I’ve been wanting to have a post title like this for a very long time, but had in my mind it would have something to do with food. But alas it hasn’t. I was watching French television last night and during a commercial break my ears twitched as an advertisement started playing – ‘Yummy, yummy,…
Formatting an ebook is easy. One of the common questions I am asked is about formatting an ebook for Smashwords. While many think it is difficult or even tiresome trying to get a manuscript passed by Smashwords, the truth is that it is very easy. So long as you understand that you are preparing your…
When I first bought my Kindle, I was in love with it. Not because it was pretty, technologically fancy, and not even because it was cheap. Why I was in love with it was because I could finally read in comfort. My old eyes were starting to struggle with the font size in some books…
And now for something completely different as the saying goes. After writing the first half of the first chapter of this book well over one year ago, and then not knowing where to go from there, it took a very long time to finally get around to writing this story, and finding the remaining…
The old adage that you can’t tell a book by its cover may well be true. But when it comes to attracting potential readers to a new book, the cover can make all the difference. This is becoming even truer with the advent of ebook publishing, as the cover image is usually what potential readers…
How important are book reviews? Very, is the correct answer. Book reviews are a critical part of the decision-making process for book buyers. However, after publishing your new book, and having your mum, sister and best friend post a review on Amazon and Goodreads for you, where do your next reviews come from? If you’re…
