Never judge a book by its cover…
But we do. At first, at least.
What compels someone to purchase a book? It may be that they heard great things about it from someone else. But what if someone is just wandering around a bookstore (which I am known to do), or, what with the e-publishing revolution in … Continue Reading
Why self-publish with Amazon?
Self-publish your Book with Amazon: CreateSpace is a member of Amazon group of companies and provides the fastest easiest and most economical way of publishing your books without the hassle of signing up with a publisher. With the highest royalties rates in the industry and the lowest book production cost on the … Continue Reading
Publishing a book has been an impossible task for far too many authors because traditional publishers have turned writing, printing and selling a book into a business, a money-making business. But the publishing world is changing, the publishing world now offers you the chance to self-publish and bypass the middleman. Here´s what this article is … Continue Reading
Self-publishing Basics 0 CommentsHere’s the heart of it: writing the manuscript. There are times when you get an idea – a great idea – and settle down to write it, but then life gets in the way and your thoughts can get lost, confused or forgotten. So here are some tips to get you into it.
First and foremost: … Continue Reading
Since you are responsible for publishing, the proofreading and copyediting work is yours. The book sent for publishing will be published exactly the way you sent without any corrections. That’s why self published books are not treated as professional by lots of people since these works are published with grammatical and spelling mistakes. Don’t let … Continue Reading
Self-publishing Basics 0 CommentsExporting PDF from InDesign
There are two ways of exporting into PDF from InDesign. The first one and the one I recommend uses the built in export features that InDesign has; the second one uses Abobe Distiller. Taking in to consideration that InDesign was made to export to PDF we will use the built in … Continue Reading
Book publishing has not changed since 1947. The business model is long overdue for alteration. The state of the Economy is not the problem; it is just the catalyst or final straw. Change would have come eventually.
The large publishers will consolidate, downsize and disappear. Agents will have few publishers to sell to. Brick-and-mortar bookstores will … Continue Reading
The large (NY) publishers have been around much longer than the smaller publishers. When we started in the business, the rules were already made. We saw the huge advances, were saddled with slow-paying stores and we suffered from returns.
The worst quirk in the industry was the concept of selling seasons; three per year. They were … Continue Reading
Brick-and-mortar bookstores are on the ropes. The independents are doing 8% of the business and sales are decreasing. Remember when they had 100% of the market? Borders is thought by many to be terminal. Traffic at walk-in stores is down and impulse buying decreases proportionately with the lessening traffic flow.
If the bookstores go out of … Continue Reading
You might be discouraged to have your book published because of the time and money that editing entails. You might fear that after your book is subjected to the hands of editors and lay out artists- it will not look or read the way you want it to. In response these sentiments, Adobe Systems developed … Continue Reading
Book Editing 0 Comments
