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How to find the precise book subject that others want to buy

I particularly liked a posting by Rob Carver who suggested that writers simply talk to the ultimate buyers in their market to see what they want to read and buy. (This was part of a very interesting discussion in the Linkedin Group called Ebooks, Ebook Readers, Digital Books and Digital Content Publishing.) Getting new book [...]

Friday June 14th, 2013 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, article, article selling, article writing, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, magazine article, newspaper article, niche publishing, novel, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, seminars, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, speaking, writer, writing | No Comments »

#8 Converting your original book layout to an ebook format

Once you have completed your book and had it proofed, you can go ahead and offer your book for sale as a digital book. You needn’t wait for the bound copy to be printed or even sent to the printer. You will be doing the latter while you set up the digital versions and get [...]

Thursday May 23rd, 2013 in , Amazon, article writing, Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, non-fiction book, novel, poetry, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, research, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, writer | 1 Comment »

What must you have in your book?

Take an hour, for starters. Go some place where you won’t be disturbed and write down your book’s purpose statement. It may be easier to start with a working question, like “What will your book be about?” The answer is the “purpose statement.” Your book will help realize that purpose. The statement might be: “The [...]

Monday May 13th, 2013 in , Amazon, Blurb, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, interview, Kindle, Lightning Source, magazine article, niche publishing, non-fiction book, product developer, publisher, publishing, quotes, research, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, speaker, writer | No Comments »

How many book pages a day should you write?

A hard reminder: if you really want to write a book (even better, get it published), the whole writing issue is up to you. Novelists often write two to five pages a day, unedited. Old veterans can plunk out 10-20. Nonfictionfolk pretty much write once they have the facts. Somebody wrote the story of the [...]

Wednesday May 8th, 2013 in , Amazon, article writing, Blurb, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, non-fiction book, novel, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, research, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, writer, writing | 1 Comment »

Why aren’t you, your kids, and your folks in print right now?

Do you have a book inside you just shouting to escape? Do you have something to say and time is running out? Are you afraid that if you don’t get to it soon, will you be the zillionth person who dies bookless? Maybe it’s a novel, a kid’s book, a joke book, a memoir, or [...]

Monday April 15th, 2013 in , Amazon, Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, novel, product developer, pubit, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, Smashwords, writer, writing | No Comments »

Convert your ready-to-go Word manuscript into .pdf (#4 of 10)

In the last step (#3) of this publishing series, we did the final formatting for paperback publication, which we will probably send to CreateSpace (or Lightning Source). But here, at #4, there’s one big hurdle for paperbacks (and sometimes for ebooks). It’s that the final formatted file must be converted from Word into a neutral [...]

Monday April 1st, 2013 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, novel, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, writer, writing | No Comments »

How I calculate a rate for book reviewing or editing

(Shared with a group discussion at Linkedin on 3/28/13) I usually tell the client that I must see the whole ms first, to figure out what they really want and expect. Then when I quote on the job, I quote a total fee, not by the hour (at least to them). But I also explain [...]

Thursday March 28th, 2013 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, Blurb, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, poetry, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, writing | No Comments »

Selling your own published ebooks to libraries?

It appears to be a giant hassle, though there’s no problem (nor much or any expense) making your ebook available and salable in .jpg at your site or for reader/platform/phone use at Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and CreateSpace. I explain the latter, step-by-step, in How to Get Your Book Published Free in Minutes and Marketed Worldwide [...]

Monday February 4th, 2013 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, writer, writing | 1 Comment »

Write a dandy book and sell it worldwide in minutes, hands-free…

It used to be that 90% of your time getting in print was spent finding some big house to look at your query (or proposal), then writing the chapters they wanted, then rewriting the final book. Not to mention that it then took 18 months to see print! How things have changed! In that time [...]

Thursday January 24th, 2013 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, article writing, Blurb, book, book writing, cookbook, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, magazine article, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, poetry, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, query letter, Scribd, self-publishing, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, writer, writing | 1 Comment »

Focus most on your book’s contents, title, and cover

The founder of Smashwords and a leader in the understanding of the mushrooming ebook industry recently published an eye-opening and very instructive blog called “Mark Coker’s 2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions—Indie Ebook Authors Take Charge.” I share those 21 predictions in my January 21 newsletter, and send the readers to the blog (above) for the [...]

Friday January 18th, 2013 in , Amazon, ancillary publishing, book, book writing, CreateSpace, digital publishing, e-book, editing, Google, iPad, Kindle, Lightning Source, Lulu, niche publishing, non-fiction book, novel, poetry, product developer, pubit, publisher, publishing, Scribd, self-publishing, seminars, simultaneous submissions, Smashwords, speaker, speaking, writer, writing | No Comments »

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