A Guide to Self-Publishing for CreateSpace On-Demand and Kindle eBook will be available next week. In the development of this book, I practiced what I preached, so to speak. I worked on my author platform, tweeting and posting--though not as much as I wanted to, I created my book cover in Microsoft Word, and I authored, … Continue reading What I Learned From Writing A Guide to Self-Publishing
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The cover for A Guide to Self-Publishing for CreateSpace On-Demand and Kindle eBook features a lines art rendering of the Gutenberg Press. The idea of using such an image came to mind as soon as I began contemplating the cover design for my upcoming book. I sought to relay a message of inventiveness of sorts because A Guide to … Continue reading Johannes Gutenberg
I've taken a break from my next work of fiction to write A Guide to Self-Publishing for CreateSpace On-Demand and Kindle eBook. I've drawn from my 17 years of experience as Director of Development for an educational publisher, my teaching experience, my own self-publishing experience, and my general need for a book that I can refer to … Continue reading A Guide to Self-Publishing
"...The rosy dawn of self-publishing is over – it’s now a serious business and we are in competition with traditional industry professionals who won’t necessarily play fair. They see themselves as the legitimate land-owners and ourselves as the barbarian hordes." Check out the full post at The Passive Voice.
NASA is accepting applications from companies that want to mine the moon (phys.org). Moon mining consists of extracting minerals, helium 3 (rare on Earth but great for the production of cleaner energy), and other rare earth elements, especially those used for electronics. Similarly, there is general interest in space mining--extracting minerals from asteroids and space rocks. I came across … Continue reading The Jadeite Cat
THREADS is now on Pinterest. Its pins show some of the inspiration behind the book. Hope you enjoy!
Just a quick post to say that THREADS is now in softcover and available on Amazon. The CreateSpace experience was a good one. The Proof copy looks amazing and I am very pleased with the paper and cover quality of their on-demand work. The colors and fonts came through with no problem and their online, … Continue reading THREADS Now in Softcover
The decision to self-publish now seems obvious. However, with all the debate over how to successfully publish and market a book, it was really a very difficult decision to come to. On the one hand, there is Amazon.com and all its heft. Amazon and their eBook format is a relatively straight forward way to publish a … Continue reading To Self Publish
THREADS was featured in an article in the Butler Eagle today (Butler, PA). It was a great press release! Visit to see the online edition (you must have a subscription). I'm so excited. Another big announcement. . .Threads will be available this summer in softcover. It will be published by Belleyre Books and offered through Amazon.com … Continue reading THREADS News
Thanks to everyone who stopped by for the THREADS eBook Launch Party. It was a great success with good friends, interested readers, and tasty food!
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