Self Publishing Information and Resources

03/18/2008 12:45 PM

Introducing Poetry Book Creator 2.0

Introducing the newest version of our popular Poetry Book Creator.
Similar to the Book Design Wizard 2.0 our Poetry Book Creator 2.0 includes many new features and tools to help you format your poetry book.

Designing your poetry book's interior is one of the most difficult things to do when you self-publish. Hiring an interior book designer can be expensive, especially if you are on a budget. Save yourself the time, hassle and money and use our affordable Poetry Book Creator to easily create a customizable poetry book layout in Microsoft® Word.

Created for the self-publishing poet our Poetry Book Creator 2.0 will create a customized poetry book format using Microsoft® Word. It goes beyond a typical poetry book template by allowing you to customize the style and formatting options of your poetry book's layout automatically and offers many tools to use after the initial poetry book 'template' is created.

With the Poetry Book Creator you enter in the information and formatting options for your book of poetry in an easy to use form. After you enter in the required information simply click 'Create Book' and the Poetry Book Creator will take the information you provided and create a professional looking poetry book layout in Microsoft® Word.

Owners of Poetry Book Creator 1.0 can request a discount code to receive $25 off the purchase of 2.0.

11/08/2006 12:08 PM

Introducing Book Design Wizard 2.0

Introducing the newest version of our popular Book Design Wizard.
Version 2.0 includes many new features and tools to help you format your book!

Created with the self-publishing author in mind our Book Design Wizard 2.0 will create a customized book layout in a format suitable for publishing using Microsoft® Word.

With the Book Design Wizard you enter in the information and formatting options for your book in an easy to use form. After you enter in the required information simply click 'Create Book' and the Book Design Wizard will take the information you provided and create a professional looking book layout in Microsoft® Word.

After your initial book layout is created you can use the Book Design Wizard's tools to insert text into your book, add images, add additional chapters or sections, delete chapters or sections, mark index entries, change the book size or margins, change the fonts used, the chapter style and more.

Owners of Book Design Wizard 1.0 can request a discount code to receive $25 off the purchase of 2.0.

12/13/2005 11:41 AM

Costly Mistakes, the Importance of Proofreading

Proofreading your book is one of the most important steps in self publishing. The cost of not proofreading or not proofreading properly can be high. Unlike traditional publishing, when you self publish the job of proofreading and editing is yours.

11/17/2005 02:38 PM

Subsidy Publishers versus Self Publishing

A subsidy publisher (sometimes called "vanity" publisher) is a publishing company who will publish an author's book for a charge. They will often handle all of the set up and production part of publishing the book such as interior and cover design, assigning an ISBN, distribution to booksellers and sometimes will offer marketing services.

10/10/2005 04:49 PM

Basic Step by Step Guide to Subsidy Publishing

First write your book and get it in an electronic format such as a Microsoft Word document. Next decide what your goals are in publishing your book. Do you want your book available to retail booksellers such as Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble? Do you just want your book available to friends and families?