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Below is a listing of our self-publishing guides and articles. Click on the heading to read the complete article.
Creating Proper Blank Pages in A Book Layout
Your book format will likely include a few blank left hand pages. These blank pages are used so that new chapters as well as front matter sections such as the table of contents, dedication, foreword, etc., start on a right hand page in a book. These blank pages should be completely blank. They should not have headers, footers or page numbers on them. A common mistake ...
Working With Image Resolution for Interior Book Images
Most book printers and publishers have image resolution requirements for images included in the book’s interior. Typically they will ask that all images be 300 ppi (pixels per inch) resolution and sometimes more. If your images do not meet these requirements they may reject your book files or warn you that the quality may be poor...
Common Mistakes Made When Writing a Book in Microsoft Word
When writing your book you should separate the writing from the formatting. Write first, format later. However, there are some steps you can make when writing that will make the job of formatting easier and help prevent errors in the formatting process...
Choosing the Right Font for your Book
Fonts are an important part of your book. They set the mood and can effect the readability of your text. Your book may have potential to be a bestseller but if someone has trouble reading it due to a bad font choice they may just put it down without finishing or recommending it to a friend...
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...
Subsidy Publishers versus Self Publishing
What is a subsidy publisher? 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...
Basic Step by Step Guide to Subsidy Publishing
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...
Ideas on Marketing your Book on a Budget
Before you start marketing your book to the public it should be available for them to acquire. Make sure that if a customer follows your marketing efforts and goes to buy your book it is actually available for them to...