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Blog postYou can now easily publish the paperback (Print) editions of your Kindle books on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) instead of the usual hopping over to CreateSpace. Although CreateSpace services are equally good and satisfactory, but publishing print editions directly through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing makes it possible for you to have access to all your sales reports (Kindle and
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Blog postAmazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) has some book publishing tools that authors and publishers can make use of to prepare their manuscript for publishing or create a descent cover for their book. I will discuss the following here: KindleTestbookCreator Kindle Create Cover Creator Kindle Previewer Kindle Testbook Creator This is a Kindle Direct Publishing tool that allows authors and
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Blog postWriting is an art. The more you practice it, the better you become at it. So, write, write, and write!!! Enjoy it and you will be astonished at your outputs with time. Although it involves some learning and that is why you need to keep writing, learning, and getting better by the day. Never get upset by criticism, but rather, take it as a feedback and work on it. THE ART OF WRITING The
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Blog postIf you are a writer who is about to launch an indie publishing career through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing or any other eBook publishing company, it is advisable you first write and publish short stories in at least three different genres to see which of the genres works best for you with respect to sales! Once you get this important information, you can then concentrate your efforts on
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Blog postThis is called the system software because it is the software that provides the infrastructures on which other computer programs/applications (runs). It is the most important software in a computer. There are different types of Operating System (OS). Dome of them are premium software while others are either free or open source software. Both the premium and open source OS have similar
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Blog postAll writers or unpublished authors require some important information that can enable them to earn some money or even a living from their writing. It is therefore good you know the viable ebook publishing companies through which you can publish your books as an indie author and make some cool dollars. The good news is that I'm going to share with you three great publishing companies that
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Blog postWhat is KBoards? KBoards being a community for Kindle users and authors, presents a great platform for authors to socialize and connect with readers. It was formerly called Kindleboards before it was rebranded KBoards. Its main author forums are listed below: The Book Corner: This is a forum where readers share book reviews, recommendations, and new book discoveries. Writers Cafe:
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Blog postSome of the software programs or applications use in book and digital publishing to typeset a document, edit the document, proof read it, and format it for publishing are listed below:m Microsoft Word. Calibre. Sigil. Adobe InDesign. Apache OpenOffice Writer. Scrivener. Mac Pages. KindleTestbookCreator. Kindle Previewer. Microsoft Word This Word processor is use for typesetting the
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Blog postAndroid Application development is a trending technology area at the moment and having the skills set for this is very good and an improvement avenue for seasoned programmers and great place to start your programming career as a newbie or beginner. The basic foundation required is Java programming. But you as kick start your learning process with android Application development as long as
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Blog postApache OpenOffice software is an office and business productivity tool that you can use its programs to typeset and produce professional documents, prepare presentation document for delivery to an audience, analyze and perform computations, design graphics, etc. Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office software suite that is very proficient and help you to save the money that you could
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Blog postThis free book should be one that your audience or target audience will appreciate and hence it will likely help build your mailing list. With Google drive, you can remotely host a PDF of your already formatted book with marketing or promotional links strategically placed in various parts of the book. Once the formatting is complete, you can then login to your google drive account and
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Blog postWhat is Goodreads? Goodreads is a social cataloging website that is reader centric but also a great place for authors to socialize with readers. It is also an Amazon company. It gives leaders the opportunity to add books to their Goodreads shelf, review or star-rate books. It also gives authors the opportunity to create a Goodreads author account in addition to what readers can do.
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Blog postAuthors who published through Smashwords will always give it one unique credit as an aggregator and that is the fact that its strict eBook formatting guidelines and its autovetter errors quickly helps a newbie indie to learn and increase his formatting skills. Premium Distribution It is only books that are free from autovetter errors that are given the Smashwords premium distribution status
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Blog postPhotoshop is a raster graphics design and editor software. It is an handy tool for graphics designing and photography. Getting Started With Photoshop The best way to quickly build your Photoshop skills is to first study the software environment or interface. This will enable you to get yourself familiar with its tools and other components of the software. Photoshop Tools Photoshop
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Blog postSome indie authors who are techy use Sigi or Calibre softwares to format their manuscrips for publishing as an eBook which requires the knowledge of HTML and CSS. But many still prefer using Microsoft Word to format their manuscript for publishing as an eBook and then save it as a .doc document or .docx document. If you are the type that prefer this second option, then this Will surely
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Blog postWith Payoneer, you will be able to open and own usbank account as a non-U.S citizen. It is a checking account and you are provided with a master card with which you can use on any ATM in the world. This implies that you will no longer wait to accumulate royalties or earnings from your online businesses to a certain threshold before you get paid by cheque which always comes with some
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Blog postComputer software is any set of machine-readable instructions that directs a computer’s processor to perform specific operations. NOTE: The second part of computer components is “hardware” which is the physical components of the computer. Just like the spiritual controls the physical, computer softwares controls the hardware. SOFTWARE CATEGORIES Some of the basic different categories of
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Blog postFormatting and preparing your manuscript for publishing as an eBook or print book using Microsoft Word can be quite easy but requires paying attention to details. For instance, you must avoid the use of the Enter and back-space keys in your keyboard. So, when you encounter formatting errors in your Microsoft Word formatted eBook during publishing and those errors refuses to be fixed when
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Blog postThe era of being rejected by publishing agents or publishers is quite over now. Writers and authors can now take advantage of platforms like Amazon KDP, Draft2Digital, Smashwords, and many others to create a successful self-publishing career. The Power of Self-publishing Do yo know that it is a real great freedom and power to be an independent (indie) or self-published author? This is
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Blog postOnce your blog is live and set, with some posts already published. The next great step is to manually submit your blog's URL to search engines instead of expecting them to find it on their own and hence enhance it search engine optimization (SEO). By doing this, you accelerate the process of search engines crawling your blog and enhancing its visibility. The following steps will guide you
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Blog postUsing social media to enhance the visibility of your blog or website and hence driving targeted traffic through them to your site is a great social media marketing strategy. You can use your skills to do this without paying for any service or use targeted Ads on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. The following is a guide on how you can add your website or blog URL to
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Blog postThe truth is for readers to put their money on your eBook, you have to make sure it is properly written, formatted, and with a fair listing price. Book marketing therefore includes doing all the processes involved in the writing, editing, formatting, and listing price, and publishing properly. Book Marketing Strategies You have to take note of the following most especially if you want to
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Blog postHello indie author, putting your one and only book on giveaway is not a smart move. The guides here will be of great help to you. Indie Marketing Strategies What you should do now is go back to writing and add your 2nd, 3rd, .... 4th, 5th books. After which, you can then start experimenting with giveaways and other marketing strategies. If you don't have an accounts with goodreads.com and
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Blog postYou have to be creative when it comes to designing your eBook or print book cover. Just as your book content have to be truly great, so also is your Book cover. Remember that it is the first part the buyer have contact with and that means it will determine if it will sell or not. The following tips will be handy while designing cover for your book. Book Cover Design Tips It should
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Blog postAs an indie author, properly formatting and editing your manuscript should be your highest priority. To do this properly in formatting your manuscript as an eBook or print book using Microsoft Word, the following tips will be of great help to you. This will enable you to professionally format your manuscript to acceptable standard of major eBook publishing and distribution platforms like
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Blog postMicrosoft Excel is one of the most powerful spreadsheet applications. It is a powerful program because of its uses like to manage data, perform mathematical operations, create charts, balance a checkbook, create an expense report, build formulas, and perform analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation, regression, T-test and other statistical Analysis. Getting Started with Microsoft Excel
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Blog postMicrosoft word is a word processor that allows the computer to function as a type writer by making it possible to manipulate texts. With Microsoft Word, you can produce a soft copy of a document which you can then print into hard copy at will, distribute as a .doc document, convert it to PDF, or publish it to an eBook. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff;
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Blog postWhat is JavaScript? This is a scripting language. It is a language for the web, server, Personal computers, Laptops, Tablets, Phones, etc. It is used to add interactivity to HTML pages that is giving the pages some level of dynamism. A scripting language is a lightweight programming language. It can be inserted into HTML pages and it is an interpreted language (that is scripts execute
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Blog postOne of the most important as of independent publishing is formatting your manuscript for publishing as an eBook or print book. This must be properly or professionally done to compliment all the other aspects of the self-publishing processes. The following guides will be of great help to you in professionally formatting your manuscript using Microsoft Word to acceptable standard of eBook
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Blog postMicrosoft PowerPoint is a Presentation software which is use to Create, Design, and Deliver slide Presentations. With Micosoft PowerPoint, you can create productive and powerful presentations that you can use to Promote, Market, or Publicise a brand, product, or an organization. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial
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Blog postCorelDRAW is a graphic design software and hence a desktop publishing application. Getting Started With CorelDRAW The first step in learning CorelDRAW like any other computer program is familiarizing yourself with its "User Interface and Tools". You will then need to most importantly, know, practice and use of its various tools. Since it is a graphic design program, the knowledge of colors
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Blog postThe two aspects of website technology are Website Design and Development. They entails: Web Design This is concern with the following details; Website planning. Project definition. Site structure. Visual design. Web Development This is concerned with using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Stylesheet (CSS), JavaScript and other programs to do the actual coding of the web
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