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5 Steps To Your Ebook

This wonderful new age of indie authors means that there are many first-time book writers out there who aren’t sure what they should do once they’ve finished creating their work of fiction or non-fiction. Here’s a suggested course of action consisting of 5 steps. I’m assuming you’ve reached the stage where you’re happy with what… Continue reading 5 Steps To Your Ebook

Animoto – Awesome for Book Trailers

I hadn’t paid much attention to book trailers until very recently. I imagined they consisted of authors either beaming at the camera or looking painfully self-conscious saying how wonderful their book was. But then I actually started looking at some and saw how wrong I’d been. The ones that converted me were some of the… Continue reading Animoto – Awesome for Book Trailers

So What is Ebook Editing All About?

This wonderful new age of indie authors means that there are many first-time book writers out there who aren’t sure what they should do once they’ve finished creating their work of fiction or non-fiction. Here’s a suggested course of action. I’m assuming you’ve reached the stage where you’re happy with what you’ve written and, as… Continue reading So What is Ebook Editing All About?

Christmas Book Bags for Blokes

My recent post about fiction book bags as Christmas presents proved very popular so here another one about creating non-fiction book bags for blokes. (Book bags for ladies coming tomorrow.) First up, how to sew a fabric bag for a book. There are very clear instructions here on the Design Dazzle website. I did some… Continue reading Christmas Book Bags for Blokes

Runaways and Non-Movers – Weekly Sales Round-Up

Monday again, so time for a sales update. It’s all I’m capable of tonight anyway, having been out for 12 hours doing a hygiene course – in French! Interesting and useful, but hard work. Anyway, to book matters. Oh Gran: 1005 (last week 951) = 54  Nice to have crossed the 1,000 mark! Witch’s Dog:… Continue reading Runaways and Non-Movers – Weekly Sales Round-Up

NaNoWriMo Has Become NaHoTiMo and NaJaWriMo

I signed up for NaNoWriMo but it’s already obvious I won’t be getting far with it. It was a tad overoptimistic on my side since I knew I had a couple of non-fiction projects to finish and which took priority. And various rooms in the house have reached critical mess and urgently need dealing with.… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Has Become NaHoTiMo and NaJaWriMo

Booby Prize to Oh Auntie! – Weekly Sales to 24 October

As promised last week, every Monday I’ll update you on my ebook sales. I hope it will be an interesting exercise and at least give you one set of figures to compare your own sales/downloads with. You’ll notice the bar chart on the right of this web page which reflects these sales. Chris installed this… Continue reading Booby Prize to Oh Auntie! – Weekly Sales to 24 October