Okay so I’ve been putting together e-booklet examples for the past three weeks and honestly the whole “digital mini book” thing is way more nuanced than people think. Like everyone just assumes you slap 10 pages together and call it a day but there’s actually a method to making samples that actually convert. What Actually […]
Okay so dust jackets are honestly way easier than people make them out to be once you understand the geometry of it all. I was literally up til 2am last Tuesday figuring this out for a client’s poetry collection and my cat kept stepping on the keyboard but anyway here’s what you actually need to […]
Okay so dedication pages are one of those things most people overthink but honestly once you get the formula down it’s pretty straightforward. I was testing like 15 different variations last month while my cat kept walking across my keyboard and here’s what actually works. The Basic Setup Nobody Tells You About So the dedication […]
Okay so I’ve been helping authors rewrite their bios for like three years now and honestly most of them are doing it completely wrong, like they’re writing a resume instead of something that actually connects with readers. The biggest thing I see is people listing every single credential they have. “Jane Smith graduated from Harvard […]
Okay so I just spent like three hours last night testing free mockup generators because my cat knocked over my coffee onto my paid Placeit subscription receipt and I was like… maybe I don’t need to renew this yet. Here’s what actually works. The Ones I Actually Use When I’m Being Cheap Smartmockups has this […]
Okay so copyright pages are one of those things that seem super simple until you’re staring at a blank document at 11pm wondering if you’re gonna get sued for missing something, right? I literally spent my first three months on KDP being paranoid about this stuff until I figured out the actual requirements. Here’s the […]
Okay so copyright pages are honestly one of those things most new publishers completely overthink or skip entirely and both approaches will bite you later. I spent like three months ignoring mine when I first started and then got a weird email from someone claiming I’d stolen their content (I hadn’t) but had zero legal […]
Okay so I just redesigned like 15 cookbook templates last month and here’s what actually matters for recipe layouts because most people get this completely wrong. The Header Zone That Nobody Gets Right Your recipe title needs to be around 48-60pt if you’re doing an 8×10 book, maybe 36-42pt for 6×9. But here’s the thing […]
okay so I just spent like three weeks testing different comic strip templates and honestly the whole character thing is way more important than people realize when they’re trying to publish on Amazon The Basic Template Setup Nobody Talks About So first thing – you need to decide on your panel structure before you even […]
Okay so I just spent like three weeks testing different comic cover templates for a client who wanted to launch a superhero series on KDP and here’s what actually matters when you’re setting these up… Template Dimensions That Won’t Screw You Over First thing – and I learned this the hard way back in 2019 […]