Monthly Archives: January 2008

The 20 Questions Strategy For Book Writing

Do you know a lot of information but can’t seem to get focussed enough to write a book? This is one of my biggest problems. I start trying to write down everything that I think is important and before long I’m looking at pages of information that are as overwhelming as what is in...

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Marketing Strategies for Book Authors

I have a friend who is a fiction writer. We were talking today about ideas for promoting a book she is writing. She writes in a variety of genres, but the book in question is in the ‘chick-lit’ category – at least that’s what she calls it. I came up with these suggestions: Blog...

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Speed Write Your Non-Fiction Book Using Dictation

For any first time non-fiction book author there are two enormous hurdles to overcome in order to succeed in publishing their book. You must face the blank page and get started and then you must get through the first draft. These hurdles are not as high as they first appear and with the two...

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How To Create Paperback Book Covers For Your Self-Published Books

How To Create Paperback Book Covers For Your Self-Published Books

My Do-It-Yourself Bookbinding article has turned out to be one of the most popular articles on this site. It came from my desire to have printed copies of some of the many e-books I have collected over the years. Very often I don’t worry about putting a cover on the book and just bind...

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Plastic Comb Binding For Self-Publishers

Plastic Comb Binding For Self-Publishers

Plastic Comb Binding (also known as Comb Binding) is an inexpensive and readily available method of book binding. The spine edge of the paper stack is punched with a series of rectangular holes. The Plastic Comb, which is a tube of flexible plastic with a series of teeth cut into one edge, is threaded...

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Making Booklets From PDF Files

Are you trying to print out the contents of a PDF document in booklet format? A colleague of mine just told me about a very long and drawn out process he went through to create a booklet for his work. The original file he was given for the project had been created with Microsoft...

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Review: Easy BookBinding By Nathan DeStephano

Review: Easy BookBinding By Nathan DeStephano

Easy BookBinding, by Nathan DeStephano, is the most current and complete resource I have found for learning how to print and bind your own trade paperback and case bound hardcover books. However, this book is NOT for everyone. It is NOT written for the book arts enthusiast who wants to study the centuries old...

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