Authors spend a lot of time writing books. The best work they can do is to write. But while writing is the best work they can do it is not the only work they should do. Marketing is important if a writer wants to make their passion a career. Both Published and unpublished authors get […]
The html behind your book looks like this when you have blank line. The blank line will be remove automatically by the software and become just this: So common blank lines I know about that Authors use in Word often are these: Using blank lines to place text (Such as title page, chapter headings, etc) […]
Keep It Sigil Simple – Creating a high quality eBook
So I really only see two ways to gift a kindle copy of your eBook. This post will take a look at these two options. Method 1 – Send a copy of your mobi file outside Amazon You can send anyone your book as a mobi file outside of Amazon. There is nothing wrong with this […]
I have been asked how one can give my one of my books or novellas as a gift. Amazon.com makes it very easy to give an ebook as a give. There are two ways to give an eBook as a gift: Virtual Gift Have the gift ebook sent directly to someone’s email address Physical Gift […]
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As an author, I want to read my book on my Kindle Fire or on my Kindle app on my phone. My proofreaders also want to read it using Kindle. So before I publish I need to be able to deliver a book to various Kindle devices. The steps are pretty easy. Step 1 – […]
Normally when you write time, such as 10:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m., the a.m. and p.m. should be small caps. Doing so is just one more way to make your novel’s layout more professional. This is a style choice and is not required. In fact, I just finished a book published by a large publisher where […]
This article assumes you have used Microsoft Word to create your manuscript. Step 1 – Prepare your word document Things to note Find all instances of space quote (a single quote before a word) and write them down so you can find them again. I found these in my novel. Days of ’47 ’cause Find […]
If you want a great high quality ebook, then I recommend you use Sigil. It is free and open source and works quite well. Note: I recommend that you wait until your manuscript is done before you move it to Sigil. Use Microsoft Word to write your novel and edit your novel. Only once it […]