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Can you create a print book in Canva?
In today's blog post, I answer the question: "Can you create a print book in Canva?" and show you 10 things you need to consider before doing it. This question appeared on Quora today: "How can I...
Should you make your own book covers?
My question today is: Should you make your own book covers? I published my first book on Amazon in 2012. I was called How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile and whilst at the time I thought it was...
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5 Mistakes you’re making formatting your book for Amazon
One of my favourite things to do is to take a messy manuscript and turn it into a lovely well-ordered file ready to upload to Amazon, Lulu and IngramSpark. I'm also a bit of a troubleshooter when it...
5 Reasons why your book won’t be a bestseller
One of my favourite courses to deliver is the "Publish a Book in Just 5 days" challenge. However, one of the things that I say from the start is that the finished book that I publish on day 5 is not...
4 Ways you could infringe someone else’s intellectual property, without realising!
Last week I had the less than delightful experience of getting an email from Amazon. They were pulling one of my books because someone had reported a Trademark infringement. As you can imagine, I...
How do I make a self-published book look professional?
How do you make a self-published book not look "self-published" was a question that I was invited to answer on Quora, however, the real question was how do you make a self-published book look...
What’s stopping you from writing?
I want to share something with you that may surprise you. At school, I was rubbish at English. I didn't understand comprehension. I didn't understand where or how the teachers could extrapolate what...
5 Investments you should make in your book
I was writing the answer to a Quora post when the idea for this post came up. The question was around publishing a book so that it looks professional, but to me it was about the investments you...
What are my publishing options?
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is: what are my publishing options? So, in this post, I want to clarify what your options are when it comes to actually publishing your books. When...
What are the differences between a copy editor and a proofreader?
A common question that I am often asked is: “Are proofreaders and copy editors the same?” The quick answer is no. They are completely different roles and they have different importance for authors...
Editing: Types of editors and edits
When it comes to writing your book, you know the plot or outline, have your templates sorted, and have the book cover finalised. You’ve finished writing, and you’re ready to publish. Hold on! Any...
Amazon KDP: 5 Clear-cut reasons why you should not use it
I love Amazon KDP, as you know pretty much all my books are published through Amazon, but there are 5 reasons why you shouldn't publish through Amazon KDP. The reasons are simply around your...
How to re-size a document in MS Word
There are several reasons why you might want to learn how to re-size a document in MS Word. I do this all the time when I'm creating the structure of my books for example, but if you were looking to...
100 Goals for 2021
I think it's fair to say that no-one was prepared for 2020 and even though I achieved some fo the goals that I set last year, I couldn't imagine the year we would have. It was the year we lost my...
