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Managing File Sizes for Ebooks
The majority of fiction writer/publishers will not run into overall file size problems. Text doesn’t create monster files. Using graphics or illustrations can add significantly to the overall file...
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Book Production Services: Ebook and Print-on-Demand
Regular readers might have noticed something different about my blog. I had to take down my Ebook Services page. Long story short, life happened and I got tired of telling people, “Sorry, I can’t help...
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Ebook Formatting Services: Update
As some of you are aware, I removed my ebook services page. There were several reasons I did so, but the major one was that I really hate telling people “no” and I had too much going on in order to say...
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All Your Questions About Ebook Organization Answered
Front matter, back matter, tables of contents, ISBNs, disclaimers–all the bits and pieces that must be organized and managed in order to create a professional ebook–baffles many writers. What’s...
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Do You Need Professional Help to Self-Publish?
A few weeks ago I got this email: Hi Jaye, [a regular client] said you can help me. I got the rights back to my novel [title] published by [Big 5 house]. I had it scanned and converted it to Word. This...
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I’m Baaaack!
I’m back and it’s time to rock ‘n’ roll! First, apologies to those who contacted me for book production services and I had to refer them to other sources. I spent the last few months of 2016 pretty...
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Kindle Previewer: New and (really!) Improved
I’ve been using Amazon’s Kindle Previewer app ever since I started formatting ebooks. Have to say, I was never much impressed with it. It had some useful features and it was a quick way to convert an...
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Two Quick, Easy No-Cost Ways to Convert a PDF into a Word Doc
There are two types of PDF files that concern writers and from which writers would like to extract editable text. The first is created by exporting a text document from a word processor or publishing...
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Creating Custom Templates in MS Word
I have come to the bittersweet conclusion that y’all don’t need my formatting wizardry much anymore. At least not you fiction writers. The good news is the reason why: The major sites for...
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Amazon’s Kindle Create for Ebooks
Have you heard about Kindle Create from Amazon? It’s a free service for self-publishers to format ebooks and print books to sell on Amazon. It will accept a Word .doc or .docx file and allow the...
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