Training #523 – Typesetting a Book in Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word (and by extension, Apple Pages, Google Docs, and LibreOffice or OpenOffice Writer) are, in our opinion, not the best tool for creating the…
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Training #522 – Ask us Anything: Canva Acquires Affinity Software
The big news that came out the day before this training was that Canva purchased Serif, the makers of the Affinity software suite. We answered…
Training #521 – Publishing News and Ask Us Anything (Websites Edition)
It has been a month since our last ask us anything session, so we had a lot of ground to cover today: For news, we…
Training #520 – Studio Moonfall and Independent Bookstores with Donovan Scherer
Your local bookstore can be an excellent partner for getting your books into the hands of local readers. In this training, Blaine is joined by…
A 90-Day Launch Plan for Children’s Books
Some people publish their book and then immediately move on without giving it a second thought. If you have a large audience, then your book…
Training #518 – Understanding Illustrations (and how to purchase them)
If you are writing books for children under the age of nine, you probably already know that illustrations are vital to your projects. The right…
Training #517 – Audiobooks and Ask Us Anything
In this Ask Us Anything session, we first covered some topical news, including Findaway Voices making a unilateral rights grab through their terms of service…
Training #516 – Ask us Anything
In this training, Blaine answered the following questions: Should a book have a series name before the second book is published? How do I write…
Training #515 – Comp Authors
One thing we talk about a lot on our hot seats is how important it is to find comp titles and authors that you can…
Training #514 – ePub Conversion Software for Reflowable Books
Formatting your books can take a lot of work, but it doesn’t necessarily have to. In this training, Erin demonstrates how to use 4 popular…
Training #513 – Ask Us Anything, a Hot Seat, and Ads
This Ask us Anything session was pretty packed, here’s a summary of what is covered: News: An update to the Push Button Publishing rewrite and…
A.I. Narrated Audiobooks
Last month, we talked about how much the marketshare for audiobooks has been growing, and the different ways you have for creating audio versions of…
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