Tag: self-publishing
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IWSG July 2025
Getting an LCCN is a bit confusing. You need it to make it easier for libraries in the US to find you, but it is not a requirement. If you get an LCCN, You have to submit a hardcopy book to the Library of Congress. Which I have to do anyway for the copyright. I’m…
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Wednesday Progress Report: June 2025
And we are (June 30) published! A Special Blend of Crazy is will be up for sale June 30! A Mundane Affair of the Heart – the rough beginning of the series: I honestly don’t know where the hell it came from, exactly. Some would even say “Dear child; you get points for trying, but…
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May 2025
We are done with formatting!!!! And with figuring out a price! And with most of the bookcover for the print version. We are now struggling with the alphabet soup of ISBN, LCCN and a few other things. I’ve got a block of ISBN’s, and that part is reasonably easy, it’s just hard to wrap my…
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Book Pricing
As I fiddle along getting things formatted and set up, I catch myself frowning at the last few bits. I’m getting a handle on Scribus and Gimp–I still have days where I have to watch and rewatch and pause and take notes and read through 4 articles to step my way through a thing, but…
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IWSG March 2025 – Formatting Is No Joke
One of the things a self-published author must do is take their manuscript after editing, and then format it according to the rules of the distributor service. Epub isn’t so bad. Mostly spacing and the use of Heading Styles. Make sure you rip out all the random bits of commands hiding in the script, so…
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