Is the Paradise We’ve Lost the Beautiful Page?
- Pantone: The Language of Color Reproduction
- The Typographer’s Curse: Automatic Leading
- iPad’s ePub: The “Book” of the Future?
- Project Focus: Exotic Life by Lisa Alpine
- The Design Process: Choice
- Carol Twombly, An Extraordinary Type Designer
- Book Page Layout for a Long Narrative
- Apple iPad: The Future of the Book Starts Now
- Apple iPad Typography: Fonts We Actually Want
- Project Focus: The Poetry of the Typography of Poetry
- 3 Great Typeface Combinations You Can Use in Your Book
- Less Expensive, Bite-Sized, Available for Take-Out: The Book of the Future
- 4 Questions I Ask Myself About E-Books
- In Response to Your Inquiry: Letter to a Prospective Client
- Readability and a Lifelong Lesson for Beginning Book Designers
- Designing Books
- The Trouble With Word Processors
- E M Ginger on Digitizing the Art of the Book
- 22 Top Book Designer Tasks for Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Print
- Warning: Even “A-List” Bloggers Need Book Designers
- Magazines Come in Tablet Form! and the Future of the Book
- Project Focus: Cover Design with Supplied Artwork for The “And” Principle
- Self-Publishing Tools: Adobe InDesign CS4
- Chapbooks—The Personal Side of Self-Publishing
- Project Focus: Cover Design With Supplied Artwork for Not A Fire Exit
- Going Undercover—The Story of Knock-Off
- Three Secrets Your Book Designer Knows
- Interior Design for Not A Fire Exit by Christopher Finlan
- Project Focus: Interior Design for Business Mensch by Noah Alper
- Does Book Design Really Matter?
- Real World Book Design: Designing for Print-on-Demand Production
- Indie Business Memoir Scores Major Reviews
- Project Focus: 2-Color Cover Design for Trade Publishers
- Independent Bookstores Opening to Self-Published Books?
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Create Your ARC Cover
- Project Focus: 2-color Cover Design for Self-Publishers
- Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Layout Mistakes that Make You Look Unprofessional
- Project Focus: Interior Design for The Age of Participation
- Series Design Presents Unique Book Design Challenges
- Project Focus: Small Square Books
- 5 Favorite Fonts for Interior Book Design
Book Printing
- News Update: Should You Use Lightning Source or Ingram Spark?
- Guy Kawasaki’s APE: Offset Printing for Self-Publishers
- Video: Why Publishers Love Hardcover Books
- Amazon and Lightning Source: The End of an Era?
- Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 2
- When Print on Demand Fails: 6 Scenarios for Offset Printing
- Understanding Print-on-Demand: Follow the Money
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Making Print Choices
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: Competitive Self-Publisher
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost? A Preview
- Preparing Black & White Photos for Your Book
- Book Production On the Edge: How Lisette Model Got Made
- How Self-Publishers Get The Most from Pre-publication Printings
- Book Running Late? Working With 48HrBooks.com
- Working With Blurb.com for Color Books
- Self-Publishing to Go, With A Grande Frappuccino, Please!
- How Print-on-Demand Book Distribution Works
- Turn The Tables on Self-Publishing Disadvantages
- The 2.5-Pound Cell Phone and the Future of Book Publishing
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 2
- Self-Publishing Basics: Print on Demand—What Is It?
- Mick Rooney’s Reviews of Publishing Services Companies
Book Production
- No Time To Write AND Market Your Book? This Should Help…
- Beware the Impossible Book Project
- Is This the Best Writer’s Journal Ever?
- Does Your Book Need a Lay-Flat Binding?
- CreateSpace Title Information and the New Amazon Success Toolkit
- Book Design Templates Announces Agreement with Ingram Content Group to Deliver Affordable Book Formatting Solutions
- Five Free “Must Use” Tech Tools for eBook Authors
- Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout: Markzware PDF2DTP
- Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout: Recosoft PDF2ID
- Is Formatting for Print Book and Ebooks Too Much Work?
- World War Word: A Book Formatting Story
- Ingram Spark Launches: An Interview with Robin Cutler [Audio]
- How to Publish Your eBook from Word to Kindle in under Ten Minutes
- Set Up a Workflow That Starts with Styles
- Self-Publishing, or, "Boxes of Books Blight My Basement"
- Print on Demand and Book Distribution Guides
- How to Save Money on Your Book Proof Corrections
- How to Make a PDF Book That's Realistic
- Will Children's Book Self-Publishers Survive CPSIA?
- Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 05: Book Files
- After the Ribs: Memorial Day Mail Bag
- Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 02
- Mark Coker of Smashwords at BAIPA: Indie Revolution in Full Swing
- Self-Publishing News You Can Use: Changes
- 4 Solutions to the Book Discount System
- Conversion Journey: My Word-to-E-book Workflow
- Self-Publishing: Pulling the Trigger
- Indie Publishing: The Problem With Book Distribution
- From DIY To Outsourcing: Why Self-Publishers Should Hire Experts And How To Work With Them
- Print on Demand: CreateSpace or Lightning Source?
- Mark It Up! PDF Annotation Software
- 6 Action Tips to Speed Up Your Book Production
- Galleys
- Quick & Easy Book Production: Do You Know the Secret?
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: Online Self-Publisher
- What Does Self-Publishing Cost: DIY
- Authors Keep Formatting When They Should Be Styling
- ISBN for Self-Publishers: Answers to 20 of your Questions
- 3 Indie Publishing Discussion Groups: Getting Your Questions Answered
- Casewrap vs Dust Jacket? Self-Publishers Make the Hard(cover) Choice
- Straight from the Master: Masterson on Book Design & Production
- The Speed of Self-Publishing is Best When You Go Slow
- Creating a PDF for Lightning Source Print-on-Demand in InDesign CS4: Part 3
- The One Book Every Self-Publisher Should Own
- A Long Slog through the OCR Swamp
- Capturing and Using Text from Old Documents in New Book Production
Book Reviews
- Do This, Not That – Professional Reviews in the Time of COVID
- Understanding the Current “Dos” and “Don’ts” of Amazon Book Reviews
- How to Jumpstart Book Reviews for Self-Published Books
- Book Review: Show Me About Book Publishing by Judith Briles, Rick Frishman, and John Kremer
- Book Review: If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland
- Review: The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier
- Liz Castro: EPUB Straight to the Point
- Review: Self-Publishing Boot Camp Workbook: 10 Steps to Self-Publishing Success
- Self-Publishing Books: A Roundup
- Self-Publishing Book Review: Become a Real Self-Publisher by Michael N. Marcus
- Self-Publishing Basics: Book Review Sources
Contributing Writers
- Bashing the Myths of Social Media in 2021
- Get Book Reviews: Your Novel Can Always Find New Audiences
- How To Find Your Target Audience, Part One
- Social Media—To Be, or Not to Be
- A Few of My Favorite Author Marketing Tools
- Do This, Not That – Tis the Season? Launching Your Book During the Holidays
- Keri-Rae Barnum Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Open, Click, Buy – How to Sell Anything via Your Newsletter
- Going Against the Flow: Reflowable vs. Fixed-Layout Ebooks
- Why Authors Should Know Their Target Audience
- Marlowe, A.I. for Novels: Does It Measure Up to Its Namesakes?
- MUST DO Steps for Amazon Campaigns for eBooks
- Book Promotion: Do This Not That – August 2020
- Edit For Your Reader: An Exercise and Checklist
- PublishDrive All In on Subscription Model
- Why You Need a Template for Your Newsletter (and What to Put in It)
- Don’t Confuse a Book Endorsement With a Review
- Write/Right for the Market
- The Book Sales Limp Along Factor
- Do This, Not That – Blog Tours
- Marketing is a Relationship: A Roadmap for Novelists
- The Problem with Enhanced Ebooks
- 6 Ideas for Promoting Your Book While Watching TV
- The Art of Condensing an Entire Book into a Brief Sales Pitch
- Amazon is a Data Gathering and Filtering Tool
- It’s a Wide WIDE Virtual World!
- Do This Not That: Book Promotion During a Pandemic
- 4 Elements to Craft Your Author Bio
- What’s in a (Pen) Name? An Argument Against Noms de Plumes
- What’s Your Author Brand?
- Change Your Author Blog into an Author Website
- Amazon is a Search Engine–Make Your Book an Easy-to-Find Product
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – BookBub
- Have You Tried Jucilating?
- Self-Publishing: It’s Going to Cost How Much, You Ask?
- Florence Osmund Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Attract Your Readers: 4 Steps to Your Author Branding Statement
- The Convertible Cloud, Extended — Google Docs
- 8 Ways to Make Your Book’s Press Release Work Harder
- Book Promotion: Do This Not That – February 2020
- Canva Versus Book Brush
- 2020 Publishing Vision Forward
- 5 Steps to Create the Tagline for Your Author Brand
- Beth Barany Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Let Your Characters Engage with Fans Online
- Fun with Formats: mobi/Kindle
- 10 Top Posts from The Book Designer for 2019
- It’s Come to Book Chat Time …
- 3 Fiction Marketing Success Tips for 2020
- SEVEN Things You Should Be Including in Your Ebook (Revisited)
- Clean Up Your Newsletter’s Subscriber List
- Book Promotion: Do This Not That – November 2019
- Writing Truthiness
- Promote Your Book with Local Collaborations
- Publishing Your Ebook Is Changing on Smashwords
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale — Pricing Your Book
- How to Optimize Your Website for Newsletter Sign-Ups
- 3 Ways to Get Past What’s Holding You Back
- It’s Time to Do a Facebook Settings Checkup
- Publishing Your Book Is Changing on IngramSpark
- Have I Got a Book for You! Compelling Book Descriptions – Part 2
- Have I Got a Book for You! Compelling Book Descriptions – Part 1
- 10 Reasons Readers Unsubscribe From Newsletters
- 3 Ways to Get Your Dream Endorsement
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – September 2019
- Planning Your Book Launch
- Publishing Your Book Is Changing on Amazon Kindle
- Engineer Success with a Good Marketing Strategy
- You CAN Tell an (e)Book by Its Cover
- 6 Goals for Your Newsletter Welcome Emails
- Book Promotion as a Public Service
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – August 2019
- The Myth of Author Multitasking
- Embed Words in Your Photos for Discovery
- Now You Seem Them… — A CSS Trick for New and Old Kindles
- 13 Ways to Use a Book Award for Marketing
- 3 Secrets to an Effective Landing Page
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – July 2019
- Is Your Website Protected … Better Yet, Are YOU?
- Top 10 FAQs About Book Publicity and Promotion
- Traditional Publishing vs Self-Publishing: A 2020 Vision
- 3 Dos for Getting Reviews (and 4 Don’ts)
- Snag Book Publicity with a Roundup Article
- 14 Content Ideas for Author Newsletters
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – June 2019
- The Author-in-the-Headlights Syndrome
- Can You Sell Your Books in Bite (Byte) Size Chunks?
- Use Expert Sources To Generate Local Book Publicity
- How Can I Promote My Book For Free?
- 9 Reasons Authors Need Newsletters
- Nate Hoffelder Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – May 2019
- The Convertible Cloud Revisited
- Don’t Reinvent the Publishing Wheel … Discover the Freedom of Repurposing
- Sell More Books With Guest Blogging
- Book Publishing: Are You Keeping Up? – Part 2
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – March 2019
- As the Author World Turns on Amazon Book Review Policies
- 3 Book Marketing Myths to Avoid
- Book Publishing: Are You Keeping Up? – Part 1
- Fun with Fonts — Getting Ebook Typefaces Right
- 7 Myths of Using Press Releases to Promote Your Books
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – February 2019
- 3 Author Success Essentials
- Sandra Beckwith Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Book Marketing Insanity
- Could You Make (And Even Sell) Your Own Photos?
- Advertising with Barnes and Noble
- 9 Inexpensive Revenue Streams for Broke or Struggling Authors
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – January 2019
- What’s in Your Signature?
- Help Wanted: Writer/Editorial Assistant
- 12 SEO Tips to Drive Traffic and Sell Books
- Knowing Right and Wrong — Fun with Copyright
- Create Fast, Free, Festive Images in Seconds with PhotoFunia
- Where Did the Amazon Reviewers Go? [Updated]
- Why Authors Need a “Canned” Introduction
- How Improving Your Author Website Can Help Sell More Books
- Driving a New Path: PublishDrive’s Subscription Option
- 13 Places to Speak and Meet New Readers
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – November 2018
- 9 Mental “Tools” for Writing When the Clock is Ticking … and Beyond
- They’re Talking About Me! Joanna Penn and Dave Chesson Talk Keywords
- How to Interview a Book Publicist Before You Sign an Agreement
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – September 2018
- Meet the Super Fan … the Secret Sauce Authors Want
- Words Gone Wild: KDP Keywords Revisited
- The Best Free Media Contacts Tool You Probably Aren’t Using
- What’s Going On With CreateSpace and KDP Print? [Updated]
- Is Perfection an Art … or Author Sabotage?
- Battle Royale: PDF vs. ePub
- How to Recycle, Repurpose and Promote Your Publicity
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – July 2018
- Who Are You Going to Acknowledge in Your Book?
- How to Build a Community on Twitter
- How to Get Started with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
- 22 Tips for Breaking Bread with Journalists
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – June 2018
- Why Authors Should Be Speaking on Their Books … Their Expertise
- Are Free Promotions Still Worth It?
- Selling Out: Going Wide or Going Exclusive to Amazon
- How to Become an Author Expert and Strut Your Stuff
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – May 2018
- The Glory of Postcards
- 10 Ways Authors Can Grow a Facebook Group
- To Free or Not to Free: Giving Away Your Ebook
- 9 Ways a Crappy Book Cover Can Sabotage a Marketing Campaign
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – April 2018
- Is Social Media a Time Suck in Your Day?
- Writers: Grow Your Instagram Account Organically
- Fun with Formats, Part I: ePub2 vs. ePub3
- 9 Types of Pitches to Use When Promoting Your Book
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – February 2018
- Is There a Writing Mulligan in Your Midst?
- Stacking Boxes: Creating a Compilation Ebook
- How to Manage a Twitter Account as an Indie Author
- Submit Your Book to Holiday Gift Guides
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – January 2018
- Reality Check for Authors … What Were You Thinking?
- Bring Social Media to Your Blog with Embedded Posts
- The Price Is Right: 6 Secrets to Pricing Your Ebook
- How to Use Freelance Journalists in a Book Publicity Campaign
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – December 2017
- 9 Tips for Your Website Due Diligence Starting NOW!
- Increase Engagement in Your Marketing with Visuals
- Top 10 Ways Your Website Leaves Readers, and Leads, in the Dust
- Pronoun Is Dead: The Ebook Retail Universe Redux
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – November 2017
- 3 Essential Questions for Every Author
- Most Retweetable Words for Engagement on Twitter
- Links to Happiness: Using Universal Links to Sell Your Ebook
- How to Write a Sassy, Snarky, Sizzling Author Resource Box
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – October 2017
- Are There Snarky Book Reviews in Your Midst?
- 3 Ways to Use Hashtags as Authors
- Punch Your Ticket: 5 Tips for Validating Your Ebook
- Tie into Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall for Timely Book Hooks
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – August 2017
- Do you Prefer “Click” or “Brick” Learning?
- 4 Social Media Productivity Tips for Authors
- Mining Gold: Taking Control of Your Metadata
- Use a Sex Angle to Flirt with the Media for Book Publicity
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – July 2017
- Authors and Marketing Fatigue
- Communicate – Never Preach – on Twitter
- Use Cheat Sheets & Checklists to Entice, Engage Readers
- BEA 2017 Insights
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – June 2017
- What’s in Your Tagline?
- 5 Skills Every Writer Should Develop
- Aggregation without Aggravation: Pronoun and PublishDrive
- New to Book Publicity? Go Local First
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – May 2017
- Sell Your Books at Book Festivals and Craft Fairs
- Amazon Ads for Indie Authors
- Fancy Free: Some Fun CSS Tricks for Ebooks
- Master the Art of Publicity Follow-up with These Simple Tips
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – April 2017
- Your Media Book Pitch Can Open 1,000 Doors!
- From Fun to Serious: How I Use Pinterest Differently Now
- Pulling It Together: Editing Your Ebook
- How to Hitch a Ride on Someone Else’s Holiday to Sell Books
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – March 2017
- Beware of Sharks in Publisher’s Clothing
- Apps, Tools & Plugins for Indie Authors in 2017 – Part 2
- Styling Priorities: CSS for Ebooks #3
- Dress Up Your Author Media Kit with “5 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Me”
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – February 2017
- Have You Created Your Sell Sheet?
- Apps, Tools & Plugins for Indie Authors in 2017 – Part 1
- Elements of Style: CSS for Ebooks #2
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – December 2016
- Does Your Book Suck … or Soar?
- Today’s Indie Authors Are Media Owners
- Print Pricing Piracy: The Perils of Free Trade
- Rhythm and Pacing of Writing; The Final Flourish
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – November 2016
- Is Your Plan For Success “I Just Want to Write My Books”?
- Can Social Media Really Sell Your Books?
- Elements of Style: CSS for Ebooks
- Back to Basics on Backstory
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – October 2016
- Authors: Do You Have the Perfect Pitch?
- Free Book Promotions: Are They Worth It?
- Speaking in Code: Ebook HTML basics
- Mastering the Art of the Scene
- Self-Publishing News You Can Use — September 2016
- How to Avoid Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers and Boo-Boos
- Authors: Boost Book Marketing with These 5 Apps
- How to Legally Use Quotations in Your Book
- Ebook Anatomy: Inside the Black Box
- A Little Lesson in Dialogue
- Self-Publishing News You Can Use — August 2016
- Are There Pirates in Your Book’s Midst?
- Reader Audiences and Analytics: What Do They Really Reveal?
- NetGalley Book Review Program: A Case Study
- How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page – a Lesson on Shaking Off the Burden of Knowledge
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That — Interview with Pamela Beason
- Are Your Readers Getting Digital Fatigue … and, Are You?
- Do You Write for Young Adults or Millenials? Then Try Snapchat
- Laying Track: Tracking Ebook Links on Google Analytics
- How to Start Your Book in the Right Place (and Save Your Reader from Boredom, Frustration and Despair)
- Book Promotion: Do This, Not That
- Memorial Day in the U.S.A.
- Are You Writing the Right Chord?
- How Young Adult Authors Can Use Tumblr to Reach Their Readers
- The Convertible Cloud: Ebook Conversion Online
- Yank Your Reader Into Your Story With a Great Opening Line
- Jennie Nash Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Using Family Photos, Letters and Stories
- Is Book Perfection in Your Midst?
- Instagram Primer for Indie Authors
- Avast! Piracy and the Self-Publisher
- Your Biggest Book Marketing or Platform Building Roadblocks – And How to Overcome Them
- Getting Creative with Disclaimers
- Scheduled for a TV Appearance … and then the Dreaded Unexpected Happens
- 11 Reasons Indie Authors Need Social Media (And How to Get It Right!)
- Why a PDF Isn’t an Ebook
- 10 Clever Ways to Seriously Grow Your Email List (Plus a Free Checklist + 3 Bonus Strategies)
- How to Create Titles to Hook Your Readers
- Why Indie Authors Need a Business Hat
- Author Groups to Help You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Books
- 7 Book Marketing Trends Authors Can’t Afford to Ignore
- Dictating a Book? Tips for Editing the First Draft
- Is Your Book Lost at Sea?
- Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015 on The Book Designer
- The Ebook Retail Universe
- How To Build Your Author Brand From Scratch (And Why You Need To)
- Author-Editor Collaboration: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Why Books Are the Best … for Gifts!
- Jump in the Convertible: Ebook Conversion Tools
- Getting Ready for an Edit: How to Help Your Editor and Save Money
- Author Alert: Is Your Book Held Hostage by a Subsidy Publisher?
- The 5 Basic Elements of an Author Website
- Preparing Images for Your e-Book
- Four Options for a Fiction Manuscript Evaluation
- Tricks and Traps of Using Real People in Your Writing, Part 3: Invasion of Privacy
- 7 Rules to be Successful as an Author
- Authors: Have You Blabbed or Scoped Yet?
- Manuscript to Ebook: A Cleaning Guide
- Tricks and Traps of Using Real People in Your Writing, Part 2: What is Defamation?
- What is Defamation?
- 7 Tips for Proofreading Your Book
- Crowdfunding Success Can Be Yours
- Got a Pen Name? You’re in Great Company – Now Here’s How to Market Your Books
- 5 Awesome Benefits to Writing Flash Fiction for Your Email Subscribers
- Copyediting: It’s Not Rocket Surgery
- Get Started on Twitter in 7 Simple Steps
- 4 Ways to Create an ePub eBook
- Cool and Not So New Social Media Networks for Indie Authors
- Should Writers Incorporate?
- The Email Marketing Trap Fiction Writers Must Avoid
- What IS an Ebook?
- Can Using Editing Tools Improve Your Writing?
- Wannabe Author to the Real Thing in 5 Steps
- 9 Twitter Tools and Apps to Ease Your Tweeting
- 5 Ways to Get Early Feedback on Your Book Idea or Manuscript
- 10 Reasons Why You Should Interview Your Fellow Fiction Authors
- Short is the New Black: Your Shrinking Reader Attention Span
- Social Media Dashboards for Authors: Free Apps May Not Be Your Best Option
- How to Spot a Rights Grab
- The 3+ Hats Every Indie Author Must Wear
- How to Use an Anthology as a Powerful Marketing Tool
- Managing the Beta Reading Process
- Your Author and Book Marketing Formula Starts with YOU
- How to Use Lyrics Without Paying a Fortune or a Lawyer
- Podcasting and Indie Authors: Is Podcasting Right for You?
- So You Want to Write a Book? Just Do It!
- What the Art of Storytelling Can Teach Us about Marketing
- Stop Thief! Writers and Plagiarism
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Dealing with Content Theft
- The Princess Author Syndrome
- Turn Yourself Into an Authorpreneur
- The Fiction Writer’s 3-Step Process to Creating a Compelling Marketing Offer
- Tax Tips for Writers Who Hate Math
- Wanted: How to Find Your Best Editor
- Authors: Is There a Photographer in Your Midst?
- Authors: Plan Your Marketing with a Content Calendar
- 12 Ways to Use Your Blog to Achieve Expert Status
- Contributing Writers: Most Popular Posts for 2014
- How to Improve Your Fiction Marketing Through Peer Collaboration: 11 Quotes From the Experts
- The Indie Author’s Bookshelf: 19 Best Titles for Self-Editing
- Self-Publishing Authors: Did You Fail? Awesome!
- 20 Ways to Become a More Productive Writer
- Trademark: Let’s Meet Copyright’s Half Sister
- 7 Email Marketing Secrets Every Fiction Writer Should Know
- Editors’ Post-NaNo Tips for Revising Your Novel
- Video for Authors
- 7 Ways Writers Can Use Facebook Rooms
- How Romeo and Juliet Can Help You Write Your Next Book
- 6 Ways to Write a Quick Free Ebook to Build Your Mailing List
- 5 Marketing Mistakes That Beginning Fiction Writers Make
- Is Crowdsourced Editing Right for Your Book?
- Thou Shalt Blog?
- AuthorRise Shows Promise for Indie Writers
- Should You Be Using a Pen Name?
- Turn Your Blog Into a Book Production Machine
- Warning: Discoverability Dependency is Hazardous to Your Fiction Marketing
- What Does Editing Look Like? Behind the (Crime) Scene at the Editor’s Screen
- Book Apps with Authorly
- 21 Tips for Creating a Successful Writing Collaboration
- 4 Ways Authors Can Rock on Twitter
- How to Create a Blog Plan for Any Type of Book
- How to Market Your Fiction Writing Through the Brilliance of Other Authors
- 5 Ways an Editor is Like a Dentist
- Playtime with Amazon’s Search Engine and Selling Prompts
- Do You Know Who Owns Your Book Cover?
- The Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Writers
- 6 Branding Tips for Writers and Authors
- 9 Self-Publishing Fiction Writers You Should Follow Today
- What Kind of Self-Pub Are You? A Questionnaire and Tips for Maximizing Your Self-Pub Style
- Helen Sedwick Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Who’s Your Distributor: Smashwords or Draft2Digital?
- How to Make Sure You’re Not Wasting Time on Social Media
- 10 Ways to Test Market Your Nonfiction Book Idea Before You Publish
- Do You Make These Online Marketing Mistakes?
- Are Your Readers Trying to Tell You Something? How to Use Reader Feedback to Improve Your Writing
- Selling Ebooks on Google Play: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Facebook Ads: Should Indie Authors Buy Them?
- The Secret Sauce for Indie Publishers: Attitude
- 7 Things Your Fiction Fans Want to Hear You Say
- 4 Levels of Editing Explained: Which Service Does Your Book Need?
- Why Ebook Authors Need to Embrace New Technologies
- 15 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Self-Published Writers
- How to Fill a “Hole” on the Bookstore Shelf
- How to Keep Your Fiction Marketing Lean and Focused
- 5 Things You Should Know about Working with Beta Readers
- 13 Great Tools to Analyze and Measure Your Social Media Results
Cover Design
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2020
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2019
- Stop Guessing: Split Test Your Cover with PickFu
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2019
- Book Cover Trends Through the Decades
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards Submissions – What You Need to Know
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2019
- 72 Free Image Sources for Authors
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2019
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2018
- The Book Blueprint: A Cover Evolves
- New: Save $50 This Month on a Beautiful Custom Designed Cover for Your Book
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2018
- New! Save Time and Money with Our Beautiful Book Covers at BookDesignTemplates.com
- 3 Inspirational Design Ideas from Bestselling Book Covers
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2018
- 7 Best Book Cover Trends to Stay Current in 2018
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2017
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2016
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2015
- Book Cover Design Behind the Scenes
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2015
- How I Used My Self-Published Book to Teach My Students
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2015
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2015
- 2014 e-Book Cover Design Award Winners
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November, 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2014
- 5 Keys to Book Cover Success
- The Cover That Wasn’t and the Cover That Was: Homeowner With a Gun
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2014
- Using Freelancer Contests for Your eBook Covers
- 15 Articles on Cover Design for Self-Publishers
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2014
- 2013 eBook Cover Design Winners
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2014
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2013
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2013
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2013
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2013
- Looking for the Perfect Book Cover Design? The Crowd at 99designs.com Has You Covered
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, August 2013
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2013
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2013
- The Art of the Book Cover with Laura Duffy, Designer
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2013
- 7 Secrets to Writing Persuasive Back Cover Sales Copy
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2013
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2013
- Vote for a New eBook Cover Design Award Badge
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2013
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2013
- Why You Should Judge a Book By Its Cover
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2012
- A Book Cover’s Evolution—Embrace of the Daimon
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2012
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2012
- Top 5 Goals for your Book or eBook Cover
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2012
- e-book Cover Design Awards, August 2012
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, July 2012
- eBook Cover Design Award Guest Judges
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, June 2012
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, May 2012
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, April 2012
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2012
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2012
- Book Cover Design and the Problem of Symbolism
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2011
- Print and e-Book Covers, a Matter of Resolution
- 3 Secrets to e-Book Cover Design Success
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, November 2011
- e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2011
- e-Book Cover File Size Specifications
- Monthly e-Book Cover Design Awards
- Book Cover Design Symposium in Your Inbox
- Self-Publishing Bang for the Buck
- 15 Ebook Covers: Success and Failure in the Kindle Store
- The Art of Illusion: Creating Book Cover Art for Joanna Penn’s Pentecost
- Top 8 Cover Design Tips for Self-Publishers
- 4 Incredible Free Sources for Photos to Use in Your Book or Blog
- 3 Ways Self-Publishers Fail at Cover Design
- Project Focus: Book Cover Design for The Spirit of the River
- 2D or not 2D? That is the Question
E-Books & Readers
- 2015 eBook Cover Design Winners
- Pew Study Warns: Your Smartphone May Have Eaten Your E-Reader
- New: Pre-Orders on Apple iBooks Without “Assets”
- Updating Your Ebook After Publication
- Dropcards for e-Books: Digital Downloads with a Difference
- Ebooks Now and In the Future: Interview with Tracy Atkins
- [Video] What’s Up At BookBaby.com? Interview with Steven Spatz
- Ebooks: What a Long Strange Trip
- Six Things You Should Be Including in Your EBook (and Probably Aren’t)
- E-books For Real: E-book Gift Cards from Livrada and Enthrill
- eBook Cover Design Award Badge Winner
- eBook Cover Design Awards Coming Tomorrow
- Is It Worth Converting an Old Book Into an eBook?
- Typography in Kindle? Yes, we can
- eBook Cover Design Awards, January 2012
- Print Books: The New Vanity Publishing?
- Real eBooks: Are We Still in the Stone Age?
- Lee Foster’s Ebook Publishing Revolution, Part 2
- Lee Foster’s Ebook Publishing Revolution
- Video: Brian Felsen of BookBaby.com on the Future of e-Books
- My Incredible Journey from Print to Indie e-Book Author
- Book Designer Travel Day
- Amazon Kindle Fire: Setting the Tablet World Ablaze?
- ePub, ePub Everywhere, What's a Blogger to Do?
- The 40k Books Keyword Interview on The Future of the Book
- Independent Publishing: That's Evolution!
- e-Book Cover Design Awards: Do We Need Them?
- 10 Things You Should Know About e-Book Formatting
- TheBookDesigner Blog Stats and Coming Attractions
- Apple, iOS5 and the Holy Grail for Users
- Smartphone e-Reader App Reviews: Kindle by Amazon
- Top 10 Best Resource Guides for e-Book Authors
- e-Book Sales on Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch: A 73-Second Seminar
- Smartphone e-Reader App Reviews: Google Books by Google
- At the (San Francisco) Bay Area Editors' Forum
- Smartphone e-Reader App Reviews: Stanza by Lexcycle
- Fiction vs. Nonfiction E-Book Pricing in the Kindle Store
- Joanna Penn's Step-by-Step Guide to E-Book Publishing
- Apple's Incredible iPad, One Year In
- iPad Wallpaper
- Getting Started with Barnes & Noble's Pubit!—A Mini-Tutorial
- Making eBook Conversion Decisions
- Instant Gratification: Books Meet Kindle Publishing
- Smartphones: The Next Home of the Ebook?
- Need Ebook Conversions? Check the Ebook Conversion Services Directory
- Getting Up to Speed with eBooks—4 Videos
- Seth Godin, Rupert Murdoch and Apple Make the News of the Day
- Apple iPad: Top Technology/Publishing Story of 2010
- Google eBookstore: Your Next Sales Platform?
- Apple iPad and Life on the Cloud
- 6 Keys to Self-Publishing Success in the Age of the Ebook
- The Ebooks are Coming! the Ebooks are Coming!
- E-Book Readers: Retailers Load Up Their Shelves
- Sundman: Friedlander on the Future of Publishing
- The Writer’s iPad: Apple’s Pages Does Words & Layout
- A Tale of Two E-Books
- Apple’s Pages ePub Export: First Look
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Ebooks and Ebook Readers
- Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iPad: Could Chris Brogan Be Wrong?
- Will Apple Sell 12 Million iPads This Year?
- Storyist Software Offers Easy ePub to Self-Publishers
- The E-Book in 2020: What’s On Your Wishlist?
- Wired Magazine and VQR: 2 Ways to iPad
- Apple iPad Chronicles: 5 Apps for Self-Publishers
- Managing Your eBook Library with Calibre
- Apple iPad, the New Mall of America?
- Books on the iPad’s iBookstore
- MyPad
Editorial
- Working with (Those Dreaded) Editors
- Beta Readers vs Editors vs ARCs
- Editing for Frugal Self-Publishers
- Get Ready, Get Set, Go Publish That Novel
- Editorial Assessments: Finding Music in the Noise
- Do You Know Where Your ISBNs Are? (Free Logbook Download)
- Copyediting: It Doesn’t End With Your Manuscript
- Copyediting or Proofreading? Getting the Most for Your Editing Dollar
- Whose Story Is It? Self-Editing for Point of View
- Top 5 Ways Authors Sabotage Their Own Book
- 5 Steps for Editing a Novel from the Inside Out
- Ascent of the Metadata
- Developmental Editing with Alan Rinzler [Video Interview]
- How to Find the Just-Right Freelance Editor
- 7 Deadly Myths and 3 Inspired Truths About Book Editing
- A Professional Editor Takes on Self-Editing
- 6 Ways Copyeditors Make Your Book Better
- Self-Publishing Basics: Introduction to Metadata
- Self-Publishers Beware
- A Book Editor Speaks: The Challenge of the First Chapters
- The No-Stress Way for Writers to Outline
- Fact and Fiction on the Copyright Page
- Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 04: Copyright Questions
- Making the Author-Editor Connection: The Importance of Being Edited
- How to Set Up Your Book on Bowkerlink for Books in Print
- How I'm Going To Book My Blog—And You Can Too
- The Big Problem With Blogging Your Book
- Avoiding the Deadly Scourge of Author’s Alterations
- 9 Book Design Tips that Authors Need to Know
- How Public Domain Publishing Can Grow Your Business
- Self-Publisher’s Quick Guide to Copyright: A Report
- The Secret to Successful Self-Publishing
- Top 10 Myths, Lies and Misinformation about Copyright
- What Every Writer Ought to Know about Fair Use and Copyright
- What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing
- How We Solved The “Rejection” Problem
- How to Create, Register and List Your New Publishing Company
- The 9 Best Funny and Helpful Blogs About Grammar
- Copyright Page Requirements for Books Printed Overseas
- Self Publishing Basics: How to Read an ISBN
Guest Posts
- Promote Your Book With a Shoestring Budget
- Grammar and Our Changing Society
- Kate Tilton Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- 6 Marketing Tips: Advice from a 12 Year Old Author
- Book Summaries Make Sales for Nonfiction Authors
- 5 Ways to Use Videos to Promote Authors and Their Books
- How to Make an Awesome Book Trailer (and Why!)
- What Indie Authors Need To Know Before Translating Books
- Sales Techniques to Help You Sell More Books
- Gone Fishing
- Smelling Roses
- Why Print Is the Future (and Always Was) for Some Books
- Start with Your Accordion Mostly Closed
- Street Teams: How to Run a Smooth and Successful Campaign
- Lee Foster Joins The Book Designer as a Contributing Writer
- Hackers Are Targeting Createspace Author Accounts
- The Writing-Marketing Balance
- 7 Essential Questions for Crowdfunding at Inkshares
- How to Create Merchandise for Books
- Top 5 Public Speaking Behaviors that Can Make You Appear Dishonest
- Authors: Invest in Swag to Sell or Give Away
- How to Use the Amazon Algorithm to Sell More Books
- SEO for Authors – Part 2
- How To Update Your Book Without Losing Your Reviews
- SEO for Authors – Part 1
- The Quest for Illustrators, Cartoonists, and Other Creative Professionals
- Are You a Swan? How to Overcome Book Marketing Overwhelm
- 3 Ways to Get Publicity For Your Book
- Why You Should Market to Grow Your Author Platform–Not to Sell Books
- Do You Have a Platform?
- It Takes a Village to Launch a Book
- Your Five-Minute Guide to Pricing Your Self-Published Book
- Core Message Marketing Toolkit: The Author’s Must-Have Power Tool!
- The Pro Bono Marketing Staff Every Self-Published Author Has at Their Fingertips
- The Most Important 15 Seconds in the Life of Your Book
- 11 Top Tips for Making Money from Your Writing and Photography in 2017
- Four Truths and Four Myths That Every New Novelist Should Know
- The Gearbox Method of Book Publishing
- Fiction Writers: A Simple Approach to Build a Better Email List
- Build Your Global Sales with Kobo Writing Life
- Amazon Giveth, Amazon Taketh Away and Now… Amazon Giveth Again!
- When Failure Isn’t an Option — How to Find Your Readers
- An Interview with Fauzia Burke, Author of Online Marketing for Busy Authors
- The What, Why, and How of Author Platforms
- 9 Steps to Getting Your Self-Published Books into Libraries
- Indie Authors: Focus on What Matters Most and Take Action Now
- 3 Mistakes You Made Writing Your First Book (and How Not to Make Them Again)
- The Importance of Keywords to Ranking Your Book on Amazon
- 7 Ways to Nail Your Author SEO in 2016
- 16 Paradoxes Created by Technology—Byting Off More than We Can Chew
- Writers, Are You Willing to Play the Waiting Game?
- The A-B-C-D Formula for Irresistible Nonfiction Book Titles
- National Novel Writing Month — Who Should Try and Why
- Pay-What-You-Want Pricing: Does It Work for Books?
- How to Succeed with Your Blogged Book or Booked Blog Project
- 14 Ways to Crash Your Book Launch – Authors, DO NOT Try This at Home
- How I Used Twitter to Find a Literary Agent, Grow My Business and Fall In Love
- 15 Essential Time-saving Tools for Busy Writers
- Authors: Increase Your Success Rate with Book Buyers
- After-Hours Number and Your Personal Email in Your Press Release?
- Fiction Writers: How to Find Your Ideal Reader
- Nonfiction Authors: How to Find Your Ideal Reader
- Top 7 Ways Authors Are Using Instagram
- Your Book Landing Page—Can’t-Miss Headline Writing Secrets (and Mistakes to Avoid)
- The Potential Perils and Pitfalls of Signing with a Small Press – And How to Avoid Them
- Be Accountable to the Muse: A Creative Approach to the Writer’s Production Plan
- 14 Definitions You Need to Know When Creating an Author Media Kit
- 6 Reasons You Should Self-Publish
- Self-Publishing: The Scenic Route
- 5 People You Need on Your Team When You Self-publish a Kids’ Book
- 6 Things to Consider When Writing Promotional Copy for Your Book
- 8 Essentials Tips for a Successful Book Reading by a Self-Published Author
- Google+ Hangouts For Authors
- Book Marketing for the Christian Marketplace
- The Best Time NOT to Self Publish? Never!
- How I Assembled My Own Self-Publishing Team
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Book Publishing with Createspace
- How to Profit from Your Content by Thinking Outside the Book
- Nina Amir, Frances Caballo, Jason Kong, Corina Koch Macleod / Carla Douglas, and Jason Matthews Join the Book Designer as Contributing Writers
- Indie Publisher: The New Publishing Entrepreneur
- When to Self-Publish: A Publisher’s Perspective
- 7 Tips for Indie Authors to Thrive Together: Care and Feeding of Your Writers’ Collective
- How AK Booster Can Help Your Books Stand Out on Amazon
- Why Self-Publishers Should Go it Alone, Together
- I Want to Make You Famous
- To Succeed as an Author, Get Your ASK Out There!
- Overcome Writing Failure With a Personalized Writing Plan
- Do You Need a Social Media Manager?
- Self-Publishing 101: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!
- How to Write a Good Book in 30 Days
- How to use Pinterest to Promote Your Book
- 4 Time-Saving Social Media Tips for Authors
- How Searchable are Your Book’s Title and Subtitle?
- 6 Ways Twitter Lists Can Help Build Your Author Platform
- How to Sell Books From Your Website: Top 3 E-commerce Solutions for Authors
- 4 Must-Know Tips to Reach Your Writing and Publishing Goals
- 7 Reasons Why Social Media Isn’t Growing Your Fiction Readership (And What to Do About Them)
- Three Easy Steps to Selling a LOT More Books and Information Products
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Book Shepherds, Part 2
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Book Shepherds, Part 1
- Keys to Understanding Amazon’s Algorithms
- 5 Successful Marketing Strategies For Fiction Authors
- 5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Start Building Your Fanbase
- New Crowdfunding Options for Authors from Pubslush.com
- The Art of Setting Goals: It’s Not Always “Go Big or Go Home”
- Do You Know These 9 Huge Opportunities Even Smart Authors Miss?
- The 4 Best Strategies for Savvy Self-Publishers
- Writers: It’s Time to Think About Taxes
- Why Even a Novelist Should Know How to Write Strong Copy
- 10 Things I’ve Learned About Self-Publishing
- 5 Reasons It’s Hard to Market Indie Fiction and What to Do About It
- Manuscript Critiques—A Help or a Hindrance?
- How Twitter Hashtags Help Authors Find Readers
- Guide to Book Launch and Advance Sales Strategies with CreateSpace and Lulu
- From Author To Entrepreneur: How to turn your knowledge into multimedia products
- The 5 Keys to Pain-Free Book Promotion
- Case Study: Adventures in Publishing
- Blog2Book: Making the Most of Your Material
- Are You Making These 7 Book Marketing Mistakes?
- Adding Google Analytics Tracking Code to WordPress
- 3 Really Good Self-Publishing Ideas and 5 Hilariously Bad Ones
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Work with a Pro Book Designer
- How Plugins Can Take Your Author Website from Okay to Outstanding
- 4 Quick Tips for Authors to Get Website Traffic Fast!
- Creating an Author Brand to Boost Your Platform
- The 8 Steps on My Publishing Journey
- My Path to The Edge of Maybe
- How to Test Market Your Book Idea with a Blog
- Self Publishing on Unwavering Faith
- 7 Ways to Mine Blog Posts into Publishable Gold
- Overcoming Obstacles to Create an Author Blog
- Authors: How to Be a Great Radio Interview
- Leaving Story Avenue: One Author’s Tale of Going Indie
- Authors Can’t Be Too Pooped to Market!
- 5 Guaranteed Ways to Get Your Book into Bookstores
- Analytics: Three Keys to Building Your Author Platform
- Branding: Where Marketing and Writing Become Friends
- The Secret to Schmooze Book Marketing
- 5 Top Tools for Promoting Your Book on Twitter
- Playing Tag the Self-Publisher Way
- Self-Publishing a Craft Beading Book in Full Color at CreateSpace
- How to Choose the Best Method for Publishing Your Book
- Dear Author: Deciding on a Voice
- Do Writers Really Need a Book Business Plan?
- Book Review: Virtual Book Tour Magic by Dana Lynn Smith
- What Authors Need to Know About Virtual Book Tours
- Notes from a Self-Publishing "Success Story"
- Second Life: Virtual Book Promotion and Word of Mouth
- How to Get Started Mind Mapping Your Book (and everything else)
- Writers: How to Open With a Bang!
- If I Were You: The Journey of a Book
- An Author's Guide to Book Birthers, Book Shepherds and other Consultants
- The Power of Persistence in Indie Publishing
- Guest Blogging Success Podcast Series: Personalizing your Guest Blogging Strategy
- Self-Publishers Speak: Weaving Your Safety Net Mid-leap
Interior Design
Interviews
- Surviving Difficult Times and Blog News: Interview with Joel Friedlander
- Thursday: Meet Dave Chilton, Master Publisher and Book Marketer
- Interview: Andrea Ring on Becoming a Bestselling Author (and Her Experience with Promoter Rebecca Hamilton)
- Be the Gateway: The Dan Blank Interview
- Creative Visualization for Writers: Nina Amir Interview
- Publicity for Authors: My Interview with Dana Kaye
- 5 Questions on Self-Publishing Success, the Peecho.com Interview
- The 0s&1s Interview: Self-Publishing and the Art of Commerce
- What Makes an Authorpreneur? I Tell My Story
- APE-ing Your Book with Guy Kawasaki [Audio]
- Georgia Deaver: Master of Pen and Brush
- Audio: Interview with Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound
- What’s New at Lulu.com? Video Interview with Sarah Gilbert
- Video: Dan Blank of We Grow Media on Challenges for Authors
- Tom Evans and The Art and Science of Lightbulb Moments [Video]
- Interview: Sally Collings Talks Book Marketing with TheBookDesigner
- Self-Publishing and Distribution: Jacqueline Simonds of Beagle Bay Books, Part 2
- Self-Publishing and Distribution: Jacqueline Simonds of Beagle Bay Books, Part 1
- Self-Publisher with Drive: The Amazing Tania McCartney
- Lee Foster’s iPhone Book-Apps: Little Guys Can Win
- Bowker’s Andy Weissberg on ISBNs and the Future of the Book
- Where Beauty Meets Art: An Interview with Jennifer Robin, Author of Growing More Beautiful
- Interview with Chris Finlan, Author of Not A Fire Exit
Journey of a Book
Legal Issues
- Monday Mailbag: ISBNs, Barcodes, Copyright, Book Design and more
- Tricks and Traps of Using Real People in Your Writing, Part 1: The Right of Publicity
- My Top 7 Tips For Authors Who Want to Evolve into Book Publishers
- Monday Mailbag: Self-Publishing Questions & Answers
- 7 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Self-Publishing Company
- Monday Mailbag, Self-Publishing Questions and Answers
- Monday Mailbox, Questions and Answers on Self-Publishing
- Wednesday Mailbag: Answers to 18 Self-Publishing Questions
- 5 Top Legal Issues for Authors and Self-Publishers
- Mailbag Monday With Answers to your Self-Publishing Questions
- The Subsidy Author's Bill of Rights
- New: Self-Publisher’s Quick & Easy Guides
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Planning Your Book
- Creative Commons: What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know
- Fair Use, The Rights of Personality, and Unintended Consequences
Marketing
- 5 Tips for Popular Posts on Your Author Blog
- Use Snapseed to Edit Social Media Photos and More
- Seth Godin’s Marketing in 5 Steps (for Authors)
- A Novelist’s Anguished Cry—Can You Help?
- Have You Pre-Sold Your Book?
- Does Anyone Care About Your Book?
- 15 Reasons Why Your Book Isn’t Selling
- Trapped in the Fire and Fury of the World’s Greatest Book Launch
- Book Reviews for Self-Published Authors: A Primer
- Discoverability: Go Wide
- World’s Shortest Book Marketing Plan
- Top 15 Tips for Webinar Wannabes
- 7 Signs Your Book is “Professionally Published”
- Brexit: Twilight of the Experts?
- Anatomy of the Bonus: Checklists, Cheatsheets, Worksheets, and More
- Book Launches, High Anxiety, and a Free Webinar on Thursday
- Eleven Ways to Get Better Book Reviews for Your Novel
- Authors and Internet Marketing + Links
- New: The Book Launch Toolkit, A Boon for Self-Published Authors
- How to Grow Your Audience & Sell More Books with an Email Newsletter: Free Webinar with Dan Blank
- The Biggest Business Mistake I Ever Made
- 3 Ways For Self-Publishers to Break Into the Public Library Market
- Quick Book Marketing Tips for Fiction and Nonfiction Authors
- What Every Indie Author Needs to Know About Their Book’s Landing Page [Free Webinar Invitation]
- Webinar: The Indie Author’s Guide to Creating a Killer Media Kit
- The Mindset of Successful Self-Publishers
- Why Building an Email List is Essential for Authors
- 7 Top eBook Blog Tour Sites
- How an Email List Can Foster Reader Engagement
- How to Build an Awesome and Relevant Twitter Following in 6 Minutes a Day
- Why Your Book Pitch Matters (Even If You’re Self-Published)
- Can Fonts Make or Break Your Author Branding?
- What J.K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith Can Teach Us About Author Platform
- 12 Tips for Successful Book Launch Parties
- #indiechat Book Launch: An Evening in Tweets
- 3 Ways Google Analytics Helps You Engage With Your Readers
- Planning Your Book Launch, an IBPA Webinar
- Do You Write Memoir or Self-Help? Life at the Inflection Point
- Authors Unplugged: Smart Book Marketing Includes Going Offline
- Google+ Communities Create New Networks for Authors and Publishers
- This Week in the Blogs, December 16 – 22, 2012
- How to Embed a Twitter Tweet Into Your Blog Post
- This Week in the Blogs, November 11 – 17, 2012
- Top 5 Reasons Nonfiction Authors Should Be Speakers, Too
- Authors, Gather Your Tribe on Twitter
- Social Media Got You Down? New Webinar Can Help
- Quick Tips for Contests & Giveaways
- The Only 2 Things Authors Ought to be Doing
- Twitter for the Absolutely Terrified Newbie Author
- Indie Book Publishers: How Do You Use Your Website?
- The Biggest Secret of Book Marketing Success
- The Hub and Outpost Method of Social Media Marketing
- How to Find Out What Readers Want
- Should Authors Pay for Book Reviews?
- Authors: It’s All About Book Marketing
- “What’s Up With Self-Publishing?” Program in San Francisco Tomorrow
- Video: Bookstore Distribution
- Video: The Book Marketing Continuum
- Yo, Author, You Spamming Me?? Cut it Out!
- 2012 Book Sales Strong for Both Print and eBooks
- Finding People to Read, Review and Recommend Your Book
- Answers to Book Discount Questions
- 12 Steps to Blog Tour Success
- Video: John Kremer on Book Marketing in 2012
- How to Get Testimonials for Your Self-Published Book
- Author Blogging 101: Video Interview Tools & Tips
- Twitter: Top 5 Ways to Find Your Tribe
- Author Outreach from CreateSpace: Pitch 2.0
- The Case of the $0.49 Print Book
- Google+: Do Writers Need It?
- 30 Book Awards for Self-Published Authors
- Should Authors be Salespeople?
- Your Author Platform: It's Not About You!
- 6 Meta Tips for Book Marketing Success
- Top 8 Tactics to Power Your Online Book Launch
- Niche Publishing and the Power of the Few
- What is a Writer's MVP?
- Basics of Book Marketing for the Beginning Self-Publisher, Part 3
- Basics of Book Marketing for the Beginning Self-Publisher, Part 2
- Basics of Book Marketing for the Beginning Self-Publisher, Part 1
- Cory Doctorow and the Reality of Bookselling
- What Self-Publishers Can Learn From Restaurant Impossible
- 6 Simple SEO Tips for Authors
- 9 Free Twitter Stats Analytics Services
- Self-Publishing, Yes and No
- BAIPA July 2011: Mastering Social Media for Authors with Cynthia Sue Larson
- Metadata for Self-Publishers, Part 1
- 9 Ways to Market Your Book With No Money
- Twenty-Five Ways for Writers to Take Action
- What Niche Marketers Can Learn from Rachel Maddow
- Author Blogging: Questions and Answers via @BookBuzzr
- 12 Easy Steps to The Making of a Book Trailer
- Your 10 Step Plan for Becoming a Twitter Star
- Book Marketing: Have You Tried a Sample Interview?
- Find Your Avatar: the Secret to Copy that Connects With Readers, Part 2
- Find Your Avatar: the Secret to Copy that Connects With Readers
- The Learning Sequence and Why It Matters to Nonfiction Authors
- Your Book Launch: Soft or Hard?
- A Self-Publisher's Companion Now Available in Print and e-Book Formats
- A Self-Publisher's Journey: Levi Montgomery
- Bookstore Blues, Or You Better Learn Your Keywords, Friend
- Book Marketing: Your Online Press Kit
- Author Blogging: Guest Posting and an Invitation
- Book Launch Media Kit—Using Your Testimonials
- How to Write a Press Release—A Mini-Tutorial
- Competition
- How I’m Going to Book my Blog—Getting Testimonials
- Metadata for the Tweeps: Twitter Hashtags
- Keyword Fun with Google's Wonder Wheel
- Positioning Yourself as an Expert Author
- Pitchapalooza Comes to Book Passage in Corte Madera, California
- How Self-Publishing Changes the Bond Between Readers and Writers
- Let Shoppers Sample Your Book on Amazon
- How Nonfiction Authors Can Profit With E-Learning
- Guest Post: My Book Launch
- Self-Published Books: What Does it Take to Really “Make It”?
- 17 Ways for Writers to Publish Their Content
- 6 Tips for Getting Your Book onto Bookstore Shelves
- 1000 Words
- Welcome to Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies
- Self-Publishers Start Here: Marketing Your Book
- Seven Things to Look For In a Virtual Author Assistant
- Author Branding: The You That Is Everywhere
- Attention Authors: Your Site Needs Help!
- How Authors Can Use Article Marketing: Ezinearticles.com Metrics
- 10 Steps for Authors Who Want to Get Started on Twitter
- Top 5 Reasons Authors Shouldn’t Blog Their Books
- How Authors Can Use Article Marketing: Linking Strategies
- What Does Distribution Really Mean for Self-Publishers?
- 2 Things All Content Creators Can Do
- How Authors Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing: Sourcing Content
- How Self-Publishers Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing, Part 2
- Self-Publishing Basics: Understanding Book Discounts
- How Self-Publishers Can Sell More Books with Article Marketing, Part 1
- How To Write Book Titles for People & Robots
- Chris Finlan—From Page One to ‘Take One’ in Less than a Year
- Independence in The Era of the Aggregators
- Authors Are Blogging, Are You?
- This Week in the Blogs, May 9 – 15, 2010
- Author Platform: New Free Copywriting Resource from Brian Clark
- Scribe: Supercharge Your Search Engine-Oriented Writing
- How Apple’s App Store is Changing Bookselling
- Indie Bookstores & Indie Publishers—On The Same Page?
- How to Market Your Self-Published Book—A Plan by Bill Quain
- How Nonfiction Self-Publishers Can Become Keyword Naturals
- Getting Started with Scribd.com
- Why Self-Publishing Is a Long-Tail Business
- Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For?
- Annual Get Published! Workshop Coming March 13
- The New Marketing: Carol White at BAIPA
- Amazon and Macmillan In Dispute over E-Books: Was It Something Apple’s iPad Said?
- 10 Ways Authors Can Find More Blog Readers
- How I Sold 10,000 Copies of My Self-Published Book
- 15 Questions, and Why Everything is a Niche: At a Local Indie Publishing Group Meeting
- 6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Self-Publishing Career
- Is It Time to Kill “Jerry”?
- The New Self-Publisher
- What Hasn’t Changed in Self-Publishing
- Self-Publishing Review New Guest Post
- How To Use Twitter in 5 Minutes for Small and Independent Publishers
Podcasts
Project Focus
Reports
Reviews
- This Week in the Blogs, September 3 – 9, 2016
- Call for Reviewers
- New Books From Dan Blank and Josh Hanagarne
- Seth Godin’s Poke the Box, Doubt, and the Will to Publish
- Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields
- OmmWriter Dana: My Second-Favorite Writing Program of All Time
- Low-tech
- Review: #Book Title Tweet by Roger C. Parker
- Writer For iPad by Oliver Reichenstein & Information Architects
- Self-Publishing Book Review: Publishize! by Susan Daffron
- When Is a Book Review Not a Book Review?
- A Look at the Nook: No, It’s Not a Book!
Samples
Self Publishing Basics
Self-Publishing
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #123
- This Week in the Blogs, December 10 – 16, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, December 3 – 9, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, November 26 – December 2, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #122
- This Week in the Blogs, November 12 – 18, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, November 5 – 11, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, October 29 – November 4, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #121
- This Week in the Blogs, October 15 – 21, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, October 8 – 14, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, October 1 – 7, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, September 24 – 30, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #120
- This Week in the Blogs, September 10 – 16, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, September 3 – 9, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, August 27 – September 2, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #119
- This Week in the Blogs, August 13 – 19, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, August 6 – 12, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, July 30 – August 5, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #118
- This Week in the Blogs, July 17 – 22, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, July 10 – 16, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, July 3 – 9, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #117
- This Week in the Blogs, June 12 – 18, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, June 6 – 12, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, May 29 – June 4, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #116
- This Week in the Blogs, May 15 – 21, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, May 8 – 14, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, May 1 – 7, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, April 24 – 30, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #115
- This Week in the Blogs, April 3 – 9, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, March 27 – April 2, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #114
- This Week in the Blogs, March 13 – 19, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, March 6 – 12, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, February 29 – March 5, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, February 21 – 27, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #113
- This Week in the Blogs, February 7 – 13, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, February 1 – 6, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, January 24 – 30, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #112
- This Week in the Blogs, January 10 – 16, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, January 3 – 9, 2020
- This Week in the Blogs, December 27, 2019 – January 2, 2020
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #111
- This Week in the Blogs, December 6 – 12, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, November 29 – December 5, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, November 22 – 28, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #110
- This Week in the Blogs, November 8 – 14, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, November 1 – 7, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, October 25 – 31, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #109
- This Week in the Blogs, October 11 – 17, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, October 4 – 10, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, September 27 – October 3, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #108
- This Week in the Blogs, September 13 – 19, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, September 7 – 12, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, August 31 – September 6, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, August 24 – 30, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #107
- This Week in the Blogs, August 10 – 16, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, August 3 – 9, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, July 27 – August 2, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #106
- This Week in the Blogs, July 13 – 19, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, July 6 – 12, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, June 29 – July 5, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, June 22 – 28, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #105
- This Week in the Blogs, June 8 – 14, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, June 1 – 7, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, May 25 – 31, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #104
- This Week in the Blogs, May 11 – 17, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, May 4 – 10, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, April 27 – May 3, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #103
- This Week in the Blogs, April 13 – 19, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, April 6 – 12, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, March 30 – April 5, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #102
- This Week in the Blogs, March 16 – 22, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, March 9 – 15, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, March 2 – 8, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, February 23 – March 1, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #101
- This Week in the Blogs, February 9 – 15, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, February 2 – 9, 2019
- Wow! 100 Issues of Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies
- This Week in the Blogs, January 26 – February 1, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #100
- This Week in the Blogs, January 12 – 18, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, January 5 – 11, 2019
- This Week in the Blogs, December 29, 2018 – January 4, 2019
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #99
- This Week in the Blogs, December 8 – 14, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, December 1 – 7, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, November 24 – 30, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #98
- This Week in the Blogs, November 10 – 16, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, November 3 – 9, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, October 27 – November 2, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #97
- This Week in the Blogs, October 13 – 19, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, October 6 – 12, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, September 29 – October 5, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #96
- This Week in the Blogs, September 15 – 21, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, September 8 – 14, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, September 1 – 7, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, August 25 – 31, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #95
- This Week in the Blogs, August 11 – 17, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, August 4 – 10, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, July 28 – August 3, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #94
- This Week in the Blogs, July 14 – 20, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, July 7 – 13, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, June 30 – July 6, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, June 23 – 29, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #93
- This Week in the Blogs, June 9 – 15, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, June 2 – 8, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, May 26 – June 1, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #92
- This Week in the Blogs, May 12 – 18, 2018
- Helping Senior Citizens Self-Publish
- This Week in the Blogs, May 4 – 11, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, April 28 – May 4, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #91
- This Week in the Blogs, April 14 – 20, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, April 7 – 13, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, March 31 – April 6, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, March 24 – 30, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #90
- This Week in the Blogs, March 3 – 9, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, February 24 – March 2, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #89
- This Week in the Blogs, February 10 – 16, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, February 3 – 9, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, January 27 – February 2, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #88
- This Week in the Blogs, January 13 – 19, 2018
- This Week in the Blogs, January 6 – 12, 2018
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #87
- This Week in the Blogs, December 9 – 15, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, December 2 – 8, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, November 28 – December 1, 2017
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #86
- Make Your Own Self-Publisher’s Survival Kit
- This Week in the Blogs, November 11 – 17, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, November 4 – 10, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, October 28 – November 3, 2017
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #85
- This Week in the Blogs, October 14 – 20, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, October 7 – 13, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, September 30 – October 6, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, September 23 – 29, 2017
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #84
- This Week in the Blogs, September 9 – 15, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, September 2 – 8, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, August 26 – September 1, 2017
- Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #83
- This Week in the Blogs, August 12 – 18, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, August 5 – 11, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, July 29 – August 4, 2017
- Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #82
- This Week in the Blogs, July 15 – 21, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, July 8 – 14, 2017
- This Week in the Blogs, July 1 – 7, 2017
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