Self Publishing

How To Use Copyright Free Music To Boost Your Profits

As a musician and recording artist myself, I am fascinated by the amount of music there is out there which can be used freely. There are literally hunds of thousands of pieces of music in the public domain and therefore copyright free, that can be used to enhance your marketing efforts. Please don’t get confused! I also run a Home Publishing business and am a published author so I have learned a lot of techniques and tricks along the way that I am now passing on to you via articles, blogs, forums and my website.

How To Create A Moneymaking Machine From An Old Book!

You may have heard the stories and they are really true! Enterprising people have come across inspiring books in used bookstores that you subsequently determine to be in the public domain and therefore, free for you to use as you please. Your Home Publishing business can provide a worthwhile and lucrative income from public domains works but in order to make your products available online, you need to digitise the product. Your finished product can be delivered in PDF format (Portable Document Format) and most computers these days have the software built in to do this. So how to digitise the hard copy public domain material you discover. There are a variety of ways you can do this.

Three Myths About Public Domain Every Home Publisher Must Know

Searching out public domain works can be fun and rewarding, especially if you are running a Home Publishing business on the internet. There are principles you need to apply to every publishing project and it is true to say that this business can be very lucrative. However, there are some myths we need to deal with in terms of public domain works.

5 Ways to Make Your Book Editing Experience Better

Many new authors are filled with fear of the editing process. They envision a witch with a red pen, gleefully butchering their precious manuscript.

Actually, working with a professional book editor can be a richly rewarding and enjoyable experience, if you have the proper mind-set and preparation. Follow these steps to ensure that your editing process is smooth and affordable:

Is Your Author Photo a Turn-Off?

Several years ago, I got some blunt feedback. A woman was brave enough to tell me that the photo on my book cover and website made me look old and boring. That stung!

6 Simple Self Publishing Mistakes that May Stamp S.T.U.P.I.D. on Your Self Published Book

Are you making mistakes that stamp S.T.U.P.I.D. on your book? If you’re anything like the writer you could be making some simple mistakes that block the success of your self published book. No worries; now you can put a stop to any S.T.U.P.I.D. self publishing mistakes. Here are 6 mistakes and how to avoid them written into a S.T.U.P.I.D. acronym. Put them into action and receive boat loads more readers and double to triple times the sales you’ve been getting.

Book Distributors and What They Can Do For Your Book

Many new authors are mystified about how in the world to get their books into a bookstore.

While is it fairly easy to list your book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online, getting your book into a physical bookstore is very difficult for a new, self-published author.

Give Your Book the Professional Look it Deserves

After you have spent hours writing, editing, and revising your book, you have invested a lot of time, energy and passion into the project. You have also invested some money in a professional edit, cover design, and perhaps some coaching.

How to Price Your Book So That it Sells

Many authors struggle when pricing their books. On one hand, you are providing extremely valuable information to your readers. On the other hand, books have a perceived value that is less than a coaching session or a live event.

Little Known Secrets Of Self Book – Printing

Book printing is normally the third step in book publishing. This is basically the reproduction of text and images with the aid of a printing press and the person who carries out this task is known as a book printer. Self book printing can be seen as the writer’s medium of choice to bring out their ideas through their books and market them as per their own terms.