Tag: Publishing
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Where Should I Publish My Book?
One of the questions I get asked the most is this: Where do I publish my book? The question comes in different forms, such as “Should I just publish on Amazon?” or “Do I publish my ebook on Amazon, but my print book on Ingram?” or “Where’s the best place to publish an ebook?” But…
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Annalynn the Canadian Spy Review from a Great Reviewer!
Thanks so much to Sunny over at Jupiter’s Solo Bibliophile for a GREAT review on the first book in my new series! Annalynn the Canadian Spy: Terrible Tissues (AtCS Book 1) – Review July 16, 2020Sunny Moudgil Hey bibliophile friends, how are your reading days going? 📖📚 Today’s review is of Shawn P.B. Robinson’s “Annalynn the…
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A Simple Way to Publish Your Book as a Hardcover
 For a long time, I didn’t produce hardcover copies of my book. There were two reasons why. First, I didn’t get around to it. I don’t have anything else to add to that other than to hang my head in shame. Second, I found it painfully complicated. I just couldn’t figure out how to…
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Formatting Your Book Blurb for Amazon
  The Book Blurb, or the book description, is one of the most important marketing issues an author needs to address. Getting that description “right” is so important.   Authors will often just write a little mini-version of their book, outlining the story, rather than write a proper description that includes a real…
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Publishing ebooks with Kobo
   What? Publish somewhere other than Amazon? Are you nuts?  So, many authors today tend to publish their ebooks exclusively through Amazon. There is an advantage to doing it that way, of course, as Amazon allows you some perks like countdown deals, free book days and to make your ebook available through…
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The Inside Take: What Is It Actually Like to Make a Book With a Professional Designer? (Guest Post)
Hey everyone, today we have a guest post from Martin Cavannagh. Martin is part of the team at Reedsy and is going to share a bit of his expertise with us! What Is It Actually Like to Make a Book With a Professional Designer? Working with a professional cover designer is like hiring a contractor…
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Creating a Barcode for Your Book
 Barcodes on the backs of printed books sure do look cool, don’t they? They make your book look professional and as if you really know what you’re doing (it’s best to maintain that illusion). Barcodes aren’t always a big concern for many authors. If you publish printed books exclusively on Amazon, they offer to…
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How to Connect a Book to Your Goodreads Author Profile
 Happy New Year, everyone! A little while ago I posted a blog about how to set up a Goodreads author page by claiming yourself as the author of a book (presumably that’s not a false claim on your part).  Today I want to add a short blog about how to tie a new…
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Setting up a Pre-Order for Your Book Part II
For those of you who are not Canadian, we just had Thanksgiving this past weekend. I am both thankful and full. Now… on to pre-orders. In our last blog (How to Set up a Pre-Order for Your Book Part I), we worked through a simple process of setting up a pre-order with Ingram (and pointed…
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SPoaB Guide
 Welcome to the SPoaB Guide! A Free Self-Publishing on a Budget Guide! This guide is laid out in phases from Phase One to Phase Six in the hopes that when it is finished, it will lead authors from start to finish through the Self-Publishing Journey. This is based on what I have learned as…