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Free image optimization tools make the job of preparing your images for publishing a quick and easy task. When you plan to use images for your ebook, blog, or anywhere online, you need to make sure you resize and compress your images. You might use images from your camera or phone or download free stock…

Here’s how to create your free 3D book cover to promote your book in no time at all and with no fuss. Better still, you don’t need to sign up, register, or even provide your email address. There are lots of 3D book cover generators. But as I discovered while doing my research, many want…

Learning how to format ebook chapters is easy once you know how to do it correctly. For a print book, you don’t need to take much care. What you see in your Word document will stay the same when you convert it to pdf. But for an ebook, you can’t use your return key to…

Can you self-publish a hardcover book? Yes, you can. You can use Amazon KDP or another self-publishing service to produce your book. Then you can sell your hardcover on Amazon and have it linked to your other versions. However, it is not a simple process like self-publishing ebooks and print-on-demand paperbacks. For a lot of authors,…

Learning how to write articles like a pro is much easier than you think. You don’t need to be an experienced writer, a grammar genius, or an expert on search engine optimization (SEO). So many free tools are available now to help new writers write competently. But the critical factor in writing terrific articles is…

Amazon Author Central is an essential tool for all Amazon authors. From Author Central, you can improve your Amazon Author Page and your book sales page. You are missing out on a huge bookselling opportunity if you are not using it. When you first publish your paperback or Kindle ebook on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP),…

Every writer needs to know how to get attention. You spend days, weeks, or months writing articles, blog posts, or books. However, attracting readers to take just a few minutes to read your work is challenging. In today’s busy online world, capturing people’s attention is always work in progress for a writer. How to attract…

When you sit down to edit a book, you want to improve your story and the quality of your writing. Doing a thorough grammar and spell check before you start is always a good idea. You also have a choice of free and premium book editing software tools to help you. But a grammar check…

I doubt that anyone would want to print an entire ebook. But sometimes, it comes in handy to print selected pages. If you are a student, it might be a few pages from an e-textbook. However, ebook apps or reading devices do not have a simple print function. However, it is possible and quite easy…

It’s easy to add a table of contents to an ebook. But how do you add an ebook index to a digital book? For print books, you can create an index easily and automatically with most word processors. It will be in alphabetical order with page references. But an ebook doesn’t have page numbers, so…