ePublishing & Self-Publishing

VIDEO – My Manuscript is Finished. What Do I Do Now?

Writer’s coach Teresa Funke explains what to do with your completed book manuscript, including both traditional and self-publishing choices and some tips on marketing and promotion.

To get more great advice from Teresa, visit teresafunke.com

Start Here: How to Self-Publish Your Book

by Jane Freidman

Industry veteran Jane Friedman gave us special permission to reprint the following article, which outlines the steps necessary to self-publish your print or ebook, and includes links to numerous resources. If you’re thinking of self-publishing, this article is a must-read. Another must: subscribe to Jane’s blog

Ebooks and Apps: The Future of Picture Books

The mainstay of books for very young children, the picture book, is undergoing a revolution as these books are translated to and written directly for the ebook and app market.

Though the majority of books being released as picture ebooks and apps were first best-sellers in the print

Self-Published Author Gives Tips for Finding Cover Designer

interview by Jane McBride

Karin Kaufman, author of mysteries, thrillers and children’s books, used the website 99designs to create the cover of her new children’s title The Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins. Here, she talks about her experience and walks you through the process.

Would you go this

The Reader as Gatekeeper

How often do you think about selling your manuscript directly to the reader? For many years, writers have been advised to compose query letters, which are intended to “sell” to the publisher. We’ve also been told to market our creations to specific companies that publish books similar to ours. When

Insider Bonus: Our eBook Experts Give Their Single Best Tip for Creating eBooks

If you haven’t watched my talk with eBook experts Deb Drum and Amy Harrop click here to watch it.

Now, here’s the bonus video that’s only for CBI Insiders. Enjoy!

Book Apps for Beginners Ebook — Free for CBI Subscribers!

Karen Robertson, our Book App Expert, has created a special ebook version of her Book Apps for Beginners just for Children’s Book Insider subscribers!

Click here to download your copy , and learn all about Karen’s D-R-E-A-M system that will guide you through the app development process. She also includes

The Biggest Mistakes Writers Make When Creating Their Own Book App

When I sat down with the wonderful Karen Robertson to talk book apps (How to Develop an App for Children – A Beginner's Guide), I convinced her to stay online for a little while and share something really meaty just for Fightin' Bookworms!

So here, exclusively for you

VIDEO – One Book, Many Possibilities!

Julie’s here to show you how to think beyond the book, by taking an in-depth look at the many lives of The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. From film, to book, to app, to incredible enhanced reality — Mr. Lessmore is in the midst of some

Case Study: Getting Published with Amazon’s CreateSpace

Once I made the decision to self-publish in the fall of 2011, I spent a considerable amount of time looking for the right publisher. If you Google 'self-publishers,' you'll find numerous lists of vendors to help you with the process. The ones I ran across repeatedly were AuthorHouse, Lightning Source,

How CBI & CBI’s Book App Expert Guide Helped Two Fightin’ Bookworms’ Publishing Dreams Come True

It’s the start of a new year and I wanted my first post to inspire those of you who have unpublished stories, self-published books or published books out of print.

I’m sharing the stories of two Fightin’ Bookworms who made their dreams of publishing their stories come true in 2012,

Composer Mark Henderson on Creating Music for Apps

Today we're visiting with Mark Henderson, a longtime composer who is now providing the score to many children's book apps.

1) Tell us a bit about what you do, and your musical background.

I am a professional composer with over 30 years of experience in Entertainment music projects. I

BONUS eCOURSE: How to Publish Your Book for the Kindle

We acquired the rights to an excellent tutorial on how to create and sell an eBook for the Amazon Kindle. We’ve added in an extra bonus — a step by step guide for creating an eBook for the Nook, too!

This course is being sold elsewhere, but we also acquired the rights to give it away to our members. It’s our gift you you for being loyal Fightin’ Bookworms!

Creating a Book App. Step 1: Create Your Brief

So you’ve decided to turn your story or book into a book app…where do you start?

The first thing you need to do assess your story and decide what you want your book app to be.

From there, you’ll be able to create the brief you’ll need to help you

11 Wonderful Book Apps to Inspire You (and Your Kids!)

In my last article entitled, “ 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Turn Your Story into a Book App,” I talked about asking yourself whether your story is right to be a book app. I mentioned a couple of resources you could use to find examples of great

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Turning Your Story Into a Book App

Do I have the rights?
Why do I want to publish my story in a digital format?
Is my story right to be a book app?
How involved do I want to be with the process?
Am I willing to market my digital book??

Turning my book into

CBI Insider Spotlight: Lisl Fair

Now this is really cool.

I recently heard from a Fightin’ Bookworm who, a few months ago, didn’t know much about electronic publishing.

How to Start & Run Your Own eBook Publishing Business

With such rapid changes in cultural trends, technology, entertainment, art, and politics these days, there is an increasing need for accurate and timely information.

If you have valuable insights into a particular field or have a unique perspective that will help a reader solve some problem they’re facing, then you

Children’s Book Apps – An Exciting Opportunity For Writers

There’s never been a better time to share your stories with children around the world, thanks to innovations in digital books like eBooks and Book Apps. For many children’s writers, however, technology is an area we aren’t comfortable with, so navigating the world of eBooks and book apps can be

A Seachange in Children’s Books: Bringing Foreign Rights Home

I have said it before: The future of children’s books is electronic: the iPad, Kindle Fire and similar eReaders coming soon.

The iPad is large format and full color; perfectly suited for children’s picture books. Eliminated are (expensive, four-color) printing, ocean shipping, customs clearance, answering the telephone, writing up orders,

Making Your Children’s Book App Come Alive!

by Wayne Boyle

Aside from having a good story and a good iPad children’s book app developer, you’ll need some interactive elements in order to self publish and get your children’s book approved as an app. If not, you’ll be told to publish your book as an iBook. Besides,

How Print On Demand Publishing Works

by Mark Hempshell

It's not always easy to become a self publisher. But it is not as difficult as a lot of people make out….. if you go about it in the right way of course.

The only slightly tricky thing with self publishing of course is getting your

Tips for Preparing a Book for Print-On-Demand Printing

by Celia Webb

The digital press that a printer uses to produce Print-on-Demand books is fundamentally different from an offset printer. Print-on-Demand presses use electrostatic imaging technology and wet or dry toners rather than ink from a printing plate. For this reason some adjustments and accommodations must be made

A Look at 5 Self Publishing Solutions

By Diane Ziomek

Do you like to write? Are you part way through a manuscript, only to find the process of traditional publishing long and tedious?

With the age of the internet and digital technology, self-publishing is not as far-fetched as it used to be. There are several low-cost

Start With the Print Book – and Then Build

During my publishing programs, I’m often approached by members of the audience who tell me that they would like to work on their audio product first and delay the publication of their book.

My reply is always the same: The printed book must come first.

An audiobook or

VIDEO – Jon Chats with Jane Friedman About the Future of Publishing

I recently had a very enlightening discussion with Jane Friedman, a University of Cincinnati professor and author of The Future of Publishing: Enigma Variations. Jane’s the former Publisher of Writer’s Digest and author of Beginning Writer’s Answer Book. And with more than 135,000 Twitter followers, she’s among the most

VIDEO – Step By Step: How to Create Your Own eBook for the Nook & Kindle

Using some free tools, you can create your own eBook ready to sell! In this exclusive video and PDF guide, Jon shows you how to do it, step-by-step.

And here’s a handy PDF that details all of the steps:

Creating Nook, Kindle and PDF eBooks Step by

VIDEO – How to Create Your Own Children’s Book iPad App

Jon interviews Karen Robertson, author of “The Author’s Guide to Book Apps”. Karen explains how any writer can easily and inexpensively create an app version of their book or story.

Karen has a free report about building apps just for Fightin' Bookworms. Just head over to http://bit.ly/apps4kids (affiliate

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