Category Archives: Getting EBooks Into Circulation Online and Paperbacks published

I’m looking for opinions on the graphic cover for Deadly Awakening. It was done by Josh Gatcke, who is now working on page layout. Thanks.

After several proofreads, input from seven readers, and extensive re-writing, this thing is, I think, done. I sent it over to Josh yesterday for “typesetting.” If he agrees, I would like it in Bookman font. I added a bunch of … Continue reading →

November 27 – I have about half of the reviews back. I am eternally grateful to people who have spent so much time on this and given my project their very best efforts. And it’s doing the manuscript a world … Continue reading →

I went to Office Depot and had them print and bind copies for the readers. It was an exciting moment, to get those copies. I’m sure the guy doing the copying thought I was weird, because when he brought the … Continue reading →

I kind of finished the book yesterday, and started inputting my own proofs that I’d done on hardcopy. A group of wonderful people have agreed to read the manuscript and critique. I’m not going to make major changes, but I’m … Continue reading →

Today I printed out the whole book and was quite overwhelmed by it. I went through it with proofs and edits, marked it up, added continuity, etc., but I don’t know…seeing it printed made me queasy. First of all, I … Continue reading →

I had a call from the Bowker company today. Mike Ruhl, who is a product manager there called to apologize for the trouble I had on their site the other day and to tell me the design of the site … Continue reading →

Before you publish on Amazon, you need an ISBN number for your book. (International Standard Book Number). Any published book needs one of these numbers if you want to market it at all. It makes the book uniquely identifiable. To get … Continue reading →

Writing and electronically publishing a novel This will be an ongoing discussion of my process in writing a novel and getting it onto Amazon ebooks, which I think is what I want to do. Many people have been very helpful … Continue reading →