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  • Audiobooks

    • Where to Find Free Audiobooks in 2021
    • Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #Audiblegate and the Audiobook Return Fiasco
    • An Audio Book Narrator’s Guide for Authors
    • ACX University and Audiobooks, with Hannah Wall and Kate Tilton [Interview]
    • Should You Hire a Computer to Narrate Your Audiobook?
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  • Author Blogging 101

    • Author Blogging: 5 Reasons to Start and 3 Ways to Do It Right
    • Top 10 Self-Publishing Blog Posts of 2018 on TheBookDesigner.com
    • Attention Bloggers: The Future of Book Publishing Has Arrived
    • Author Blogging 101: Your Quick Guide to Content Curation
    • Content Creation for Bloggers: 14 Kinds of Shareable Content
    • Content Creation for Bloggers: 3 Questions
    • How to Choose a Domain Name for Your Author Website
    • Author Blogging: Your Blog’s Comment Policy
    • Live Event: How to Sell Thousands of Books Using Your Blog with Yaro Starak
    • 22 Ways a Blog Can Sell Books
    • Making the Leap from Blogger to Book Author
    • Author Websites, Blogs, and Book Sales Pages
    • Authors: Blog Faster, Easier, and Get Better Results With Article Templates
    • 7 Traps Waiting for Successful Bloggers, (Part 2)
    • 7 Traps Waiting for Successful Bloggers, (Part 1)
    • Backlist Blogging—Why Blogging Is Like Book Publishing
    • How Research Sets the Stage for Blog Marketing
    • My Top 5 Metrics Tools for Evaluating Blogs
    • 5 Steps to Author Blogging Success
    • Why You Should Be Blogging Your Origin Story
    • Who Are You Blogging For? The Nimble Media Interview
    • Why Your Blog’s About Page Is Completely Wrong
    • Do You Know How to Avoid These 3 Blogging Mistakes?
    • Top 7 Strategies for Blog Marketing
    • 3 Ways to Turn Blog Failure Into Success
    • Author Blogging 101: How Long Should Your Blog Posts Be?
    • How Do You Know Whether Your Blog is Working? Interview with George Gill
    • Direct Marketing, Scottsdale Arizona, and Why a $10 Ebook Can Change Your Life
    • When Should We Add the (Book) Marketing?
    • Author Blogging 101: Introduction to SEO, Part 2
    • Author Blogging 101: Introduction to SEO, Part 1
    • Author Blogging 101: Converting Posts to Resource Pages
    • Author Blogging 101: Creating Income by Recommending Resources
    • Author Blogging 101: What’s Stopping You?
    • Blogging for Authors and How You Can Help
    • How Will You Be Useful in 2013?
    • Happy New Year, a Resolution, and a Request
    • Should Fiction Authors Be Bloggers?
    • How to Create an Endless Stream of Blog Post Ideas
    • How to Create Foundation Posts for Your Blog
    • A Community Means Getting a Response
    • A New (Free) Way to Sell Books from your Sidebar
    • Top 10 Tasks to Get Your Blog Ready for Prime Time
    • The Holy Trinity of Abundant Blog Traffic
    • Author Bloggingg 101: The Evolution of SPAM
    • 3 Free Photo Tools for Author Bloggers
    • Your Guide to 11 Kinds of WordPress Blog Pages
    • What Offer Does Your Author Blog Make?
    • 9 Keys to Blogging Success from A-List Bloggers
    • 15 Steps to Create Great Blog Videos
    • Secrets of Blog Posts that Get Tons of Comments
    • Author Blogging 101: 8 Blogging Styles You Can Use Today
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    • Author Blogging 101: Finding Time for Blogging
    • Author Blogging 101: Listening
    • Author Blogging 101: The Profit in Persistence
    • Author Blogging 101: Widgets, Sidebars and You
    • Author Blogging 101: Simple SEO for Authors, Part 1
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    • Author Blogging 101: Presenting Your Content
    • Author Blogging 101: 11 Reasons Your Blog Isn't Working
    • 6 Compelling Reasons Why Authors Need to Blog
    • How to Make Your Blog Readers Into Rabid Fans
    • Why Your Blog's "About" Page Matters
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  • Book Construction Blueprint

    • Is Offset Printing the Future for Indie Authors?
    • How to Create Artwork to Foil, Stamp, and Emboss Your Books
    • Book Title Pages: 500 Years of Inspiration
    • Why Self-Published Books Look Self-Published
    • Self-Publishing Basics: How to Organize Your Book’s Front Matter
    • How to Check Your Book Proof in 3 Simple Steps
    • Book Design for Self-Publishers: Workflow, Interior Design Stage
    • 4 Top Book Formatting Mistakes to Avoid
    • Book Design for Self-Publishers: Workflow Overview
    • Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 3
    • Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 1
    • Lightning Source Book Cover Templates for DIY Self-Publishers
    • Free Book Jacket Layout Template for DIY Self-Publishers
    • 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
    • Copyright Page Samples You Can Copy and Paste Into Your Book
    • 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
    • Self-Publishing Basics: The Copyright Page
    • Self-Publishing Basics: Deciphering the Bookland EAN Bar Code
    • Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads
    • How Long Should Your Book Be?
    • Self-Publishing Basics: A 5-Minute Guide to Copyright
    • 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
    • Self-Publishing Basics: Book Pagination For Fun and Profit
    • Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book
  • 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
    • The Epic Saga of WriteWell Journals: A Book Production Tale
    • 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

    • Apple iPad: E-Book Reading, Kindle-Killing, Business-Saving Product of the Century?
    • Does Anyone Actually Like eReaders?
  • 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

    • I Found a Book in My Garage; How a New Book Can Come Out of the Blue
  • 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

    • Podcast: Susan Daffron and James Byrd, Self-Publisher's Online Conference
    • Self-Publishing: Tutorials from the Trenches
  • Project Focus

    • Meeting the Muse—Flex Your Creativity Exercises
    • Creativity—You Are Absolutely Unique
    • Book Construction Blueprint, Creativity, WriteWell Writer’s Journals–An Update
  • 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

        • What is a Preface?
        • This Week in the Blogs, March 10 – 16, 2018
        • Monday Mailbag: ISBN, Copyright and More
        • Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 01
        • 8 Milestones to Self-Publishing Success
      • 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
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