Have you ever thought about writing your story? ➡️ Are you a leader who wants to author a nonfiction book? ➡️ Do you want to have more impact or build your legacy? ➡️ Do you ever wonder, “Does the world…
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Self-Publish with these How-to-Books Even if you're an experienced graphic designer, understanding the specific details necessary to self-publish a book can be challenging. The following books are fantastic resources for tackling the process of selecting fonts, page layout, cover design,…
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A guest post with Melissa Stevens, Purple Ninja Editorial EDIT OR REGRET IT. FROM BECKY: We’ve been working with authors to design their books for many years, but it wasn’t until the past couple of years that we began insisting…
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The opportunities for self-published authors to make money with their books continue to expand Most first-time authors dream of making money by having their book on Amazon, it's their ultimate goal. Yet that is not the only place to sell…
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Bad Formatting Gives Self-Publishing a Bad Reputation We’ve all seen Word documents with such horrible, inconsistent formatting that it makes reading the document difficult. Transferring that bad formatting to a book feeds the poor reputation self-publishing has endured from…
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Dear Illustrator: You've been hired to create illustrations for a book! Awesome! Maybe it's a children's book, charts and graphs, accent illustrations, or epic cover artwork—whatever you're drawing, let's make sure you're on the road to success before you even…
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Tips for working with an Illustrator You've written a children's book—now it's time to create illustrations to bring the story to life! If you're not an illustrator yourself, you'll need to find someone with artistic abilities who can help. There…
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There has never been a better time to write a book! Self-publishing gives everyone the ability to be a successful author. No longer do you have to have to wait to be accepted by a traditional publisher. You can publish…
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Designing a Book Cover There are three things often recommended by the publishing world if you want to succeed as an author. Write a good book Hire a good editor Hire a great cover designer (That's what we do!) After…
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What you need to know... Did you know a self-published author is in charge of selling their own book? Our post "Choosing to Self-Publish Your Book"explains more about the process of publishing the book, but this article is about the next…
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