In January 2016, we ran our very first Kickstarter to fund the publication of the first book in our fantasy romance. Where we expected a meager $400, we ended up with $1600! Along the way, we learned a few things,...
Tag: Book Setup
Formatting Tips
How to Format a Book in Word (Simply)
Book formatting is probably the easiest part of the self-publishing process. Even still, for those who haven't used Microsoft Word's formatting features, it can be daunting to figure out how it all works. We've listed the top few tricks for...
Formatting Tips
Top 5 Things to Know When Working with a Formatter
We here at SGR-Pub have formatted a slew of manuscripts (both for our releases and for other publishers). And we also tend to see the same misunderstanding of what a formatter does, and how authors should work with them. If...
Book Setup
Managing Front and Back Matter in Scrivener
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...
Formatting Tips
Using Compile Presets in Scrivener
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...
Writing Tips
Top Formatting Hacks Scrivener: Our Most-Used Tricks
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...
Writing Tips
Scrivener: Our Favorite Writerly Tool
Welcome to our newest blog series, all about the wonderful tool known as Scrivener. At SGR-Pub, we use Scrivener from the very beginning of the writing process all the way through formatting. It's the best $50 we've ever invested, but...
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...
Marketing Tips
Author Central – The Best Tool You Aren’t Using
Author Central is an Amazon service provided to authors that serves two main functions. First, you can create a single "landing page" within the Amazon store with your biography, photos, and, most importantly, a listing of all your published works. Author...
Marketing Tips
Amazon’s Tricky Algorithm
Everyone always talks about The Algorithm, specifically, the one that Amazon uses. So what is it exactly? In laymen's terms, it's a set of rules that Amazon applies to products in its store to determine where that product lands in...