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Extra Payment on LULU

Well, it seems everyone is changing and charging. I’m wondering when it will stop. At this rate, it is going to be too expensive to be an Independent Author. I signed into LULU this afternoon and saw the statement below on a closable flag across my computer screen. Beginning October 1st 2021, a small Fulfilment…
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LULU eBook Update

      I received this email today and thought I’d share.  It seems we are going to have to pay for Global Distribution for each and every ebook we upload… If you wish GLOBAL… Dear Lulu Author, We’re contacting you today because you currently have Ebook projects using our Global Distribution service. Effective February 15th,…
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Happy New Year and Welcome to 2021

Happy New Year to all our followers and friends. It has been a wow of a year with many of us working from home. The toll on the human race is still growing though with vaccines, perhaps we can beat this virus and the many strains. Please be safe and take care of each other…
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Publishing Confusion – Part Two. Author Brand

Author Brand! What is it? Who likes Nike, Adidas? Who’s your favourite Movie Star, Poet, Author?  The first two are BRANDS which people love. The Second are people who can be turned into BRANDS and generally are. So, how do they do this? What does it mean to have a BRAND?  If you get a…
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Print on Demand – Publishing a Book!

As a Publishing House, we watch technology to see how it changes relevant to Self Publishing. We are now getting more and more choices for Print on Demand Books. Here are some distributors who can help you self publish your book. Do remember there is a lot of work involved after you’ve finished writing. Plaisted…
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Uploading your Self-Published eBook to Lulu

Welcome to the world of LULU Uploading.  As promised here is the second installment about UPLOADING…This time it’s for eBOOKS. WE start with picking what we wish to publish, of course this time it is the ebook we wish to do. So follow the images and I’ll explain what is what as you scroll through…
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GO WIDE WITH REVIEWS – Amazon Reviews

This blog post is from Anne R Allen and dated 22nd April 2018.  It is all about Reviews, what is happening with the end suggesting we go WIDE with our REVIEWS. To me it makes perfect sense. Here is her link so you can find more informative posts. http://annerallen.com/2018/04/amazon-paid-reviews/ Authors Beware: Amazon Gets Medieval on…
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Book Reviews with Amazon…Yeah Right!

Why oh why is Amazon making it even harder to put up reviews for authors.  First they curtail your reviews because you supposedly know the author or you publish the author or help them publish.  Now Amazon is telling you to spend over $50 to actually put a review in place. That would be a…
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Uploading your Self-Publishing Paperback to KDP Print

We all know that KDP Print is likely to be taking over from Createspace when they finally close their doors (after all we’ve seen go on in the last 12 mth) I thought it would be good to do a presentation for those who wish to use KDP Print. In the early days, I heard…
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