Category Archives: Publishing Indie
Mirror is now available in hardcopy on Amazon and Createspace
Hurray! Finally all the bumps and bruises along the way with the Createspace formatting got sorted out (quick hint: don’t take advantage of the seemingly time-saving option to upload your book as a word doc – convert it to pdf
Mirror is now available in hardcopy on Amazon and Createspace
Hurray! Finally all the bumps and bruises along the way with the Createspace formatting got sorted out (quick hint: don’t take advantage of the seemingly time-saving option to upload your book as a word doc – convert it to pdf
Delays on the physical book coming out & a quick thank you
So I know I mentioned a while ago that a physical copy would be available soon of Mirror, but there’s been a couple unexpected delays in the process. One of these has been caused by some spacing issues that were
Delays on the physical book coming out & a quick thank you
So I know I mentioned a while ago that a physical copy would be available soon of Mirror, but there’s been a couple unexpected delays in the process. One of these has been caused by some spacing issues that were
So does this mean I’m officially internationally awesome? ;-)
I was playing around with my reports on kdp today, and realized that I’ve had 4 downloads from Amazon.de (Germany) this month, and about 150 from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), plus over 900 from Amazon.com. I earlier posted on fb how
So does this mean I’m officially internationally awesome? ;-)
I was playing around with my reports on kdp today, and realized that I’ve had 4 downloads from Amazon.de (Germany) this month, and about 150 from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom), plus over 900 from Amazon.com. I earlier posted on fb how
The full book cover – what do you think?
This is the design I landed on for the full book cover (for the print version of the book). The left side, of course, will be the back of the book, the middle is the spine, the right side is
The full book cover – what do you think?
This is the design I landed on for the full book cover (for the print version of the book). The left side, of course, will be the back of the book, the middle is the spine, the right side is
Why section breaks are your best friend when formatting for CreateSpace
I spent several hours yesterday and the day before working on ironing out the little formatting details to get everything running smoothly for a CreateSpace print version of Mirror, read this article on 5 newbie book layout mistakes relatively late
Why section breaks are your best friend when formatting for CreateSpace
I spent several hours yesterday and the day before working on ironing out the little formatting details to get everything running smoothly for a CreateSpace print version of Mirror, read this article on 5 newbie book layout mistakes relatively late
The first 11 days…
For those of you who are interested in learning more about how things might unfold for a new independent author in the initial days after publication, I thought I’d share a little bit about what’s happened so far. On Dec. 17th, I
The first 11 days…
For those of you who are interested in learning more about how things might unfold for a new independent author in the initial days after publication, I thought I’d share a little bit about what’s happened so far. On Dec. 17th, I
Publishing…
I was so excited when this little notice popped up after I’d spent two days figuring out exactly what I wanted in every section of kdp publishing form (and messing with all the formatting, as you could tell from my
Publishing…
I was so excited when this little notice popped up after I’d spent two days figuring out exactly what I wanted in every section of kdp publishing form (and messing with all the formatting, as you could tell from my
Formatting for Kindle: Lessons Learned
Alright, so I think I figured out solutions to all the formatting hurdles that were thwarting me yesterday and today. A cluster of these problems ended up revolving around trying to follow all the directions from Kindle’s simplified formatting guide–turns
Formatting for Kindle: Lessons Learned
Alright, so I think I figured out solutions to all the formatting hurdles that were thwarting me yesterday and today. A cluster of these problems ended up revolving around trying to follow all the directions from Kindle’s simplified formatting guide–turns
Formatting for Kindle: Challenges
Well, I’m beginning to discover that the process of formatting for KDP is a bit trickier than the directions make it seem–and the directions don’t exactly make it seem breezy. Last night I was up until almost midnight (I’m normally in bed
Formatting for Kindle: Challenges
Well, I’m beginning to discover that the process of formatting for KDP is a bit trickier than the directions make it seem–and the directions don’t exactly make it seem breezy. Last night I was up until almost midnight (I’m normally in bed
Noelle Ryan 