You’ve got two or three mockups of your book cover but can’t decide which is best. Nor can your friends or author colleagues who you’ve shown the mockups to. If stuck, consider doing what best…
• What is self-publishing and should I try it? Self-publishing is the publication of a book (or any other media, but we’ll concentrate on books in this blog) by the author without using a tradition…
For many writers, the software program Microsoft Word often feels like a glorified typewriter. Its complex page functions, lack of vertical justification, confusing Track Changes, and many other is…
When self-publishing your ebook on Kindle, you’ll be asked if you want to enable “Digital Rights Management” or DRM. If you enable it, the Kindle version of the book will include coding that makes …
Despite the old adage, people will judge your book by its cover. As humans are visually-oriented, the first thing a potential buyer of your book will spot on a web page is your cover; almost a…
Not everyone will be interested in your book. Some people simply will not read westerns, others will not read mysteries. Some people have no interest in your detailed guidebook to elegant napk…
When running your self-publishing business as an indie author, you’ll want to choose an accounting method that sets the rules you’ll use to determine how your income and expenses are kept track of …
One of the most annoying problems self-publishing authors encounter when formatting their book in Microsoft Word is lining up the table of contents. Fortunately, it’s actually quite easy to do…