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Print Books: The New Vanity Publishing? by Joanna Penn I’m really pleased today to bring you an article from my friend and fellow blogger Joanna Penn. Her blog, The Creative Penn is an inspiration to me and thousands of other writers, and it was recently voted,… |
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Two Reasons Why Books Matter Reason #1 Why Books Matter From a review on Goodreads for The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, reviewed by Erica M. Chapman: How do I rate a book like this? A book that burrowed into my soul and… |
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Book Design: Don’t Get Confused By Typeface Point Sizes Book typography can get a bit complex at times, although good book pages usually end up looking quite simple to the reader. One common task you encounter as a self-publisher is selecting typefaces, whether you’re designing your own book or… |
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Author Blogging 101: Blogging Platforms & Why I Love WordPress I had a book design website once. It was one of those “web 1.0″ websites that you put up because you know you need one, or at least everyone says you do. It was built with a nifty Mac tool… |
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Playing Tag the Self-Publisher Way by Judy Croome I’m pleased to welcome back South African writer Judy Croome, who contributed 12 Easy Steps to the Making of a Book Trailer in May, 2011. Today Judy’s writing about the importance of tagging your book on Amazon… |
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Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #16 Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for January, 2012. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted… |
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Real eBooks: Are We Still in the Stone Age? by James Moushon I’m really pleased to bring you a guest post by author and blogger James Moushon. I met James through the blog and the articles he contributes to other sites like SelfPublishingReview.com and he has been a featured… |
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Upcoming West Coast Book Publishing Events for Indie Authors One of the staples of an author website or blog is the Calendar page. Fans can find out the next stop on your blog tour, where you might be speaking at a live event, or other notable happenings. The problem… |
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Video: John Kremer on Book Marketing in 2012 Last week I had a chance to sit down with John Kremer and have a chat about book marketing. I don’t think John needs much of an introduction, but for those new to the indie publishing scene, you really ought… |
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How to Get Testimonials for Your Self-Published Book One way enterprising authors can level the playing field for their book marketing is to enlist the help of better-known, more-established figures in their field. How do you do that? By getting people to read (or scan) your book and… |
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This Week in the Blogs, January 15 – 21, 2012 The year’s still new, and there’s no lack of great articles to dig into. Here you can read about the way the book pitch is changing with the times, a consideration of book sales, tips on dealing with your fans,… |
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Apple iBooks Author Reinvents eBook Creation The big news in the ebook world today was the launch announcement of Apple iBooks Author and an update to the Apple iBooks ereader app. These new products are squarely aimed at ebook creation: iBooks Author—A new Mac-only software… |
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Lee Foster’s Ebook Publishing Revolution, Part 2 Ed: This is the conclusion to the article that began yesterday, Lee Foster’s Ebook Publishing Revolution. Here we rejoin Lee on the third point in his article. The Layout Simplicity of Ebooks If you are a writer or photographer… |
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Lee Foster’s Ebook Publishing Revolution by Lee Foster Today I welcome a friend from the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA), travel book author Lee Foster, an energetic practitioner in the ongoing ebook publishing revolution around us. Lee is a veteran and award-winning travel journalist… |
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Lee Foster’s Ebook Publishing Revolution by Lee Foster Today I welcome a friend from the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA), travel book author Lee Foster, an energetic practitioner in the ongoing ebook publishing revolution around us. Lee is a veteran and award-winning travel journalist… |
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Book Cover Design and the Problem of Symbolism A couple of days ago the latest edition of e-Book Cover Design Awards went live, and I once again had the pleasure—and the frustration—of judging a whole slew of covers. The problems come at the extremes. Commenting on the covers… |
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Author Blogging 101: Video Interview Tools & Tips Video interviews online are becoming more common, and many bloggers and online content marketers are interested in taking advantage of video for lots of reasons. When you come from a print-oriented world, the move to video might seen strange, frustrating… |
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e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2011 Welcome to this edition of the e-Book Cover Design Awards. This edition is for submissions during December, 2011. Here’s what we received: 44 covers in the Fiction category 9 covers in the Nonfiction category Award Winners and Listing I’ve added… |
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Print and e-Book Covers, a Matter of Resolution One of the regular tasks of a book cover designer is preparing cover images for a client’s use in promotions, website design, a whole host of things. Today that was one of the things on my to-do list, and I… |
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How to Reconstruct Old ISBNs for Use Today I received an inquiry recently from a reader who acquired International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) a long time ago and wanted to know a few things: Were the ISBNs still good? Could they be used? How could he translate the… |
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Twitter: Top 5 Ways to Find Your Tribe Twitter, to my mind, is the most powerful and fluid of the social media utilities we have on the social web. Although Facebook is larger, it’s much more difficult to acquire a following there, since many people use Facebook for… |
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From the New York Times: Twitter for Novelists Although I had a Twitter account early in 2009, I didn’t really start using the service until the end of the year. But when I started reading Tweets and interacting with people on the service, I had an immediate attraction… |
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3 Secrets to e-Book Cover Design Success The move to e-books has brought with it a new challenge for those who do book cover design, amateur and professional. The first challenge, of course, if you’ve been designing book covers for any time, is to understand exactly what… |
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This Week in the Blogs, January 1 – 7, 2012 Welcome to 2012. Summaries of the past are done, and predictions for what’s to come duly noted. We’re now looking at the fresh new vista of a year spreading before us. Of course it’s easier with great companions writing about… |
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Self-Publishing a Craft Beading Book in Full Color at CreateSpace by Karen Williams I met Karen Williams while I was in Seattle recently for the CreateSpace Pitch 2.0 event. When she told me about the book she had published through CreateSpace, I was quite curious to see it. Karen generously… |
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Video: Why Publishers Love Hardcover Books Novelist Tess Collins entrusted me with the design of her new book, Helen of Troy. It’s a “quirky and lively retelling of the Greek legend” but set in small-town America. Copies of the book recently arrived at my office, and… |
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Video: Dan Blank of We Grow Media on Challenges for Authors I think you’re going to really enjoy my talk today with Dan Blank of We Grow Media. Dan interviewed me for his blog in July, 2011, and I can tell you he is a master of the split-screen format. He… |
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Video: Brian Felsen of BookBaby.com on the Future of e-Books I’m please today to have an interview for you with Brian Felsen, CEO of BookBaby.com, the e-book distributor that started as an offshoot of CDbaby, the independent music distributor. Brian was last here in another interview in June soon… |
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This Week in the Blogs, December 25 – 31, 2011 Happy New Year, everyone! Thanks for all your support in 2011, it was a fantastic year. There’s some great reading here to get you started on what should be the most amazing year yet for independent authors and publishers. Cheers!… |
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Free Self-Publishing PDF and Holiday Blog Notes Just a reminder I’m off until Sunday, January 1, 2012 when we’ll have another edition of This Week in the Blogs. Starting the Year Off Right The first week of the year you’re going to hear from some of… |
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Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #15 Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for December, 2011. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted… |
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