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Shaping Your Book: 3 Tips to Create Order from Disarray

October 17, 2018Veronica YagerArticle, Author Resources, CIPA Signature

Shaping Your Book: 3 Tips to Create Order from Disarray By Alexandra O’Connell If you are struggling with organization—your book doesn’t have the flow you want, the pieces don’t seem to fit together, your points are muddy—you are not alone. The good news is that, once we fix the organization, other revisions tend to flow

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What Makes a Quality Writing Retreat?

October 17, 2018Veronica YagerArticle, Author Resources, CIPA Signature

What Makes a Quality Writing Retreat? By Annalisa Parent Opportunities for writers to convene and to create seem almost endless: workshops, classes, library writing groups, and, of course, retreats. There can be so many appealing events, it sometimes seems nigh impossible to choose one that will help to move your writing forward, to help you

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E-Book Layout and Distribution

June 22, 2018Veronica YagerArticle, Author Resources, CIPA Signature

E-Book Layout and Distribution By Dawn Clark, Crimson Dragon Publishing E-book production and distribution has become almost a necessity in today’s mobile oriented word. Before converting your book, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, establish your distribution method. E-distributors (see below) may provide free conversion software. If you’d rather hire it out and

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Gaining Exposure for Your Book

June 22, 2018Veronica YagerArticle, Author Resources, CIPA Signature

Gaining Exposure for Your Book By Mark Graham, Graham Publishing Group Here is the challenge that every self-published author faces; actually it is the challenge that authors who are working with mainstream publishers also experience. How do you gain maximum exposure for your book? You have to get it out there where readers know it is

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Five Steps in the Self-Publication Process

March 21, 2018Veronica YagerArticle, Author Resources, CIPA Signature

Five Steps in the Self-Publication Process By Mark Graham of Mark Graham Communications You’ve written an awesome book. It may be your first, your second, or your tenth. It may be a novel, biography, business book, or self-help book. Now it is time to see your creation in print, in an e-book format, and perhaps even

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The Importance of Keyword Phrases in Ranking Your E-Book

January 17, 2018Veronica YagerArticle, Author Resources, CIPA Signature

The Importance of Keyword Phrases in Ranking Your E-Book By Mark Graham of Mark Graham Communications Almost 90% of authors are choosing to self-publish these days. And since Amazon, and all other book sellers, use search engines to find and list their books, you have to find a way for your book or your sales page

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