You always see that copyright warning when you pop your favorite movie into your DVD player. “Piracy is a crime!” it says. But as a writer, what does copyright have to do with you? Manuscripts have to be copyrighted too, not just movies and music. You wouldn’t want...
Obtaining the copyright for your newly complete manuscript is an essential part of protecting your work. Once you have gotten the rights to your creation, you are free to start setting up your book copyright page! Now, I’m sure as a newbie writer you are wondering...
So you’ve written your book, gotten great feedback, and have an editor lined up to read your piece. But what about a book description? One of the most important parts of your marketing campaign is your book description. After the cover and the title, your book...
Your book cover is doing a job before a single word gets read. It tells a potential reader what kind of book this is, who wrote it, and whether it’s worth their time. That’s why finding the right book cover design ideas matters so much for nonfiction...
You’ve finished writing your book, you’ve figured out how you want to publish it, and now the time has come for you to get an ISBN for your book. Not everyone knows how to get an ISBN, but that is okay! If you are a newbie writer, I am going to help you learn how to...
The arrival of the Kindle Direct Publishing platform (KDP) was a major publishing solution for many aspiring and established writers. This is because authors both big and small have an easier opportunity of publishing their work (bypassing gate keepers) and...
