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New Hosting for my Business Website

  Well that was messy and long winded to get sorted. Remind me not to do this again in a hurry. At least I am safe and nearly sorted for the next three years. I had been meaning to get new hosting for my website so I could use PLUGINS, SEO and GOOGLE ANALYTICS… and…
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Psychology in Business – Shapes

A while back I posted about the psychology behind FONTS and COLOURS, then I discovered SHAPES had various meanings as well. Pulling all three together to make a LOGO or ADVERTISING MEDIA when you’re starting your business would be a bit of a nightmare. The more I think about what I missed over the years…
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Barnes and Noble Goliath has fallen, by Kristen Lamb

An excellent and must-read blog post by Kristen Lamb. https://authorkristenlamb.com/2019/06/barnes-noble-goliath-has-fallen

My Journey into Creating a Publishing Company – Part Two

Here I was proud to be a Director of my own limited company. With a gentleman who was going to assist with Marketing in exchange for publishing a book and my daughter as a contractor to do Book Covers. My daughters hobby business is Ceejay Designs. Claudia was studying Graphic Design after being trapped in…
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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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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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55 English Grammar Rules from Derek Haines

To get more advice you can find Just Publishing Advice HERE 55 English Grammar Rules To Help You Write Better  27th March 2018 Learning English grammar rules is easier than you think, and fun. Here is a little light grammar relief for you. Perhaps it will be a good way to waste ten minutes of…
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Uploading your Self-Published Paperback to Lulu

LULU has been publishing books since 2002 with over 2 million titles published. Lulu has developed into an outstanding company with many advantages over both Createspace and Kindle which in recent years caused to many hassles for me personally to want to use them any longer. One of my favourite parts of Lulu is the…
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