How to Add a Description to a Book on Google Play
First, for anyone who is trying to solve this problem, here is the solution (at least for now): Add or edit summary of Partner Program book The basic issue is that Google typically gets its book...
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Refining the Print Edition
Fresh delivery from Lulu.com today: Draft copies of the new 9″ x 6″ trim size (Amazon doesn’t do the 8.5 x 5.5 Digest trim size), with a new font on the font and a blurb and link to uploadthenovel.com...
View ArticleFinally available on Nook Books!
For those of you with Nooks, now there’s no excuse — you can finally purchase “Upload” straight from Barnes & Noble, via Nook Books. This is an especially important distribution channel, because...
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Another Great Customer Support Experience With Lulu
So far, I’ve had really great experiences with the customer support folks at Lulu. In this particular case — and this is one to watch out for, Lulu authors — I discovered that the first forty-or-so...
View ArticleRegex Pattern to Find Illegal Characters in ePub
Unsatisfied with the tools I’ve come across, I decided to build the ePub file for “Upload” from scratch. I followed the detailed instructions in this very helpful article, and I ran into a problem...
View ArticleHow to Become a Goodreads Author
Some of my fellow indie authors have found the process for becoming a Goodreads Author a bit obscure. I thought it might be handy to write out the process in what I think is its simplest form: 1....
View ArticlePublication Omens
Beautiful post by friend Lesley Hazleton on the joy of receiving a copy of her new book, The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad, direct from the printer. In particular, she was moved by the cover art,...
View ArticleDoes Anyone Use Kobo?
Upload has been available for purchase on Kobo for nearly five months, and not a soul has bought it. The book has a rating of 4.56 on Goodreads. Sales certainly aren’t astronomical elsewhere, but it...
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How Long Does It Take To Re-List a Book On iBooks and Barnes & Noble Through...
In order to take advantage of Amazon’s KDP Select marketing features, such as Countdown Deals, Free Promotions, and free lending via the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, I had to make the eBook version...
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