Is your book healthy enough for publication? Find out by submitting a one-page sample to CWG 'Thick-Skinned Manuscript Critique' class at Writing for the Soul Conference, Feb. 14-17, at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jerry B. … [Continue reading]
How to get Free, Quality Royalty Free Images
As a writer, at some point you will need a cover. As a designer, you need a lot of images for your work. There are many "free" sources for images. Unfortunately, many (not all) are at a lower quality required for a digital ebook or print book. No … [Continue reading]
Amazon Break Through Novel Award Contest
On January 14th, Amazon opened the doors to their 6th novel award contest. Unlike previous years which awarded a $15,000 advance and contract with big-six publisher Penguin, this years contest offers a $50,000 advance and publishing with Amazon … [Continue reading]
Smashwords Direct – Smashwords Accepts epub file uploads
After years of wanting this feature, Smashwords launched (Dec. 2012) a much needed improvement to their system - Smashwords Direct allows the support of ebooks that "contain richer, more sophisticated formatting". "Smashwords Direct allows you to … [Continue reading]
Christmas at God’s House, A tribute to Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy
God's Healing Promise for a Broken World I am heartbroken. I am confused. My heart is raw and scarred. But through the tears I find peace in God's promise. I want to extend a personal Thank you to Cameo Smith for offering a beautiful picture of … [Continue reading]
Using Author Central: pulling print and digital together
Take a look at the following two images. They are very similar, but there is something very wrong here. Can you tell what it is? OK, compare them to the third image. Now do you see the difference? IMAGE #1 IMAGE #2 IMAGE #3 Reader … [Continue reading]
Lifetime Updates Reinstated and More
In late summer we chose to discontinue our Lifetime updates on our Ebook Formatting Kit. This was a decision we felt was warranted. However, It wasn't fair to punish our other loyal customers, so we have reinstated the Lifetime Updates. LIFETIME … [Continue reading]