Whenever we start work formatting an ebook, one of the first things we ask for is the front cover image. And now and then, after we have asked for the cover the response we get is “Amazon say you shouldn’t include the cover in your book.” And the author is correct 🙂 . If you …
With Christmas fast approaching, we wanted to let you know what our schedule here at Polgarus Studio will be. 🙂 Please note that while this is our current plan, if we get inundated with manuscripts we may need to alter things (just to be fair to the people who have sent their books in already). We will be closed …
After seeing several thousand books pass through our doors, if there’s one page in books often overlooked, it’s the “About the Author” page. Sometimes the page is just very short – maybe a single sentence. But other times the page is left out entirely. This is a mistake! Your author page is the best place …
A very common question we get asked is “what page/trim size should I use for my book?” There is a very simple (but useless) answer – there is no correct answer! Now that I’ve got that out of the way, allow me to expand a bit 🙂 What I mean is that there is no …
A common misconception we run into about Smashwords is that they require authors to upload a Word file if you want to sell your book with them. It’s not surprising this belief is out there – once upon a time your only choice was to upload a Word file, and Smashwords always mention it first …
You Don’t Need To Upload A Word File To Smashwords Read More »
If you ever want to give a reader the link to your book on Amazon, it can be very tempting to just go to Amazon, search for your book, click on your book, and then copy and paste the link from the address bar in your browser. That works, but let’s be honest – the …
The great thing about self-publishing is that there is no one telling you what you have to do with your book. You can write in whatever genre you like, include whatever type of character you want, and write in any style you prefer. Don’t want to have any chapters at all in your book? No …
Happy New Year! We hope that 2017 is a great year for your writing (and for you and your family in general 🙂 ) We are back from our Christmas break, and ready to get back to work! Obviously we have a bit of email backlog to go through, but we should catch up in …
Getting your book ready for publishing is an exciting time. But there are a huge number of things to think about as release day approaches. As a result, it’s easy to overlook adding some of the front and/or back matter to your book. This article runs through the common (and not-so-common) sections that you might …
A Simple Checklist to Make Sure Your Manuscript is Complete! Read More »
This series of articles is intended to talk about common (and not so common!) problems that can occur when formatting your manuscript as an ebook, and how to get around them. Whether you plan to do your own formatting, or get someone else (like us!) to do it for you, I hope you find the …
