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Publishing Your Ebook Is Changing on Smashwords

by Lee Foster on May 13, 2022 28 Comments

If you want to distribute your ebook through Amazon directly and then also to “every ebook vendor beyond Amazon,” Smashwords is my recommended choice.

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Lee Foster, self publishing, Self-Publishing, Smashwords

Amazon Kindle: 4 Big Ways Publishing Your Book Is Changing

by Lee Foster on March 10, 2022 23 Comments

There’s nothing like actually going through the publishing process on Amazon Kindle, again, to refresh yourself on our rapidly changing self-pub world.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, Lee Foster, Self-Publishing

10 Top Posts from The Book Designer for 2019

by Shelley Sturgeon on January 9, 2020 3 Comments

In the January tradition of looking back at the previous year, today I’d like to invite you to take a look back at some of our top posts for 2019.

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Contributing Writers, Guest Posts Tagged With: Amy Collins, Andrea Reider, David Kudler, Joan Stewart, Joel Friedlander, Judith Briles, Lee Foster, Nate Hoffelder, Sandra Bedkwith, Shelley Sturgeon

How to Use Ingramspark Self-Publishing

by Lee Foster on October 10, 2019 31 Comments

I continue our saga about a new upload of a self-pub book to the standard folks. What if you haven’t done this in the last couple of years? What’s new?

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: IngramSpark, Lee Foster

Embed Words in Your Photos for Discovery

by Lee Foster on August 1, 2019 3 Comments

A writer will likely have some relationship with photography. Learn how your photos get discovered and licensed because of words correctly embedded in them.

Filed Under: Marketing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: adobe photoshop, author photographs, digital photography, Lee Foster

Traditional Publishing vs Self-Publishing: A 2020 Vision

by Lee Foster on June 27, 2019 11 Comments

What are the prospects for both traditional and self-publishing strategies in 2020? Here is a succinct vision of our book publishing future.

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: future of the book, Lee Foster, Self-Publishing, traditional publishing

Can You Sell Your Books in Bite (Byte) Size Chunks?

by Lee Foster on May 23, 2019 11 Comments

Selling books is not getting easier. Would offering your book in small bites rather than the whole enchilada be a beneficial strategy?

Filed Under: Marketing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Lee Foster, selling books

Book Publishing: Are You Keeping Up? – Part 2

by Lee Foster on April 11, 2019 36 Comments

Book publishing practices are evolving quickly. Are we clearly seeing the big trends? Are we positioning ourselves successfully?

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Lee Foster, Self-Publishing

Book Publishing: Are You Keeping Up? – Part 1

by Lee Foster on March 14, 2019 18 Comments

Book publishing practices are evolving quickly. Are we clearly seeing the big trends? Are we positioning ourselves successfully?

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Lee Foster, self publishing

Could You Make (And Even Sell) Your Own Photos?

by Lee Foster on February 7, 2019 13 Comments

You use photos for your blog, articles, social media, and illustrations in your books. Could you create those photos and maybe even sell them to others?

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: adobe photoshop, digital color photography, digital photography, Lee Foster

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