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What is Publimetry?
Publimetry is the art of combining publishing and technology.
Your story, your way.
How I Created a Memoir from Old Family Letters and Photos
Creating a memoir from old family letters and photos can get complicated. You start out with good intentions and then find yourself sorting through hundreds (even thousands) of letters and old photos trying to find a way to make a manuscript. Scrapbooking has been around for years, [...]
Editing 101 — How to Edit Your Book by Drafts
After hours (months? years?) of painstaking work, you’ve finally gotten to the last page of your manuscript and feel ready to show the world. Congratulations! You’ve made it further than a lot of other writers. Are you ready to self-publish or send it off to an agent? Not quite. There are still quite a few revisions needed for your book. Here are some tips to help you learn how to edit your book.
ISBN and Barcodes: Tips for Self-Publishers
One of your final steps in the journey is the attainment of an ISBN number and a barcode. This number identifies your book’s publisher, edition, publication region, and physical properties. The barcode is a graphical representation of your ISBN and pricing information. Simply put, they are a unique identifier for your publication—no other number or media will have that exact ISBN or barcode.
Want to Write a Book? Here are 5 Tips for Getting Started
So, you want to write a book. It’s one that you’ve been considering for a long time. Every time I’ve mentioned what I do for a living, I always have people say that they have wanted to write but just were not sure how to get started. Let's get started.
Writer’s Guide — Structuring Your Plot
Let’s look at how structure frames the plot (in a good way). The plot is the sequence of events in a story that answers the dramatic question. The structure, or narrative structure, is what keeps the events in good order. Structuring your plot correctly is key to a story that reader's want to continue.
What’s in a Genre? Popular Categories with Examples
When writing your novel. It’s important to get an idea of what type of genre, or category, you will be writing for. Here is a list of some of the most popular form of genres. It’s not all inclusive but should give you an idea of what type of books are out there.
GET INSPIRED
“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time–proof that humans can work magic.”
— Carl Sagan
5 STEPS TO MANUSCRIPT COMPLETION
Dream
The first stage in writing your story is sitting down and writing out your idea. What’s your hook?
Plan
You have your idea. Now you have to plan it. Outline, research, and choose your delivery method.
Develop
Now built your product. Write it, photograph it, or code it. Starting is the hardest part.
Protect
Before setting it free, you need to protect it. Copyrights, barcodes, etc., are there for your protection.
Release
Once it’s created, now it’s time to distribute it fly. Marketing is a vital element in giving it wings.