There are several factors that will affect your production costs (editorial, design, proof-reading) when you self publish a book. I’ll cover those in another guide which I’ll share first in Gorgeous, sign up to read it first. One step that has caught out a few of my clients is the print costs and % they will make on each sale and this post offers advice on how authors may lower it.
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I love discussing design and I was pleased to update my speaking page with new topics and links. I firmly believe that design should be understandable as well as entertaining. As a trained coach and designer, I often sense frustration with a topic that can be complex. The audience will get the very best from their time with me and get actionable tips.
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Your experience is critical. If you loath Wix, then you may not feel there’s any point to moving to another CMS (content management system) site like Squarespace. WordPress might be your thing. Or vice versa. If you loath your platform then the chances are, you’ll be worried about updating it or it simply drops to the end of your to do list.
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It’s that time of the year when social media reminds us that we must change our copyright lines on our website. Do you need to do it, and if so should be the current year?
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An advanced reader copy (or ARC) is an early version of a book that is shared ahead of publication. It will probably still have some design work to complete and typos to take in but it still has a purpose.
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In the June issue of Gorgeous I shared how I played around with Generative Fill and Photoshop. I managed to convince a few people I was in Cornwall. It does result in a query over authenticity and here’s my view on AI generated content.
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Fonts must be evaluated against the rest of your content and there are some easy questions to help you, the sort that I would ask you and, if you need support, detangle with you to get the perfect font for your brand, book, website or social media. Read on to get the secret ingredients!
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