Received this exciting news: Hello, We're excited to announce that you can now make your new books available for pre-order in Kindle Stores worldwide. With a few quick and easy steps you can create a pre-order page up to 90 days in advance of … [Continue reading]
Tax Tips for Authors: When and How to fill out the 1099
As a self-publishing author, you should consider your writing as a business. And in this way, there are protocols that you need to follow — namely taxes. (See Tax Tips for Authors: Are you a Business or a Hobby? ) When Form 1099-MISC must be … [Continue reading]
Tax Tips for Authors: Filling out the Schedule C for Artists, Writers and Performers
Guest Blog Post by: Angela Christina Fyri The tax Deadline is just around the corner, but don't panic! Now is a good time to review your record-keeping, for good or ill. Schedule C Let's begin with the familiar form for 1040 filers, the Schedule C. … [Continue reading]
Tax Tips for Authors: Are you a Business or a Hobby?
Guest Blog Post by: Angela Christina Fyri For those of us in the United States, it's that time of year again -- taxes. Whether you are a writer or freelance artist, you are in business. And as such you need to keep track of expenses and income. … [Continue reading]
Kindle Formatting Solutions: Drop Cap HTML in eBooks
It is very easy to create drop caps for ebooks. first create the declaration, then enclosed the desired letter(s) in <span> tags: <span class="dropcap">T</span> Example of a letter drop caps on Kindle … [Continue reading]
Kindle Formatting Solutions: HTML Tables and Charts in eBooks
Tables allow you to display facts, figures and data in an organized manner. However, tables must be manually coded into an ebook, which can be time consuming and/or expensive. Use tables for tabular data only Do not use tables to create drop caps or … [Continue reading]
Author Marketing: Using Avatars to build connections – Gravatar.com
Gravatar.com Who and what are they? And why every author needs it. Globally Recognized Avatar Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help … [Continue reading]