Almost every day, I see posts on Reddit, X, or Facebook where authors say, “Someone copied my book.” It’s so frequent that I rarely pay attention any longer. Why? Because every book I have published has been copied, pirated, or made available for sale or free on shady websites. It’s the same for most authors,…
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An ever-present danger in writing is relying on your assumed facts. We tend to trust our memory when writing, so simple slip-ups can easily happen. The most common involve dates, geography, and historical events. Innocent mistakes with facts like these can easily happen because our memory is never 100% accurate. However minor they seem, mistakes…
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If you’re new to self-publishing and ebook formatting, it’s easy to think that your ebook text justification will look just the same as it appears on your screen. However, ebooks follow a different set of formatting rules. Unlike a print book, an ebook uses dynamic reflowable text. Because of this, justified text options can create…
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Of course, you always want people to discover your writing, whether you’ve published an article, a short story, or your latest book. However, after you hit the publish button, you wait, and wait, and nothing happens. But it’s not just happening to you. Until recently, writers and authors could pretty much rely on search engines…
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Every writer knows this feeling. I only need to confirm one simple fact, and suddenly I’m ten tabs deep and wasting time. Whether I’m writing fiction, nonfiction, online articles, or essays, getting the facts right matters a lot to me. Even minor details can quietly change how convincing my writing feels. I’ve found that reliable…
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You’d be surprised how many visitors to your site are snack readers who skim and scan your writing. They want an answer, and if they don’t get it, they move on very quickly. You probably do it yourself when you are searching online for information or an answer to a question. The proof is in…
Your book title page might not be the first thing you think about when you are preparing your book for publishing. However, you should give it some thought because you are presenting the title and your name to readers. The layout and format should be clean and clear, but there are lots of little options…
While you have many options when self-publishing a new book, Amazon and Apple are two major online bookstores for ebooks. Ideally, having your new ebook on both should give you the best opportunity to sell copies of your book. Self-publishing on either platform is quite easy. However, there are a few considerations you need to…
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While the words may sound almost the same, an epigraph and epigram are different. They usually appear at the beginning of a book or novel, similar to a dedication page. An epigraph is a short text to set the theme or mood, but an epigram is often a satirical or clever remark. They are not…
Writers and authors are always looking for new ideas, and that’s where plot generators can help. Unlike a writing prompt, which gives you a starting point, plotting tools can give you a beginning, middle, and end. It’s like creating an outline of a story, but much faster than writing one yourself. Yes, writing a story…
