The past few days have been a whirlwind of ebook formatting, and I haven’t taken the time to keep up the idea of a regular “diary” here, so I’ll just plunge in with a countdown from where I am. 3. New Cover Since the last post, I came up with a final ebook cover that …
The e-Publishing Diaries: PBS’s MediaShift and Other Supportive Resources August 8 (P Minus 24): Today’s updates: Received an email from Bowker’s saying that my ISBN order is being processed and should be emailed soon (more about ISBNs later this week; it’s more complicated than I first thought) Began gathering visuals for a book trailer Changed …
The e-Publishing Diaries: Seth Godin on Self-Publishing I am running across so many interesting articles and other resources in this self-publishing journey, that rather than try to weave all of them into longer pieces, I’m going to share some in shorter asides as they come up. From Seth Godin: “Building a tribe is not a …
The e-Publishing Diaries: Formatting Kindle eBooks, Part 1 August 7 (P Minus 25): Thank you to everyone who has responded to the blog tour request! I’m putting the details together and will get back to you within a couple of days. When many people think of e-publishing, the first thing that comes to mind are …
August 5 (P Minus 27): It’s time to kick these diaries into gear! I made an important decision a couple of days ago to publish Oscar’s Gift as both a print book (via Amazon’s CreateSpace) and an ebook, so I’ve been happily busy formatting the text for the print version and creating a new cover: …