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
Just Lorem Ipsum, my project book for open-source publishing, is now available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. You, too, can own your very own copy for the low, low price of just $14.99. Don’t buy this book if you… 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
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
If you are self-publishing, one of your tasks is to design the interior of your book. You can use your word processor, but that often leads to a shoddy job (see Book Interior Design: Tips to Avoid the Amateur Look).… Continue Reading
If you have just finished your new blockbuster and are ready to get it in print, then you owe it to your book and to yourself to produce it in the most professional manner possible. Since you might not have… Continue Reading
Coming soon: Templates. In my last post, Twelve Tips: How to Reduce the Cost of Your Self-Published Book, I suggested that you could use the open source programs, LibreOffice and Scribus (both free) to produce your book. LibreOffice and OpenOffice… Continue Reading