Author Options for Creating an Audiobook
by Carla Douglas@CarlaJDouglas Are you thinking about turning your book into a podcast or audiobook? There are lots of reasons to do so. As many book marketing specialists have pointed out, an audio...
View Article3 Things Successful Self-Pubs Do Well — Why Not Get Mentored by the Pros?
by Carla Douglas@CarlaJDouglas Welcome to the first post in a new series about how to publish a good book. One of our goals at Beyond Paper is to help you see your book through an editor’s eyes—to...
View ArticleThe 5 in 4 Rule of Marketing: How to Avoid Being a Pest
Image by John Tann You wrote a book and you know you need to market it. You need to tell your audience about it. But how often should you do that? This week at Beyond Paper, author Sarah Tun shares a...
View ArticleHow to Get Helpful Feedback From Beta Readers
by Carla Douglas@CarlaJDouglas Sending a finished manuscript out to beta readers has become a routine step in the self-publishing process. Beta readers can provide crucial feedback about whether your...
View ArticleTips for Posting a Review on Audible.com
by Carla Douglas@CarlaJDouglas Image by Brett Jordan Good news for self-pubs: Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) has just become available in the UK, making it possible for self-publishing authors there...
View ArticleHow and Why to Bundle Your Ebooks and Pbooks
by Carla Douglas @CarlaJDouglas BitLit Ebooks or pbooks? What if you could have both? That’s right—your library, in both pbook and ebook formats. We often think in terms of one or the other, but it...
View ArticleHow to Improve Your Writing with Macros—Tips for Beginners
by Carla Douglas @CarlaJDouglas Paring down your prose is immensely satisfying—it makes images and turns of phrase come alive, and it helps clarify your meaning, too. Finding ways to trim what you’ve...
View ArticleHow to Turn Your Print Book into a Digital File
by Carla Douglas @CarlaJDouglas My grandmother’s typewriter: an Underwood Noiseless Portable OCR—not your grandmother’s typewriter! A few weeks ago I suggested that you could turn your essays, stories...
View ArticleCopyediting: It’s Not Rocket Surgery
by Carla Douglas and CK MacLeod @CarlaJDouglas @CKMacleodwriter This post appeared first at The Book Designer on July 23, 2015. In this space a couple of months ago we distinguished copyediting from...
View ArticleAll the Voices in the Room: Thoughts on The Bookseller’s First Author Day
Last spring I asked self- and traditionally published authors, Couldn’t you at least talk to each other? Because in spite of the fact that they have more in common than not, and that they stand to...
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