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Writing a book is a major undertaking. Like any long-term project, it's easy to lose focus and energy once the initial excitement wears off. A strong idea and a few good chapters can quickly turn into scattered notes, unfinished sections, research you meant to...

Writing a book is only one part of publishing. Formatting and packaging your manuscript into a physical book is a critical part of the publishing process. But a book is very different than a Word document; you can’t simply throw all the text into Microsoft Word and...

A book’s copyright page provides important legal and practical information about its publication. There’s no single required format for a copyright page, or even what must be included. In fact, in the United States, even a copyright notice isn’t necessary because an...

It’s easy to think a great book will naturally find its way into readers' hands, but it’s rarely that simple. A book’s discoverability requires more than a compelling story and an eye-catching cover. The way your book is categorized and described online is a critical...

The appeal of DIY self-publishing is straightforward: platforms like Amazon KDP and IngramSpark are free to use, which makes it easy to assume that publishing your book on your own costs nothing. That assumption is only true if you are comfortable publishing a book...

You finally have time to write, so you reorganize your files. You open your manuscript, then check your email again. You get a spark of inspiration, and immediately tell yourself it has been done before. This is not laziness. This is not a lack of talent. This is...

There’s nothing more disappointing than finishing your manuscript, selecting a cover, and building your reader list only to watch your sales numbers stall. If your book isn’t selling, or if sales have suddenly slowed, don’t assume your publishing journey is over. In...

You might think your narrative voice was shaped in a workshop or perfected through years of editing. But in truth, it likely started forming long before that, maybe even before you knew you were a writer. Our earliest encounters with story, the ones we absorbed as...

Choosing how to distribute your ebook is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make as a self-published author. While writing your book takes creativity and dedication, publishing it requires strategy. Should you enroll in Amazon’s KDP Select program and gain access to...