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general: 22/09/2011 at 12:37PM
In one of the articles I have read about self-publishing I read that writing a quality press release for the local newspapers, radio and TV stations could be a useful tool. As I have never written …
general: 22/09/2011 at 08:36AM
Money left my bank account yesterday for 10 author copies and on the ‘View Order’ section still shows as ‘Processed’ They are being couriered, I have people waiting, which is a pleasant state to be…
general: 21/09/2011 at 12:01PM
I noticed today that my book has disappeared from the Amazon listings, can someone explain why this has happened please? Are they updating the book cover? Is it because I uploaded a new version of …
general: 17/09/2011 at 09:47AM
My book was released on 15/09/2011 to the wholesale catalogues etc and appears on Amazon but with the proof copy cover. How long will it take to correct this and change the condition to ‘available’…
Question: 13/09/2011 at 07:32PM
There are so many ways that you can dformat speech between characters in your book – just take a look at some of the books you own and you’ll see. But this article on BubbleCow…
general: 23/08/2011 at 11:18AM
Hello,
I have a book that has 9 colour images in it and across the pages it contains coloured clip arts. It is aimed for children aged 6 -9.
1. Would you publish this kind of book. I wo…
Question: 03/08/2011 at 02:53PM
I received this question:
“I’m struggling to change my pdf document page size to fit your requirements of 146 × 222 with 23mm margins. Can you help please? I read somewhere that you can do it for…
Discussion: 02/08/2011 at 10:10AM
I just saw a tweet with someone declaring that it doesn’t get better than writing whilst listening to Sigur Ros (mainly instrumental Icelandic band that I would highl…
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Question: 01/08/2011 at 03:49PM
1. If I wanted to include my (CN published) eBook on Amazon’s Kindle Singles, I am restricted to do so? I’m concerned about the wording of their criteria:
• Original work, not previously publis…
Question: 27/07/2011 at 05:43PM
At CN we use two common sizes of book:
Demy (about 222 × 148 mm). This is considered a pocketable/baggable book suitable for convenience reading and so more popular for fiction. Doesn’t have muc…
Question: 05/07/2011 at 06:59AM
Well, I’ve finally finished the tortous process of writing and editing [and re-writing] and am ready to publish [I think]. I have my account but am not sure what to do next. What size should I for…
general: 27/06/2011 at 11:01PM
So, so close to finishing my first book for upload. Here’s my problem. It’s a big fantasy romp and common to the genre has multiple characters with strange names. So, in the style of Stephen erikso…
general: 24/06/2011 at 02:45PM
I have just published two books using Antony Rowe CPI as printer. Although both books have a page count of 76 pages, four extra blank pages have been added at the end. Since the original page cou…
general: 23/06/2011 at 11:23PM
Finally after lots of typing and proof reading my Grandfather’s book has now been published. Just waiting for the proof of the paperback and then it can go public… In the meantime as I know ther…
Question: 19/06/2011 at 05:53PM
I’ve published with Lulu.com and they provide Global Reach distribution, where they list your titles with Nielsens, Bowkers, Gardners and Ingrams. As yet I haven’t been able to find a competitor wh…
Question: 16/06/2011 at 09:46PM
Do you foresee additional book size options being added in future? I have previously published my poetry books at 5″×8″ (13cm x 20cm) and find this a more pleasing size. I am happy to go along wi…
general: 03/06/2011 at 03:43PM
I am thrilled that I have finally succeeded in completing the publishing process after much ado. My thanks go to Oliver for his hard work getting the CN converter up and running again, and to Davi…
general: 24/05/2011 at 01:32PM
I’ve just received the first proof copy of my first CompletelyNovel book and am disappointed with the quality. The problems are waviness at the top edge of the pages and faint ink streaks on 10% o…
Discussion: 10/05/2011 at 02:27PM
What do people think of this guy’s idea to promote his work? His own bookshop selling just his book! Nice if you’ve…
Question: 07/05/2011 at 12:00AM
I have really struggled with this first book to get the cover to look “respectable” and not amateurish.
trouble is the online cover designer is pretty basic – does anyone know of a free package …
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