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Category Archives: E-books
Getting Published e-book Jacket cover!
And here it is, the cover that my amazingly talented daughter, Jade, has come up with for my e-book on Getting Published!
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Tagged cover art, e-book, getting published, jacket cover, Jade Blair, Mystery Writer's Guide
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The Getting Published e-book!
As I’ve posted before, this blog, or at least the posts on how to find an agent and get published, is about to become an e-book (should be out within a week!). My wonderfully talented daughter, Jade, has been working on a … Continue reading
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Tagged e-book cover, getting published, Jade Blair, Peggy Blair
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Formatting an e-book for publication
I think I may have mentioned my plan to turn this blog, or at least those parts of it that explain how to go about actually getting published, into an e-book. The manuscript has now been edited by my pal … Continue reading
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Getting Published soon to be an E-Book!
I was at a great little author’s event last night and was asked (as always) what the steps are in getting published. I was happy to be able to refer the questioner to this blog, and also to let her know that … Continue reading
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The Beggar’s Opera is an e-book!
Yayy! TBO is now an e-book. You can buy it from Amazon.com if you have a Kindle, or from Kobo. But apparently only if you are in Canada. Since the US/UK and Australian rights have not yet been sold to publishers … Continue reading
Jerome Dumont’s Guest Blog on e-Publishing – Part Two
Yesterday, my friend, Jerome Dumont, told us how he’d uploaded his French language e-book using Apple’s registration process . Today he takes us through some of the marketing steps he tried, including translating his book into English to reach a larger … Continue reading
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Guest Blog – Jerome Dumont on e-Publishing
Jerome is a French lawyer I met when we were both doing our Barreau du Quebec exams in Montreal, and we’ve been good friends ever since. Jerome has written and self-published a book about his own personal story about weight … Continue reading
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TAG! Guest Blog by Simon Royle
Yes, here it is, the second part of indie writer/reviewer extraordinaire Simon Royle’s journey to publication. Simon’s fast-pased futuristic thriller, TAG, is available just about everywhere on-line, so make sure you buy one! And when you’re trying to decide what other indies … Continue reading