Tag Archive | e-book
Do You Need an ISBN?
Originally posted on S C Richmond:
Your book is written, rewritten and edited, congratulations. Now is the time to decide what you want to do with your body of work and to decide if you need an ISBN number for your book. If you choose to go the traditional route and get yourself a publishing…
Do you know how to add sound to your book?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Again! I learned something new today! I had no idea a soundtrack could be added to an ebook. Who knew? Probably all of y’all, I’m usually the last to hear about all of this new-fangled techie stuff. But this is so way cool. Will I use it? Not sure. Why? Because…
Edit, Edit or Edit?
Originally posted on Writing your first novel-Things you should know:
I saw an article in Writers Digest recently titled Understanding The Types Of Editing. Well my first thought was, What do they mean types? Editing is when somebody goes into your manuscript and tears it apart, correcting all the grammatical and structural errors, right? Well that is true,…
Do you know how to publish an ebook with pictures?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Using MS-Word? Success at last! When I loaded it up to KDP, everything worked! If you write children’s books or comic books, I’m sure you’ve heard of Kindle Kids’ Book Creator. This program is terrific. However, the program limits which electronic devices that can open and read the book.…
Do you want to make a killer cover?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
I sure do, those are the ones that sale. A killer cover, gets the shopper to click and hopefully buy. Photo credit Wikipedia But that means the cover must look great in a 1 inch square. If you follow my blog, you already know I’m working on publishing a…
UPDATE-Want to see your e-book at the library?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Wanted to update this morning’s blog. Thanks to Ruth Glover for checking with our local library. Sadly, they can only pull from contracted sites. Sigh… However, I do see this as a wave of the future. Fingers crossed, Amazon will lead the libraries into the e-century and very soon. I…
Self-Publishing: It’s Not For Christmas
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
There’s a reason that the ‘airport novel’ or ‘airport paperback’ was defined as category of books all by itself. It’s the same reason that there are large bookshops in airports, and why newspapers publish pathetically useless holiday reading lists. It’s because on holidays, everyone reads more than usual: regular,…
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