Amazon’s CreateSpace no longer offers Author Services. Author services including editing, cover design, and book formatting ended at CreateSpace in July 2018, laying off 58 people. So what is happening here? We’ve long held that print on-demand services don’t make it possible for authors to earn as much profit. The Post & Courier reports: Amazon laying off 58 workers at North Charleston…
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Endpapers or Endsheets Need Not be a Source of Confusion. Endsheets that will print on press, are a fine and relatively inexpensive enhancement. Ends add an elegant finishing touch to hardcover books of all types. The right color or design on endpapers can help to make your book unique and especially attractive. Traditionally, the ends print on thick uncoated paper…
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Installing Patterns, Layers, Brushes and Gradients in Photoshop or Illustrator. Patterns, layers, brushes, gradients installation. Star Print Brokers prints books and designs books. This is a quick tutorial to make a book’s design that much more appealing. It may be advanced, so it is for accomplished graphic artists, or quick learners! We do not give personal instruction in using Adobe…
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A Bestseller for Self-publishers. How to ensure quality and control costs. A bestseller; are you writing one now? Authors need to know how to market books, ensure quality, and control costs too. There is no way to guarantee massive book sales. No one can promise that, but there are things authors can do to sell more books. A Bestseller Novel: Print-on-demand, or not? A novelist could consider…
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Learning about Copyright is a topic authors ask us about. This is about copyright as it pertains to authors. It is a subject to take up with an attorney. We are certainly not attorneys, so we hesitate to give any advice. But, authors are interested in learning how to protect their work. After reading this article, be sure to go to the ultimate…
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