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Tips For Book Cover Design
The World's Greatest Book The following is something I posted on a discussion forum in response to someone who asked for a critique on about a dozen of their self-designed book covers. Since you asked...
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POD, Vanity Presses and Publishing
The World's Greatest Book There is a tendency to refer to “POD Publishers” with disdain, but POD is just a printing technology. I use Lightning Source for printing, own my own ISBN numbers and retain...
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Self-Publishers Should Not Be Self-Editors
The World's Greatest Book Editing is one of the first hurdles you’ll encounter as an independent writer. Your fan club is your enemy. Encouraging friends who think it’s “wonderful you actually wrote a...
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Are Self-Published Books Really Crap?
The World's Greatest Book From an Internet writer’s forum: Comment: I see self-publishing as vanity publishing. There’s a reason there’s a traditional route; it really does sift out the crap. I may not...
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Book Design Basics – Dashes, Hyphens and Dots
The World's Greatest Book I particularly like this section on dashes, hyphens and dots because it goes beyond typographic aesthetics to explore how we can communicate more effectively as writers. The...
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Should Indie Publishers Lower Their Expectations?
The World's Greatest Book Many authors start down the publishing road believing that printing books is the same as printing money, only to be disappointed by low returns and the amount of work...
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Book Design Basics: Small Capitals – Avoiding Capital Offenses
The World's Greatest Book Use of Small Capitals—uppercase characters designed at lowercase scale—is one aspect of writing and book design that isn’t taught in grammar school. We all know every sentence...
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Writer’s Software Review: AutoCrit Rocks!
The World's Greatest Book Can a computer analysis of your text help you write better? I gave AutoCrit a spin and became a customer. It is often difficult to see mistakes in your own manuscript, but...
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