Author: Nowick Gray
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Pills for Publishing Headaches
An elderly client of mine has just written what she feels is going to be a successful book, helped along by a developmental edit. Now she’s ready to publish… but where, how? She says the result of printing her first book with Amazon was unsatisfactory. When I outlined the higher…
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To Edit or (How Much) to Edit?
I’m halfway through reading an inspiring ebook called Write. Publish. Repeat. The No-Luck-Required Guide to Self-Publishing Success. In the section on editing and self-editing, the authors Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant), lay out their practical advice which will prove useful to most self-published authors: We suggest you employ the…
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Self-Publishing Scams and the Hybrid Alternative
At a recent gathering of my regional writer’s association, I found a common concern: How to assess the integrity of self-publishing companies? Is there a viable alternative to paying their high fees, in the thousands of dollars? The attraction is there. The digital revolution has, on the one hand, made…
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Samuel Beckett on Unwriting English
It is indeed becoming more and more difficult, even senseless, for me to write an official English. And more and more my own language appears to me like a veil that must be torn apart in order to get at the things, or the Nothingness, behind it. Grammar and Style–to…
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A Simple Guide to Self-Publishing—free download
Have you heard about the opportunities to publish your own book easily and cheaply – even for free – using today’s digital platforms like Amazon and Smashwords? Do you want to know what it takes to get your book into ebook format, or ready for print-on-demand? Are you confused about…
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Travel Photos are a Cop-out
by Nowick Gray Okay, maybe that title is a bit strong. You’re enchanted with the exotic city you’ve discovered, or the awesome landscape. You pull out your trusty digital camera or cellphone and click—you’ve captured it. Another click or two, and you’ve shared your experience with friends far and wide…
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Technique is King
“The first draft reveals the art, revision reveals the artist.” – Michael Lee It is said, in relation to the Internet, that “Content is King.” The maxim is true offline as well as online. We listen to a master of the shakuhachi flute and are struck with the pure poignancy…
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HyperEdits Formatting Service
Formatting for Self-Publishing: Ebooks and Print-on-Demand When clients ask about self-publishing, they want to know what is required, compared to the full array of add-on features and charges listed by commercial “self-publishing” services. You pay a lot more for those full packages, and you still have to be involved in decisions…
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Smashwords Crib Sheet
How to Format Your eBook for Smashwords What is Smashwords? Smashwords is the primary distribution outlet for ebooks, besides Amazon’s Kindle. The format it uses is epub. Once on Smashwords the ebook is automatically disbributed to the other channels besides Amazon: these include Kobo, Apple iBooks, and Barnes and Noble.…