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Hiring a book designer is one of the most important self-publishing investments you can make. A well-designed book presents you more seriously as an author and will attract more attention on bookstore and ebook shelves. Here are a few simple tips to ensure that you have a final book design Read more…
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I’m gathering my posts about world building to turn them into an ebook. Problem is, there’s a ton of world building ebooks out there. How will mine be different? Most books seem to focus on building traditional, Tolkienesque, worlds. I see an opening. I’ll focus on dark, non-traditional, world building. Read more…
Bad formatting makes it hard for me to enjoy the story. I don’t mean the odd hiccup like a sentence with too many spaces between the words. I mean obvious formatting issues. Book design is one of those things you don’t notice when it’s done right, but it screams at Read more…
The things you learn when you have to put a book together. Chains of the Sciell is coming out May 26. To start all the heavy pre-publishing buzz and make it available for preorder, I’d like the book to be done by March. This’ll be the second time I’m putting Read more…
