Ed: This post is one of a series on Book Design for Self-Publishers. In the last article we looked at getting the raw materials for your book design project organized. Now it’s time to turn to the workflow for your book design project. Do you really need to pay...
Parking lots at the local food markets are filling up, there’s no denying we’re head first into the holiday season. Ebooks are on people’s minds, and we’re meeting more and more self-published authors, each with their own story. And it’s...
Last month on Publishing Perspectives, the useful news and discussion site, editor-in-chief Edward Nawotka asked the question, “When does a self-publisher constitute a publishing company?” At first you might be surprised someone would ask this question. I...
Do you know the one thing that defeats most self-publishers who try to break into national bookstore sales? It’s not bad editing, it’s not crummy cover design, and it’s not clumsy typesetting. No, the one thing that’s always defeated...
Back when I started this blog I really didn’t know what information would prove to be most useful to today’s self-publishers, or what would be the most popular. A couple of months in, once I had paused long enough to figure out Google’s Analytics...