Most of the book-related posts on this site concern self publishing. Here, I present a roadmap to the materials available. There are tips for self publishing, tips for design and production of paperback and ebooks, book interior templates for the… Continue Reading
The Schnoz of the Rings will be free for download to your Kindle from July 1 to July 5. So, if you have always wanted to read The Schnoz, or even if you haven’t, point your browser to Amazon and… Continue Reading
The San Angelo Writers Club has been around since 1986. Our mission is to promote fellowship, learning, and support among all members. You can visit the new website here: sanangelowritesclub.org. The club also has a Facebook page: here. The San… Continue Reading
I will give a talk , The Art of the Book, at the San Angelo Writers Club on Tuesday, May 9 at 7:00 pm. I will discuss book interior design for beginners. The meeting will be at First Place, 14… Continue Reading
Just Lorem Ipsum is a demonstration book for self-publishing with open-source software. It is one hundred pages of lorem ipsum, basically ten chapters of faux Latin filler text. To produce the book I used Scribus, an open source desktop publishing… Continue Reading
The cover for Just Lorem Ipsum, my Linux demonstration book, is finished. I used the free and open-source program Scribus to prepare the PDF. Read all about it!
Here is the first draft of the cover of my open-source demonstration book, Just Lorem Ipsum. The book has been the subject of previous posts (Just Lorem Ipsum and Just Lorem Ipsum – Scribus Template). The cover was produced using… Continue Reading
I am preparing Just Lorem Ipsum as a demonstration of the use of open-source software for book production. The interior of the book was produced with Scribus using free fonts. The text of the book is largely Lorem Ipsum placeholder… Continue Reading
Self-publishing authors can save a lot of up-front investment by taking a do-it-yourself approach to book publication. Free and open-source programs such as LibreOffice (office suite) and Scribus (desktop publishing) can be a big help. I have developed some book… Continue Reading
I present my latest LibreOffice template: Romance! This template uses the Honey Script font by Dieter Steffmann to give the book a breezy look that is compatible with romance or romantic fantasy novels. The template file uses free fonts and… Continue Reading