Verse and worse (mine): regular writing challenges that tax the imagination.
Category: self publishing
Images for the uninitiated
How to resize images for the web.
Novice Self-publishing 7: preparing to upload.
The safest way to upload your paperback manuscript to Amazon is as a PDF file. Before converting your Word file to PDF, run the checks below (again). They can all be found in the File tab, to the left of the toolbar, which takes you here... Embedding fonts Whether or not you convert your file … Continue reading Novice Self-publishing 7: preparing to upload.
Novice Self-publishing, 5.5 – ebook to paperback
Earlier in this Novice Self-publishing series I outlined the steps needed to convert your free-flowing e-book manuscript to a print-ready PDF . This post gives more information about that process. When your printed copy is uploaded to Amazon for publication, you will be asked if you want Amazon to publish it as an e-book. You … Continue reading Novice Self-publishing, 5.5 – ebook to paperback
Novice Self-publishing, 6 – Headers and Footers
Paperback headers and footers.
Novice Self-publishing, 5 – Table of Contents
tweaking your Table of Contents for e-book and paperback
Novice Self-publishing, 4 – Layout
Page layout for book manuscripts
Novice Self-publishing 3: Word Styles
Styles The beauty of using Styles in MSWord is that you can change an aspect of your style (font size, indents, alignment…) and every paragraph in your document will automatically change. The snag with using Styles is that you can change an aspect of your style and every paragraph in your document will automatically change. … Continue reading Novice Self-publishing 3: Word Styles
Novice Self-publishing 2: e-book or print?
Formatting for e-book or print: what's the difference?
Video Making for the Clueless
Once again I have to thank Nicholas Rossis at http://nicholasrossis.me/2019/04/27/flexclip-making-a-video-in-seconds/ for a Really Useful tip The link above introduced me to FlexClip: a free resource for putting together videos (for advertising, greeting cards, blog posts...). FlexClip is really easy to use. According to Nicholas's post, the free version only works on Chrome (which I use … Continue reading Video Making for the Clueless
