This post is about saving time and how to use book design templates yourself. But, if you’re a professional, you’ll probably want to hire a book designer. Why? Because great book designers match the typeface to the cover and they…
To answer the question of why, let’s go back to 2008, when I was navigating self-publishing my first full book to sell to the public (after already launching a selling eBook). There was little information available to me to find…
Reason Why 1: Best Practices Because editing involves reviewing and correcting material before publication, it is important to keep up an editor’s knowledge in many areas. Sometimes the author’s reputation rests on the skills and experience of the editor. In…
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…
“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…
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 It pains me to think of all those amazing books going unpublished or hidden and not promoted, just…
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…
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…
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…
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…
