Sometime today, a UPS truck will drive up and hand me a proof copy of Pixie Dust. This is my last chance to notice any killer flaws in the cover and the text before committing to turning the book loose for sale. If I see something horrible, then I have a very narrow window to… Continue reading Waiting for the UPS Truck
Tag: Publishing
Adding ISBN Information
This post is not going to be useful to anyone except people just getting into publishing, so feel free to just skip over the pretty screen shots if you’re not interested. A simple, practical definition of a publisher is someone who buys ISBN numbers. Those funny numbers on books are the code that ties books… Continue reading Adding ISBN Information
E-Book Formatting is Upside Down
When I started writing with an eye to publication, I took my scribbles and typed them in. (Actually, when I first started, I got my wife to type them in.) Standard manuscript format was very plain and rigid, a suitable match for a typewriter. There was no fancy formatting. The best you could hope for… Continue reading E-Book Formatting is Upside Down