We all encounter self-publishing problems when we publish our own books. It could be a problem with book design, using Word, or simply, "What color should my cover be"? This is the place to ask about anything and everything that has to do with self-publishing.
If you have questions about any phase of self-publishing, don’t hesitate to ASK Dave about your self-publishing problems. If he doesn't know the answer, he will either find it or point you in the right direction.
Click below to see what self-publishing problems others are having.
Book Marketing
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How do you begin to market a new book as a new author when you self-publish? Is there a way to get reviews or do I have to wait for people to just begin ...
Half-Title Page, an Also By Page,
and Embedded Type
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Hi, Dave,
Thanks for all the help. Three more questions. The Book Design Wizard worked perfectly and my novel is now formatted for conversion to pdf ...
Italics in the Text
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In preparing my novel for Book Design Wizard, using text from which all styles have been properly removed, I noticed that where the names of books and ...
CreateSpace and Kindle
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Which is the best way to proceed, publishing first on Kindle and then on CreateSpace, or the other way around? My understanding is that CreateSpace has ...
Copyright , Library of Congress
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Dave,
Do I need to submit my print book to the Library of Congress for a copyright? I only ask because of the fee associated with these things.
Brad,...
Publishing on a Mac
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When will you have programs for the best computers, the Macs?
No, it requires Visual Basic for Applications which is not supported on the Mac.
Book Design Wizard
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Hi Dave,
First of all, let me compliment you on your excellent, comprehensive site for self publishers. I am so happy to have found you!
My question ...
Children's Picture Books
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Hi, Dave!
I'm new to self-publishing and am wondering how one goes about self-publishing children's picture books. How does one integrate the artwork?...
Maintain 300ppi in images (Word to PDF)
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Here's an issue that is filling the forum pages at Create Space, and there still aren't any complete answers.
[My system: Win7, Word 2007, HP Pavilion,...
MS Word verses the Book Design Wizard
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My book is composed of several short writings, of various lengths, from a single page, like a poem, to a few pages, like a short story. There are 181 separate ...
MS Word to PDF
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I have written by book in MS Word with a 8.5 x 11 format using 4 right margin. I am ready to order Adobe Acrobat type PDF conversion. I have chosen 5....
lulu book design
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I am so confused. Can I enter a MS Word file on lulu in which I have formatted a manual that I have created for printing in standard 8.5 by 11 inch pages....
Color Printing Quality
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I couldn't find info on how well CreateSpace (or others) print full-color books. I'm looking to publish a book digest of the articles on my website, and ...
