Okay so I just redesigned like 15 table of contents pages last week for a batch of planners and honestly the difference between a garbage TOC and one that actually works is huge for your Amazon preview. Here’s the thing nobody tells you – Amazon shows your table of contents in the Look Inside preview […]

Okay so last month I was helping this romance author fix her bio and realized most people are completely overthinking this whole author bio thing. Like you don’t need some fancy template that costs $47 or whatever – you just need the basic structure and honestly it’s way simpler than you think. The Basic Framework […]

Okay so interior layout is honestly where most people screw up their KDP books and don’t even realize it until they get that first 1-star review saying the margins are all wonky or the text is cutting off. I just tested like 15 different templates last week because one of my journal interiors was bleeding […]

Okay so I just spent like three hours last Tuesday organizing my reading log templates and honestly the whole thing started because my Kindle library hit 487 books and I realized I couldn’t remember half of what I’d read last year… The basic reading log printable is just a table with columns for title, author, […]

Okay so I just spent like three hours yesterday reformatting preview chapters for a client and honestly the difference between a preview that converts and one that tanks is literally just… formatting. I know that sounds stupid but hear me out. The Five Page Rule Nobody Talks About First thing – Amazon’s gonna give you […]

Okay so I’ve been using Photoshop book cover templates for like 3 years now and honestly it’s one of those things where you think it’ll be complicated but once you get the workflow down it’s actually pretty straightforward. Where to Actually Find Good Templates First thing – Creative Market is where I grab most of […]

Okay so I just spent like three hours last night sorting through book templates because someone in my mastermind group asked where to actually find decent free ones and honestly most of the “free download” sites are garbage but there are some legit resources if you know where to look. The Templates That Actually Work […]

Okay so you wanna write your autobiography but you’re staring at a blank page wondering where the hell to start, right? I’ve helped like dozens of authors format their memoirs for KDP and honestly the biggest mistake people make is thinking they need to tell EVERYTHING from birth to yesterday in chronological order. That’s gonna […]

Okay so I just redesigned like 30 ebook covers last month and here’s what actually matters for digital-first design – and I mean covers that people see on their phones first, not in some bookstore. The biggest mistake everyone makes is designing for print dimensions. Your cover is gonna be viewed at 120 pixels wide […]

Okay so manuscript formatting is one of those things that seems super complicated but honestly once you get the template set up you never think about it again, and I’ve formatted like 200+ manuscripts at this point so let me just walk through exactly what publishers and agents actually want to see. First thing – […]