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How to pick the best self-publishing route

Jean M. Cogdell's avatarJean's Writing

So, you’ve written a children’s book but what now?

How do you decide which service to publish with?

I think it really depends on your target audience. More than cost and convenience needs to be considered. Where do you want to market your book? What age is your book for? Will it sell better in e-format or hardback? Do you want to see it in libraries or schools? What size will it be? Those are just a few.

A great side-by-side comparison for picture books print on demand costs and convenience is addressed in the following post. What Print on Demand service is best for your self-published picture book?By Dayen Sislen

Her post explains the costs and services of three print-on-demand routes you can take.  . For my easy reader I went with just Createspace, but for my two picture books, I used Ingram Sparks and Createspace.

Have you published…

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The pain leaches into the soil with his blood as he lies silently studying the pines.  The long straight trees pierce the clouds with geometric precision.  The cold calms him; he no longer feels a need to call for help.  Studying the perfection of the moment, he dozes into a mindless peace.

Without warning, he jerks into consciousness with a brilliant electrifying pain.  Strangers loudly push and pull trying to move his body.  Terrifying sounds, he can’t comprehend.  “Stop, stop, why won’t you stop?”  He doesn’t want them to disturb the beauty of the welcoming moment.  Young men yell and slap him to stay awake.  In the confusion, he only wants to go back to the trees.  Trying to stop the rude invasion, he fights, but he doesn’t have the strength to lift his arms. As a witness to this assault on his own body, he slips back into the…

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Book Promo – Get ‘The Music of Us’ FREE – from 12th to 16th July…

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VOODOO BONUS!

Dan Alatorre AUTHOR's avatarDAN ALATORRE

Featured Image -- 72779Somebody will get to call THEIR story “Voodoo” in book 2 of The Box Under The Bed scary anthology series, Voodoo.

Name your story what you like, but if it’s good enough, we’ll let the you take the title story for yourself!


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One lucky story writer who enters our writing contest (or a contributing author who has been invited to send a story in to the anthology) will get to have their story called Voodoo.

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Watching the girls go by…

Sue Vincent's avatarSue Vincent's Daily Echo

England is hot at the moment… by our standards, at least… and any inkling of summer in our temperate land is always greeted by the hopeful baring of pale flesh. It also seems to be greeted with traffic jams and, twiddling my thumbs in the latest, I turned to people watching. There was plenty to see.

Men, it must be said, are at a distinct sartorial disadvantage in summer. While trousers may get shorter and shirts brighter, there is little change in the basic shape of their apparel. Not so the female of the species. Hemlines sweep the floor or go up to dangerous heights. Unexpected, and occasionally inappropriate areas of anatomy are bared and what is left covered sports every shade of the rainbow in every conceivable combination, from the casually elegant to the downright startling.

As I melted in traffic, I observed the various ladies walking and thus…

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#NewRelease #HistFic set in #Iceland #My #Bookreview of Smile Of The Wolf by @TimLeachWriter @HoZ_Books

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Summer book giveaway! 300 books up for grabs!

Effrosyni Moschoudi's avatarEffrosyni's blog

Today, I have a special treat for you, avid bookworms!

I’ve just teamed up with Bookluver to bring you a giveaway of unprecedented proportions. Not 10, not 20, but 300 books are up for grabs!

Some are paperbacks and others are eBooks. There are bestsellers to win too; one of them has sold over 1 million copies already! You are more than welcome to invite your friends and family to enter!

The folks at Bookluver will not share your email address, and you won’t receive any unsolicited emails. If you win a book, only the specific author of that book will email you to send the prize. You select which books you want to win.

You will only get to hear from the specific authors you opt in to hear from. There’s a tick box to sign up, if you wish, so you get to choose who emails you!

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The Office Roulette trilogy continues with an epic battle between blame and forgiveness… Motive by Kennedy Layne #RomSuspense #Reading @InkSlingerPR @KennedyL_Author

Jacquie Biggar's avatarJacquie Biggar-USA Today Best-selling author

The next book in Kennedy Layne’s Office Roulette series, MOTIVE, releases July 17th! You can read part of the first chapter below!

About MOTIVE (Office Roulette #2)

Available July 17th

The Office Roulette trilogy continues with an epic battle between blame and forgiveness…

Rye Marshall had it all—wealth, prominence, and the love of his life. But nothing lasts forever, and his perfect world came crashing down around him. When the dust settled, he found himself alone and starting from a clean slate.

Grace Dorrance had made many mistakes in her life, but one stood out above the rest—an epic ending to a complex and passionate relationship. She left her former lover’s life in complete ruins and tried her best never to look back at the wreckage.

Seconds chances are hard to come by, but even more difficult when Grace is arrested for a murder she didn’t commit. This gives Rye…

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Angel Messages July 12 2018

Annette Rochelle Aben's avatarAnnette Rochelle Aben

Your DAILY MESSAGE from Angels

SAVE YOURSELF FIRST, then you can BE THERE for OTHERS!

We love you

Thank you, Angels!!!

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Two Good Tools for Making Multimedia eBooks – by Richard Byrne…

Chris The Story Reading Ape's avatarChris The Story Reading Ape's Blog

on Practical Ed Tech site:

Developing multimedia ebooks can be a good way for students to enhance portions of fiction and non-fiction stories that they write.

By adding drawings, pictures, audio, and video students can further their points and explanations in ways places where just using text could fall short.

Creating multimedia ebooks also gives students the opportunity to showcase some of their other skills like drawing or video production along with their writing skills.

The following two tools are the ones that I frequently mention when asked for recommendations on making multimedia ebooks.

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