Author Assist Packages Comparison
If you’re part-way into writing your book, it’s time to think about who is going to help put together your book and administrate it. This is a giant step but is often left to emotion and chance. So read our…
What Can I Expect to Make in Royalties as a First-Time Author?
“The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things.” (Lewis Carroll) Today’s unspeakable thing is what all new authors want to know: how much money will I make as a self-published author? Will it give me the…
How to Motivate Yourself to Write (and Finish) a Book
Towards the start of the new year, my thoughts turn to how authors can motivate themselves to write and finish a book. It pains me to think of all those amazing books going unpublished or hidden and not promoted, just…
Easy, Modern Book Promotion Tools
Lately I’ve been running into some amateur (yet very talented) self-published writers with little knowledge of book marketing. One serial self-publisher, an obvious talent, claimed that he was “hopeless” at marketing. No more! Here’s the low-down on easy book promotion…
Dip your Toe in… or Immerse in Publishing Books
This post is about how you cut your book success off at the knees when you don’t commit to the publishing process. It’s also about ensuring professional quality in all books you write. Freight Train truth coming… Publishing an eBook…
How to Plan and Write a Nonfiction Book Series
Even though I’ve been writing books for ten years, a distinct lack of planning has held me back. What about you? Can you discipline yourself to research, plan and write a nonfiction book series? I’m a non-expert who writes—and self-publishes—how-to…
Getting a New Book out to Australian Book Retailers: Problems!
Edited 8/11/18. I’m normally ‘cautiously optimistic’. But several niggles with distribution to Australian book retailers for those using Print on Demand (IngramSpark) have recently come to light. It’s time we authors said: this is ridiculous! In fact, I have just put in…
A Tale of the Printing Press and POD
In 1450, in the town of Pearlessence, Sir Rupert was talking to his lightly-paid servant, Eric. It seemed the world of technology had moved on without Sir Rupert, which young Eric was only too happy to point out. (Bear with…
Signs You’re Falling into an Author Support Solutions Trap
Lately, there have been a couple of client tales about the neverending saga of BP. Let’s just say BP, for legal reasons… they of the permanent Google advertising. So I want to talk about how to spot the signs before you…
Book Design Knockdown: MS Word vs Adobe InDesign
Lately, a few talented writers have contacted me with their pre-press production problems. Now, most new authors want to typeset their non-fiction book in Word, but Word is designed for word processing and not so much for book design. However,…
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