IngramSpark Print-on-Demand – A 2020 Update; Now Offering a Free ISBN
- IngramSpark vs KDP Print
- What about print quality?
- Should you use their free ISBN?
- Resources and related articles
Quality Control
5 Tips for Editing within a Budget (Before Design and Layout Begins)
- Family and friends vs. professionals
- Why contracts are important
- Sample edits should be free
- Editing Word vs PDF files
Is Your Book Ready To Self-Publish?
Leslie’s 12-step checklist begins with putting your manuscript in a drawer for as long as you can stand it. Step 12 is write your acknowledgments.
Copyediting doesn’t begin until step 10!
Sideloading Large Kindle Mobi Files Using iTunes When Files are Too Big to Email
One of our specialties is programming complex eBooks and that can often mean that the final file can be quite large (here’s why*). If you are uploading the files into the stores then as long as the file size meets the requirements of the store, a large file won’t be a problem. But what happens …
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Slow down! 4 Questions Before You Set Your Book’s Release Date
Surely you must have a date in mind for releasing your book or eBook, or at least an approximate timeframe. As you’ve probably heard from others, this is critical to your marketing program. Unfortunately most self-publishers are so wrapped up in the writing and production details that they have little time to devote to marketing …
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Amazon Blocked from Bookstores but the Door is Open to Professional Self-Publishers
One of the bigger industry stories to break this past weekend was Amazon’s so called retreat from traditional book publishing presumably because they can’t get their author’s books into bookstores. Amazon’s strategy seems to have run into 3 problems: Distribution to physical bookstores is still critical if you want mega-sales (70% of book sales are …
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How to Handle Consumable Content During eBook Conversion
Perhaps you’ve experienced this: you’re reading an eBook and click to a page that asks you to fill in information or answer questions. This is called consumable content in eBook publishing and examples include workbooks, forms, quizzes, questionnaires, check lists, etc. What got me thinking about this was some feedback I received regarding our recently …
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eBook Quality and How to Avoid a Kindle Refund
Whether you program your eBook yourself, or hire an eBook conversion firm like AuthorImprints to help you, you are ultimately responsible for making sure your book looks and reads well for your readers. Did you know that Amazon offers eBook refunds within one week of purchase? Poor eBook quality is one of the reasons people return …
Amazon KDP Spell Checker Catches Errors on Upload
I was uploading a client’s mobi file into their KDP account the other day and discovered Amazon had implemented a handy spell check routine that runs as part of the upload process. It’s a great idea and should address one of the more annoying issues we see in eBooks (not to mention apps for political …
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Save Time Using a Text File to Organize Your Book’s Vitals
Do you find yourself writing a new book description or bio each time you fill out a book promotion? Do you have your ISBN and ASIN numbers memorized? What about sending someone a link to buy your book? These occasional, but important, needs were taking a lot of my time so I came up with …
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