Episode 27 In this show I interview Emmanuel Nataf, CEO and Co-founder of Reedsy, an online marketplace for finding publishing professionals such as editors and graphic designers and illustrators. This company has recently won the Booksellers’ BookTech Company of the Year award at the prestigious FutureBook conference. What exactly is Reedsy and why did you […]
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A Quick Guide to Scrivener
I’ve had quite a few conversations recently with people who have bought Scrivener and couldn’t work out how to use it. In this show I talk about how use the product. If you use a different product and are happy with it then this post isn’t for you!
However, if you haven’t yet got a writing tool you are happy with, Scrivener is good because:
You can easily create an ePub file and a Mobi file from it.
It automatically saves your work and backs it up.
It is a great tool for planning a book.
Choosing the Best Categories and Keywords on Amazon
In this episode I discuss how to choose Categories and Keywords for your eBook in the KDP website. This is often an area that is considered an afterthought – something done in a hurry. This is a mistake, as what you choose here can make a real difference to how visible your book is on Amazon and how it will sell (regardless of the quality of your book!).
Other Self-Publishing Podcasts
In this episode I discuss the other podcasts I listen to do with self-publishing.
Reasons to Self-Publish and Reasons Not
In this week’s episode I describe the multiple reasons to self-publish and the reasons to not.
How to Self-Publish an eBook
In this episode I take you through why you might want to self-publish an eBook first in most cases. I also take you through the ways you can create an eBook via using a tool like Scrivener or via Word. Scrivener is the tool I use and is a fantastic tool for planning and organising writing as well as for generating ePubs.