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Writers’ Mill Journal Volume 4

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We’ve done it! The journal is now available from Amazon at $9.95

http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Mill-Journal-2015-Journals/dp/1517594472/

The Writers’ Mill Journal Volume 4 2015

or from Amazon Kindle at $1.99 (where you can even “look inside”)

http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Mill-Journal-Journals-Book-ebook/dp/B016C98RI4/

Give the library a boost – buy copies direct from Createspace and more money goes to the library (but you have to pay postage):

https://www.createspace.com/5771816

Find Volume 3 at https://www.createspace.com/5037718

and Volume 2 at https://www.createspace.com/4068825

Don’t miss October’s meeting where you’ll have a chance to order copies at cost (plus postage).

 

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 →

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Me Print Pretty One Day – taken from Sheila’s talk 09/20/2015

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Me Print Pretty One Day

Do you want to submit something to an agent or publisher? Do you want to self-publish your instructions on how to deal with difficult people? Or do you want to create a small booklet for your grandson as a Christmas gift? Chances are, even if none of these is you, you do want your writing to be read, by someone, sometime. If so, you want it to print prettily enough that they read the words instead of just looking at the paper. You want to “print pretty.” I’m no expert, but here are some ideas that just might help.

Continue reading Me Print Pretty One Day – taken from Sheila’s talk 09/20/2015 →

Editing, Journal

Journal News 2015 – Step 8 – locking, reviewing and comparing files

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Do you know how to make sure you don’t lose your edits or forget what you’ve changed? I’ll need to recombine the files I receive back from multiple editors, compiling all their changes into one master file. But how will I know I’ve caught everything? (Simple answer; I won’t, but I’ll do my best.) Continue reading Journal News 2015 – Step 8 – locking, reviewing and comparing files →

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