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Book-Cover-Design-and-Creation
Looking to design your own e-book cover? Following a few simple guidelines will help you achieve success, even if you’re not the most artistic person in the world. Your e-book cover needs to tell your readers about the essence of your book. And who knows the essence of your book better than you? No one....
On-e-Book-Aggregators-aka-Distributors
While you might be ready to self-publish your e-book, have you thought about the marketing strategy yet? You need to reach out to as many people as possible, and it’s not an easy job. This is where aggregators come in. Who are aggregators? An e-book aggregator distributes your books to a large number...
Pricing-Your-e-Book-Right
There are many factors that go into the decision of how much to charge for your e-book. Some of these are within your control, such as which self-publishing platform you go with and what countries you publish in. Others are outside your control, such as the worldwide economy and trending prices of books...
Advantages-of-Self-Publishing-e-Books-over-Traditional-Print-Publishing
If you can’t decide whether to self-publish or go for traditional publishing, here is a comparison of the two types of publishing to help you decide. Your goal is to be published. In the past, the only way for this to happen was to be picked up by a publishing house after sending in a few chapters of...
qualities-of-an-efficient-literary-agent
This article intends to help first-time authors find a good literary agent. Above writing and editing, it is the agent who plays a major part in the promotion of a finished work. First of all, finding a literary agent takes some time. One can compare it to finding an ideal partner for...
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