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Is Offset Printing the Future for Indie Authors?

by Joel Friedlander on February 12, 2018 17 Comments

Self-published authors have ridden to fame and fortune on the wings of two technologies: e-books, and the hybrid print book production-distribution method known as print on demand. Each of these technologies reduces the financial risk inherent in book publishing. This is especially important for print books, where print on demand has eliminated the need for […]

Filed Under: Book Construction Blueprint, Book Printing, Book Production Tagged With: Book Construction Blueprint, offset printing

Free: Expert Advice for Producing Print Books in the New Book Construction Blueprint

by Joel Friedlander on October 9, 2017 10 Comments

Are you including print books in your publishing strategy, or do you think you might want to do that someday? Good news. I’ve partnered with BookBaby, the ebook distributor and publishing services vendor, to make my new book available to anyone who wants it for free. That’s pretty generous, don’t you think? There’s a link […]

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Printing, Book Production Tagged With: AskMax Designs, Book Construction Blueprint, BookBaby, Kathryn Mazur, Steven Spatz

This Week in the Blogs, September 30 – October 6, 2017

by Shelley Sturgeon on October 8, 2017 2 Comments

Blogs for Self-Publishers, September 30 – October 6, 2017 including Anne R. Allen, David Wogahn, Grace Tierney, Erika Liodice, Sandra Beckwith, Dean Wesley Smith and Amy Collins

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: Amy Collins, Anne R. Allen, blogging, Book Construction Blueprint, David Wogahn, Dean Wesley Smith, Erika Liodice, Grace Tierney, Sandra Beckwith, Self-Publishing

Book Construction Blueprint, Creativity, WriteWell Writer’s Journals–An Update

by Joel Friedlander on August 28, 2017 5 Comments

An update on projects including the WriteWell Writer’s Journal, Book Construction Blueprint, and Creativity

Filed Under: Project Focus, Writing Tagged With: Book Construction Blueprint, creativity, WriteWell Writer's Journal

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