Are You Trying to Create an “Impossible” Book? discusses strategies for producing books that work and don’t work for self-publishers
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Print on Demand and Book Distribution Guides
Print on Demand and Book Distribution Guides are new parts of the Self-Publisher’s Quick & Easy Guides, targeted information resources for self-publishers
Amazon and Lightning Source: The End of an Era?
Amazon and Lightning Source: The End of an Era? With the change in how Amazon handles print on demand books, publishers are forced to adjust
How to Check Your Book Proof in 3 Simple Steps
How to Check Your Book Proof in 3 Simple Steps including a step by step process to approve the interior layout, the content, and the cover of your book
Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 03: Book Cover Wrap
This week’s video answers the question of how to calculate the size of your book cover wrap. A lot of people find this confusing, but about 8 minutes from now you will know the answer and get to see a cover come together on screen, you won’t want to miss that. Here I’m trying out […]
Should You Design Your Own Book? Pro and Con
Should Authors Design Their Own Books? Pro and Con with 5 top reasons to design your own book, and 5 top reasons to NOT design your own book.
Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 02
Saturday Q & A With the Book Designer 02 print on demand and how it works are explained in a mini-webinar including how the money flow works in print on demand
Subsidy Publishing: Proceed With Caution
Subsidy Publishing: Proceed With Caution presents two cautionary tales of authors with books that were destroyed by the publishers they paid to produce them
Book Marketing: Have You Tried a Sample Interview?
Book Marketing: Have You Tried a Sample Interview? Include it in your book launch media kit to guide editors and reviewers and to get more media attention
Good News, Bad News at the Mechanic's Institute Library in San Francisco
Good News, Bad News at the Mechanic’s Institute Library in San Francisco where a self-publishing group meets and where our blogger goes to give a presentation
