Category Archives: publishing

Book design, Critiquing, Editing, epublishing, format, ISBN, publishing, self-publishing

Self-pub, e-pub and more

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Looking for a publisher?

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2015/06/what-i-learned-about-writing-from.html

Need more writing groups?

http://www.meetup.com/Hillsboro-Creative-Writing-Center-Meetup/

What about the cover, the title, the design?

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/04/how-to-choose-the-perfect-book-title/

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/02/judging-book-cover-book-publicists-media-want-see-outside-book/

http://www.bookbaby.com/free-guide/amazon-keywords

http://indigoediting.com/August2015

ISBN information

https://www.createspace.com/Services/LCCNAssignment.jsp

http://booklife.com/publish/print/07/16/2014/the-indie-authors-guide-to-isbns.html

Self-Publishing & e-Publishing

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/00/00/71/54/24/89/7154248950.pdf

http://www.bookbaby.com/free-guide/self-publishing-boot-camp

http://www.bookbaby.com/free-guide/how-to-publish-ebook

http://bookarma.net/blog/manuscripts-ebooks-formatting-tips/

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2014/11/leaving-bookbaby-was-the-best-decision-she-could-ever-make/

https://www.createspace.com/pub/l/services_pubessentials.do?rewrite=true

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/03/traditional-or-self-publishing/

Translation?

http://www.babelcube.com/

book blurb, marketing, networking, query letters, self-publishing, submission guidelines, Writing

Some marketing links

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Again, more old links as we clean up the site:

Need more book reviews?

http://randomwritingrants.com/2015/06/08/how-and-where-to-obtain-book-reviews-by-james-rose/

Deadlines and marketing:

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/07/a-book-publishing-timeline-for-holiday-sales/

Yes you can:

http://www.voicecatcher.org/archives/3666

http://www.writermag.com/2014/10/17/non-traditional-book-launch/

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/04/book-marketing-ideas/

Query Letters and Book Blurbs:

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/literary-agent-sound-off-query-letter-basics

http://www.writersonthemove.com/2014/03/11-essentials-of-good-query-letter.html

http://siamckye.blogspot.com/2015/01/beating-blurb-blues-part-one.html

Book videos:

http://blog.zazzle.com/2015/02/09/10-tips-video-posts/

When to market

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/04/5-ways-to-get-publicity-for-your-book-launch/

Book promotion, Social Media & Marketing:

http://www.bookbaby.com/free-guide/frugal-book-promoter

https://forums.createspace.com/en/community/community/resources/blog/2015/04/07/marketing-tip-follow-the-8020-rule-in-social-media

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/26-tips-improving-social-media-marketing/

http://bookarma.net/blog/author_platform/

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2014/11/marketing-your-book-on-goodreads/

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2014/11/marketing-your-book-on-goodreads/

https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/help

http://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/2014/07/28/book-marketing-on-social-media/

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2014/07/seven-deadly-sins-of-book-promotion/

http://www.karencioffiwritingandmarketing.com/2013/04/your-author-online-platform-and-numbers.html#.U8a6srFA58E

http://www.authormedia.com/89-book-marketing-ideas-that-will-change-your-life/

contracts

The Writers Life

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Cleaning up some old posts. This one contains links on the writer’s life.

What does success look like?

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/545-how-the-girl-on-the-train-became-a-runaway-success

Taxes?

http://janefriedman.com/2014/06/18/author-taxes/

Your brain

http://indigoediting.com/April2015

Read your writing aloud

http://thrillofthequill.toastmastersclubs.org/

Need to revitalize your novel?

http://learnhowtowriteanovel.com/blog/2015/06/01/writing-quick-read/

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/06/7-ways-an-algorithm-can-help-you-write-a-better-novel/

Want to take a writing course (could cost real money though)?

http://learnhowtowriteanovel.com/product/whats-in-your-story-world/

Book design, Editing, genre, Guest Speakers, inspiration, Minutes, publishing, self-publishing, Writing

Minutes 201601

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Twenty four people attended on January 17th to hear local author Marcia Coffey Turnquist tell us about writing, publishing, marketing, and everything in-between. Marcia’s first novel, the God of Sno Cone Blue is available at Barnes and Noble (store and online) or http://www.amazon.com/God-Sno-Cone-Blue/dp/0991637437/ on Amazon. Continue reading Minutes 201601 →

publishing, self-publishing

Want to Self-Publish?

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CoverWe’re a pretty eclectic group of writers, and some of us have already self-published, with varying amounts of success – including self-publishing our journal. D-i-y sounds such an attractive option once you realize how little you’ll earn (or sell) with a small publisher, and how small your chance of landing a big publisher is. But how do you do it? More importantly, how do you self-publish effectively?

Nancy Woods spoke to our group once and offers many interesting classes. Coming soon is one on being your own publisher. Could we be our own publisher? Would we want to be? Could you be yours?

If you want to learn some serious stuff about how and why to self-publish, this might be the place to go. See http://nancy-woods.com/classes/ for details – it’s at the top of the page, costs $50, and takes place on Saturday Jan 30th.

Thank you Jean for letting us know about this.

Guest Speakers, Minutes, publishing, query letters, submission guidelines

Minutes 201510

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Writers’ Mill Minutes, October 18, 2015

Cedar Mill Library, Beaverton

 

Twenty-six people attended the meeting, including about seven newcomers. Among them was Donna Reynolds, who will speak to us next month about editing. Ron Davis led the meeting while Sheila Deeth was cruising in the Caribbean, having just celebrated her birthday among the alligators in the Everglades. Jean Harkin took Minutes, and Amelia De Mello provided snacks. Continue reading Minutes 201510 →

Book design, epublishing, format, Journal, publishing

Journal News 2015 – Step 14 – Publish on Kindle

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At the end of the Createspace process, we’re offered the chance to publish our book to kindle. Createspace sends the cover file, suitably formatted, but recommends we use a doc file rather than our nice pdf. This makes sense. pdf files are formatted. Ebooks aren’t. Continue reading Journal News 2015 – Step 14 – Publish on Kindle →