I know a lot of people use different software, but today is about a program I use called Calibre. If you work on a Mac you may have better (paid options) but Calibre is free, tried and tested, virus-free and still regularly updated. Nope, I’m …
Read MoreThe Joys of Formatting2
I’ve already mentioned Styles, and I will again today, as I go through a couple of very practical tips for formatting in Word, starting with an invaluable one. As I mentioned before, a number of e-book conversion programmes have real problems with some forms of …
Read MoreThe Joys of Formatting1
So, content complete, its time to try and make this as readable and professional as possible, and as I’ve leant from the previous books, its a little more complicated than you might think. One of the reasons for this is the capability I want for …
Read MoreCover Reveal – tEXt me
Well here you are, the final stage, the reveal of my new cover, and I love it! It got revealed sooner than I expected as I registered isbns and set up the amazon listing, not realising it would automatically pull through the cover. I hope …
Read MoreLegal Deposit
So, a technical post today, all about legal deposit. I’ve always known that the British Library is supposed to have a copy of every book ever printed, but a question from a friend made me investigate further, as I wasn’t entirely sure what the situation …
Read MoreRebrand
So, while I still have my ‘book jacket’ brain in gear, I’m going to ask those lovely design people of mine to have a look at Man in the Bath, which sport a natty but self-designed cover at the moment. As brand identity is important, …
Read MoreCover Design 5
We’re almost there! The cover above is to be the basis for the cover of tEXt me, with battles still being fought over the colour scheme, but the design is agreed and I’m really pleased with that. It is quite a difficult process, trying to …
Read MoreOther projects
While tEXt me is out for reading (comments starting to come back now, and some great ideas and spots of errors) and I’ll update on that soon, I’m working on a mainly non-fiction project too, as I never like resting on my laurels too much. …
Read MoreCover Design 4
So, next set of concept proofs back, based on my initial shortlist, and my first conversation over the designer about them. All going really well. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s always difficult trying to separate what I’d like myself, and what a potential audience might …
Read MoreCover Design 3
Here is the first of the concepts I asked my designer to work up. There are a number of things about this that appeal to me, including the simplicity, ability to have text on the phone screen, uniformity of style with The Raven Sound, and …
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