Case Study: Writing and Self-Publishing a Book
Last month, I completed a project I’ve been working on for quite a while, a book of advice for college students called Don’t Be Stupid: A Guide to Learning, Studying, and Succeeding at College....
Category: Self-Publishing
Sell Books — Yours or Others’ — with e-Junkie
Selling stuff is supposed to be easy on the Internet. Just put it “up there” and watch the orders roll in, right? If you stick with Amazon or eBay as your marketplace, it’s not...
Index a Book Using Word and Excel
I recently published an academic book (Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA, since you asked) and one of the tasks I was responsible for...
How to Create PDFs from Any Document
PDF, the Portable Document Format, is a standard created by Adobe for circulating formatted documents over the web. Using Acrobat Reader or some other PDF reader (I like Foxit Reader, which opens much faster...
Write E-books for Publicity and Even Profit: Part 5 — Promoting Your E-book
Unless you’re Stephen King, your e-book isn’t going to sell itself. You’re going to need to get out there and market it a little. First of all, make sure it’s featured prominently on your...
Write E-books for Publicity and Even Profit: Part 4 — Distributing Your E-book
OK, you’ve written an e-book, fixed all the typos, formatted it nicely, and are ready to go. Now what? How do you get it to an audience? Well, that depends on your ultimate goal....
Write E-books for Publicity and Even Profit: Part 3 — Producing Your E-book
Once you’ve written your e-book manuscript, you need to get it into shape for release. While there are e-book creation programs out there that will turn your e-book into a self-contained executable program, I...
Write E-books for Publicity and Even Profit: Part 2 — Writing Your E-book
Once you’ve decided on a topic for your e-book, you have to sit down and write it. For the most part, e-book writing is the same as any other writing, but there are a...
Write E-books for Publicity and Even Profit: Part 1 — Why E-books?
An e-book is a book, article, or other self-contained written material that is circulated electronically, usually over the web. Although they’ve been slow to catch on — few people relish the thought of reading...
