January 25th, 2012 by Anne
So I got back the epub draft from Bookbaby, which had one small error that I sent back to correct. Meanwhile realizing how close to publication date we are, has sent me into a flurry of activity on writing guest blog posts and looking for potential reviewers.
Someone on AbsoluteWrite.com forums referenced this [...]
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January 23rd, 2012 by Anne
Wow, quite a shocker on the Newbery Medal Award Winners for 2012. Only one of the favorites was an award recipient. In what many people considered a very strong year in children’s books, the crowd gave an audible groan or murmer when it was announced there were TWO Honor Books chosen (fewer than average).
The Newbery [...]
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January 18th, 2012 by Anne
So a quick departure from my series of posts on publishing on Kindle because it’s THAT time of year. Time to predict and then discover what great children’s book will win the Newbery Award this year.
And when exactly, you ask do they announce the winners? The Newbery and Caldecott award winners will be [...]
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January 18th, 2012 by Anne
So yesterday I finished the revisions my copyeditor suggested and submitted my ebook “manuscript” to Bookbaby. I should receive a notice in the next couple weeks when the epub is ready for review. So in the meantime I need to:
- finish my blog setup
- write some blog posts
- decide what contact information I [...]
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January 12th, 2012 by Anne
Since I started my “Publishing a Kindle ebook” series on day 1 of the year, it makes it easy to figure out what day this is.
So what have I done in the last 9 days.
I hired the ebook cover creator and chose which image she created that I liked best.
I finished writing and [...]
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January 3rd, 2012 by Anne
So today I worked with the Kindle ebook cover designer, reviewing a possible photo to use, text and the look I am hoping to achieve. I also followed up on some advice a friend gave that Smashwords.com also offers a single interface to publish to multiple digital publishers. It does not charge an [...]
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January 2nd, 2012 by Anne
Okay, so today I got an answer back on the couple of Kindle book cover designers and what they would charge. The answer was that if I had a photo or clear idea of what I wanted it might be as low as $50 - $150, but that if I wanted to see lots [...]
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January 1st, 2012 by Anne
So today I found a couple ebook cover designers and emailed them to ask what they charge to create a Kindle book cover. I know someone who got a Kindle cover created on Fiverr.com. They were thrilled with it, but I kind of thought it looked only about as good as you could expect for [...]
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December 31st, 2011 by Anne
We are within 2 hours of a brand new year and I’m contemplating the many new publishing options that have cropped up. Some people are having big success with publishing children’s books as iPhone/iPad apps. Others are selling Kindle books. New digital publishing options are cropping up all over and I realized it’s time I investigate….. no, not [...]
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April 10th, 2011 by Anne
Just a quick shout-out, that there are some interesting posts about self-publishing over on Michelle Davidson Argyle’s blog.
I also liked the basic concept of her self-published novel, Cinders.
Cinderella - now officially a princess - finds royal life is not what she once dreamed. When a figure from her past stirs up a long-suppressed passion, Cinderella [...]
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