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Amazon is a Data Gathering and Filtering Tool

by Tracy Atkins on April 16, 2020 1 Comment

Amazon is an intelligent software system that not only stores a large catalog of products, but also stores sales and buyer preference information too.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Success Toolkit, Tracy Atkins

Amazon is a Search Engine–Make Your Book an Easy-to-Find Product

by Tracy Atkins on March 16, 2020 3 Comments

Think about Amazon as a search engine, instead of a retail store. Yes, Amazon is more like Google, than say Walmart in many fundamental ways.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Success Toolkit, Tracy Atkins

Special Formatting for Nonfiction Books in Microsoft Word – Part 3

by Tracy Atkins on February 3, 2020 1 Comment

Today I discuss how to deal with special formatting concerns specific to nonfiction books including citations and bibliographies.

Filed Under: Book Design, Contributing Writers Tagged With: book design templates, Tracy Atkins

Special Formatting for Nonfiction Books in Microsoft Word – Part 2

by Tracy Atkins on January 6, 2020 4 Comments

How to format nonfiction concerns such as indexes, footnotes and endnotes when using a Book Design Template.

Filed Under: Book Design, Contributing Writers Tagged With: book design, book design templates, Tracy Atkins

Special Formatting for Nonfiction Books in Microsoft Word

by Tracy Atkins on December 9, 2019 2 Comments

How to format nonfiction concerns such as subheads, quotations, bullet points and numbered lists when using a Book Design Template.

Filed Under: Book Design, Contributing Writers Tagged With: book design templates, book templates, nonfiction books, Tracy Atkins, Tracy R. Atkins

Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 3

by Tracy Atkins on November 11, 2019 10 Comments

In Part 3, learn how to format a table of contents, chapter name headers, page numbers and more using a template to prepare your manuscript for publication.

Filed Under: Book Design, Contributing Writers, Interior Design Tagged With: book design, book design templates, Tracy Atkins

Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 2

by Tracy Atkins on November 4, 2019 4 Comments

In Part 2, learn how to format drop caps, section breaks, and headers and footers using a template to prepare your manuscript for publication.

Filed Under: Book Design, Contributing Writers, Interior Design Tagged With: book design, book design templates, Tracy Atkins

Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication – Part 1

by Tracy Atkins on October 14, 2019 6 Comments

We’d like to re-introduction you to Book Design Templates technology and show you how easy it can be to design the interior of your book–and save money!

Filed Under: Book Design, Contributing Writers, Interior Design Tagged With: book design, book design templates, Tracy Atkins

Five Free “Must Use” Tech Tools for eBook Authors

by Joel Friedlander on June 8, 2015 24 Comments

Five Free “Must Use” Tech Tools for eBook Authors includes a review of 5 tools that will help ebook authors prepare and convert their ebooks for publication

Filed Under: Book Production, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Adobe Digital Editions, bookdesigntemplates.com, Calibre, ebook, Gimp, IDPF ePub Validator, Sigil, Tracy Atkins

Ebooks Now and In the Future: Interview with Tracy Atkins

by Joel Friedlander on March 2, 2015 8 Comments

Ebooks Now and In the Future: Interview with Tracy Atkins conducted by Nancy Herther from Information Today

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Guest Posts, Interviews Tagged With: eBooks, Information Today, Nancy Herther, Online Searcher, Tracy Atkins

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