Just found this very sophisticated website about self-publishing, e-pubbing, and self-promotion:
The Book Designer
http://www.theBookDesigner.com
He also offers several great tips and suggestions for online promotion for all writers:
Book Marketing: Your Online Press Kit
http://www.thebookde...line-press-kit/
Author Blogging: Guest Blogging and the Invitation
http://www.thebookde...-an-invitation/
Top Five Discussion Forums for Self-Publishers
http://www.thebookde...elf-publishers/
Including John Kremer's The Book Marketing Network and Henry Baum's Self-Publishing Review
And a great re-post about how to format your e-book for the iPad:
http://www.thebookde...-of-bookmaking/
The Book Designer
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Posted 23 March 2011 - 11:46 AM
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Posted 23 March 2011 - 11:56 AM
AWESOME! Posted on FB with attribution.
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Posted 23 March 2011 - 12:20 PM
Wow. A wonderful resource. Thanks.
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Posted 23 March 2011 - 01:14 PM
Thanks for the links. You might also want to look at The Indie Book Collective.com, all about self-publishing.
http://richard-writi...ng.blogspot.com
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Posted 23 March 2011 - 02:46 PM
Wow. Great stuff! Thanks!
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 06:15 PM
Might be just what I needed. I'll take a look, thanks.
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 02:31 PM
Great post. Thanks for the resources!
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 04:09 PM
Oh my GOD can you get lost wandering around that place! I now know more about type fonts than I ever would have thought possible.
A great, great resource for all things publishing!
A great, great resource for all things publishing!
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 05:49 PM
Oh my GOD can you get lost wandering around that place! I now know more about type fonts than I ever would have thought possible.
LOL. Welcome to my world. I have more fonts at my disposal after 18 years of collecting them than I care to think about. I used ZapfEllipt BT for my book mockup. I even have software to make my own fonts. Way too scary. The Easton Press 100 greatest books always lists what font they used in the intro. I found that very enlightening. I found that most books only use 2 fonts. One for the text and one for the titles.
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 08:15 PM
LOL. Welcome to my world. I have more fonts at my disposal after 18 years of collecting them than I care to think about. I used ZapfEllipt BT for my book mockup. I even have software to make my own fonts. Way too scary. The Easton Press 100 greatest books always lists what font they used in the intro. I found that very enlightening. I found that most books only use 2 fonts. One for the text and one for the titles.
My daughter's at Newhouse/Syracuse. They have a computer with >100k fonts
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 10:56 PM
I have about a quarter of that or a little over.My daughter's at Newhouse/Syracuse. They have a computer with >100k fonts
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