Scrivener is a wonderful program many writers use to set up and manage their books, screenplays, and research projects. Nearly every aspect of the program can be customizable, from the drafting settings to the export format. But with so many...
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Book Setup
The Matter of Things – All About Front and Back Matter
When coming to the end of a book, you're often feeling a jumble of emotions. If it's a romance, you're feeling the Happily Ever After. A dystopian, probably a little misery mixed in with hope. Across all books of all...
Book Setup
Why Preorders Sell More Books
Over the past few weeks, we've talked about how to set up your book in stores--from using Amazon's KDP to Smashwords to which type of ISBN to choose when publishing the print version of the book. Now, it's time to...
Book Setup
Your Book’s Unique Identifier: ISBN
Last week, we talked a little about IngramSpark, and spoke briefly about ISBNs. The International Standard Book Number is your book's unique identifier, how we know that your The Island is different from her The Island. For each format of...
Book Setup
Getting Your Book in Print: IngramSpark
Last week, we talked about Amazon's CreateSpace platform, and how we get our books into paperback. This week, we're going to talk about the other tool: IngramSpark. Ingram vs. CreateSpace Ingram is the largest print book distributor in the world, and...
Book Setup
Getting Your Book in Print: CreateSpace
It's every author's dream to hold their book in their hands, right? Well, just like KDP and Smashwords are platforms, CreateSpace is a tool you can use to help put your formatted PDF or .doc into a printed book. It's...
Book Setup
The Smashwords Meatgrinder: Not As Scary As It Sounds
You'd think that Smashwords would've come up with a less grotesque name for the system used to convert .doc into the various formats they sell, but here we are with Meatgrinder. If you joined us last week, you read all...
Book Setup
Smashwords: Your KDP Companion
While some authors choose to put all their eggs in one basket with KDP, many others find more success by "going wide," or making their books available on Barnes and Noble, iBooks, etc. One option is to create accounts on...
Book Setup
All About KDP
If you're going to self-publish, familiarizing yourself with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is probably pretty high on your priority list (right behind getting the manuscript written and edited). When you first arrive, Amazon tells you that your book will be...