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The Worst Travel Experience of My Life

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Christine John

I must warn you that you may find this story you’re about to read a bit disgusting. About three years ago, I traveled from Dominica to Guadeloupe by ferry to visit my fiancé David. I have traveled by ferry many times over the years and I have never had any problems. It takes about three hours to travel between the two islands and it has always been a smooth ride. However, the last time I caught the ferry to Dominica from Guadeloupe, was an event that I will never forget.…

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How to Self-Publish a Paperback Book to Amazon KDP

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Christine John

Last week we covered how to publish your book as a Kindle eBook. Today, I will show you how to format and upload your manuscript to be published as a paperback on Amazon. Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon offers a Print on Demand (POD) publishing service. Twenty years ago, Amazon stored books in a large warehouse. When you ordered a book online, someone would have had to collect the book from the warehouse, pack it, ship it and deliver it to you. The beauty of POD publishing is that the…

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How to Self-Publish Your Book on Amazon KDP

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Christine John

After all the writing, editing and formatting of your manuscript and designing your book cover, you have finally come to the part you have been waiting for: to self-publish your book on Amazon KDP. If this is your first book, congratulations for making it this far! I know that writing a book can be a daunting task and a lot of people give up before completing the first draft, but not you. You stuck with it until your book was completed and now you are ready to publish it on…

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How to Create a Book Cover

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Christine John

Creating an eye-catching book cover is the last task you have to do before you publish your book. Before you can create a book cover, you first need to find out what are the requirements for designing a professional-looking book cover for Amazon KDP and Draft2Digital. Draft2Digital’s Cover Art Requirements It is very easy to design a cover for Draft2Digital because they have very few requirements. The only thing they require is that you provide a JPEG image at 1600 x 2400 pixels to upload to their website. This can…

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How to Format Your Book for Draft2Digital

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 Christine John

In this week’s blog post, we will cover how to format your nonfiction book for Draft2Digital. Formatting your book for Draft2Digital is much easier than doing it for Amazon. There are only a few things you need to do to get your book ready to upload. Sign Up for a Free Account Go to Draft2Digital.com and click on the Sign Up button. Fill in your name, email address, and create a password. Click in the box if you would like to receive marketing news from Draft2Digital. Then click in the…

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How to Format Your Book for Amazon KDP

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Christine John

Last week we discussed the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing on Amazon KDP and Draft2Digital. Today we will cover how to format your book to publish on Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). What this means is that you will be able to upload your completed manuscript to KDP so that it can be published as a Kindle e-book. If you wrote your book in Microsoft Word, then it will be very easy to format your book for Kindle. First, if you have not signed up with Amazon KDP, you need…

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Self-Publishing on Amazon KDP and Draft2Digital

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Christine John

Now that we have gone through how to plan, outline, and write your book, the next step is to format your book for self-publishing on one of the online publishing platforms. However, before you start changing the margins, font, and layout of your Word document, you need to choose which platform you will use to self-publish your nonfiction book. Many writers choose to publish their book through Amazon KDP and then upload their book to a book aggregator site, like Draft2Digital, to reach more readers through online book retailers. The…

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How to Self-Edit and Proofread Your Nonfiction Book

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Christine John

We are getting closer to the final stages of completing your nonfiction book. Last week we covered writing the first draft of your book. In today’s blog post we will cover how to edit and proofread your book so that it will be ready to be published. Not many of us can afford to hire a proofreader or editor so it helps if we know how to self-edit and proofread our own books. Editing and Proofreading: What’s the Difference? There is a difference between editing and proofreading. Editing is done…

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How to Write Your Nonfiction Book

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 Christine John

In my last blog post, we looked at how to outline your book. Now in this post we will cover how to actually write your nonfiction book. The following writing tips will help you to produce the first draft. Choose your method of writing. There are a couple of ways you can write your book. There are two methods which I have used to write my book faster. One method is free writing and the other method is voice recording. Choose whichever method you feel comfortable with to write your…

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How to Outline Your Nonfiction Book

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Christine John

Once you have done your research and gathered all of your information, it is time to outline your nonfiction book. The outline is very important because it gives structure to your book and helps you to organize all the information you gathered into chapters. Creating a good outline helps you to overcome writer’s block and it makes writing your book very easy. Today, you will learn how to create a good outline that helps you to finish your book. Two Methods to Outline Your Book There are two different ways…

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