Tag: #selfpublishinghints
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Using Grammar Checkers yet keeping author voice
Many people talk about using or hating to use AI (Artificial Intelligence), but have no problem using a package such as ProwritingAid or Grammarly. Both of these packages are AI-based packages, and few writers would produce something without running it through their preferred package. Sure, some people are incredibly good at grammar and great, but…
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Book Formating 103
The best thing you can do to help format your own book is to pop into a bookstore that sells traditionally published books. Find several books in your genre and see what their interior looks like. Your aim in doing this is to replicate traditional publishers and thus make your book look more professional. There…
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C.L. Cannon’s Book Fair
Post-publication, authors need to advertise their books. There are a variety of ways to do this. There will be a heap of other ideas, but today, we are focusing on online book fairs. To look at a live book fair, go to https://clcannon.net/bookfair . Here the organiser has created links to hundreds of books and…
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Book Sales Strategy #1 Rapid Release
Let’s play a game of pretend. You’ve been writing for a while, and you can write and edit to a reasonable standard. You have maybe 500 social media followers from your author persona, but you are a newbie author. You know nothing about self-publishing, but you’ve invested time (and money if you have any) into…
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Book Formatting 101
You’ve written an amazing book, and you’ve spent hours and then more hours doing all the stages of editing. You’ve received feedback from critique groups, and they are itching to buy a finished copy, but how do you get your book from writing to formatted? There are three options. We’ll name them here but cover…
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