Occasionally, I get books sent to me outside of the Amazon system that I’d like to read on my Kindle or on my Kindle app on my phone. If you ever get an eBook that can be read on a Kindle (a mobi file), but you didn’t buy it from Amazon, you’ll need to move… Continue Reading
Why You Need an Amazon AuthorCentral Page
If you are an author with a book on Amazon (even if it is a co-authored book) you can set up an AuthorCentral page. These pages function as a mini-website about you and your work on Amazon. Anytime someone is looking at a book listing on Amazon, the author of the book is listed with… Continue Reading
Assembling Your Self-Publishing Team
They say it takes a village to raise a child. The same principle holds when it comes to publishing a high quality book. It takes a team of professionals who have experience in working with books and publishing. Assembling the team of professionals that will be involved in designing and producing the book is one… Continue Reading
7 Tips for Using Copyrighted Material in Your Book
“Can’t I quote someone if I just give them credit?” This is an often-asked question from authors. I think a lot of confusion comes from past experiences in academic writing. When you write a research paper in school it is expected that you will quote other people’s ideas and the requirement is to give credit… Continue Reading
Editing Notes: Em Dashes, En Dashes and Hyphens
An em dash is a typesetting term that means a dash that is the approximate length of the width of the letter m in the font being used (there is also an en dash that is the width of the letter n). Grammatically there is a difference in the use of a hyphen and an… Continue Reading