Author: KarenW

For authors considering submitting their manuscript to a publishing house, there are a few things to consider. For instance, some publishers might only publish romance, while others only publish nonfiction history. Maybe one wants to see your entire manuscript immediately,

Many authors envision writing a book and submitting it to one of the top publishers to let them take the reins—editing, formatting, creating the book cover, marketing, and distributing. Yet, the reality of that actually happening is what has made

You have spent days, weeks, months, and maybe even years writing a book, and now you are ready to self-publish it. There are many steps to publishing your book (see our Checklist for Self-Publishers), including title selection, cover design, copyediting,

You are writing your first book and plan to upload it to Amazon and sell a bunch of copies. Then, you start to do a little research and fall down rabbit hole after rabbit hole and become overwhelmed. There is

Most authors know that when they write a book, an ISBN needs to be assigned to it. An International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is the book’s unique identification number used by distributors, bookstores, other retailers, and libraries to purchase books

Steps involved to self-publish your book, such as editing, professional book formatting, cover design, book description, author bio, ISBNs, and more…

As you type the ending to your book and decide to get it professionally edited, a strong sense of overwhelm begins to overtake you. What next? Formatting, book cover design, writing query letters, setting a price, coming up with keywords, writing metadata, uploading to sites? Take a step back and take a deep breath…

Information self-publishers might want to know about ISBNs, barcodes, and their purposes…