Wow! I am so honored to have won a CIPA EVVY Merit Award for Interior Layout/Design on the book I designed for Nancy Libbey Mills’ The Star Bright Factory! Thanks to Nancy for choosing me to do her book design.
Watch my YouTube video to find out why I do NOT think that you should sell your book on your website. Rather, I encourage my clients to simply link to their book’s product page on Amazon. Watch the video for my reasoning!
More and more, I see new self-publishers concerned with making sure that their books are registered properly, and everything is done in order to avoid problems and confusion when selling their books. This is a great thing! Especially with the advance of the Internet, it is now easier than ever to self-publish your book the right way. One question that keeps popping up is whether or not you need an...
One of the biggest mistakes that can be seen in self-published print books, is in the choice of typefaces. There is no bigger decision that you can make in designing a book than picking the typeface. A book is a long reading experience, and as a book publisher or a writer, we want our books to be as easy to read as possible. Many fonts lend themselves to book design...
Here is a quick checklist of the steps you will need to take if you are going to self-publish your book. 1. Write your manuscript. 2. Have your manuscript proofread and then edited by a professional editor. 3. Buy an ISBN and request a Library of Congress Number. 4. Send your book interior designer your edited manuscript, ISBN #, and LOC #. 5. When your interior designer has laid out...
I need to take this advice myself. Take a look at this article (especially #8), and give it a shot! Post a comment on your results. Did the quietness drive you crazy? Did it spark a new book idea? Let me know! Title: 10 Important Reasons to Start Making Time for Silence, Rest and Solitude By: Thai Nguyen, HuffPost Healthy Living Article Snippet: It’s amazing how tuned out we become to the...
On Deborah L. Jacobs personal finance column at Forbes.com, Paul Jarvis wrote a guest post about my favorite topic! Self-publishing with Amazon. He outlines and details a How-to guide for those considering self-publishing. Amazon is such a great tool for indie-authors. It is also a great way to get your book out there with as little out of pocket expense as possible. Once you start gaining some momentum – there...
How a Self-Published Author Went from Zero Sales to Mainstream Success
Every author looks for the secret to success in selling their books. Whether it’s hearing you need to do book signings, or participating in Amazon’s KDP program, or doing speaking engagements – every successful author is successful utilizing different methods. You have to find the method that works for you, and for your personality. Here is another take from an author who self-published and couldn’t sell a copy of his...
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