Jera’s Self-Publishing Blog
Welcome to our blog! We post articles to help the self-publishing and indie author. You will find articles on writing tips, book design, cover design, eBook, book marketing, and of course information on the business of self-publishing.
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Choose Your Printer Based on Your Goal & Budget
The best reason for using either CreateSpace (now KDP) or IngramSpark is you have a built-in distribution network with both services. CreateSpace is a direct market to Amazon and IngramSpark is a market to Amazon and other book retailers. We typically do not recommend...
Print-on-Demand Versus Offset
Print-on-demand (often referred to as POD) is a method of digital book printing that allows you to print books as they are needed, from one book to thousands, instead of printing a large quantity in a single run. With offset, large quantities of books are printed in a...
Self-Publishing Short: Become an Amazon Affiliate
Did you know that you can sign up for Amazon’s affiliate program and use your affiliate code to link to your book to make a little extra money? You should use your affiliate link wherever you link to your book on Amazon, such as on your website or in your newsletter....
Recommended Books for the Self-publishing Author
Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book by Tim Grahl In Your First 1000 Copies, seasoned book marketing expert Tim Grahl walks you through how successful authors are using the online marketing tools to build their platform, connect with...
Eight Things Your Author Website Needs to Have
Hello! Kimberly here from Jera Publishing. If you are an author, you need to have a website. Below are the eight things you should have on your website: An author bio You need to have information about you, the author. Where are you from, how long have you been...
Common Mistakes Made When Writing a Book in Microsoft Word
When writing your book you should separate the writing from the formatting. Write first, format later. However, there are some steps you can make when writing your book in Microsoft Word that will make the job of formatting your book easier and help prevent errors in...
Subsidy Publishers vs. Self-Publishing
Hello, all! Kimberly here from Jera Publishing. Today I am going to talk to you about the difference between subsidy publishers and self-publishing. Authors new to the self-publishing world often confuse subsidy publishing with self-publishing, but they are different....
Self-Publishing Short: Six Things You Need to Know Before Your Cover Is Designed
Hello, all! Kimberly here from Jera Publishing. Today your self-publishing short is on the six things you need to know before you have your book cover designed. At Jera Publishing, we often have authors come to us for interior book design after they have had their...
Self-Publishing Short: Creating Your Own Publishing Company
Hello, all! Kimberly here from Jera Publishing. Today your self-publishing short is on how to create your own publishing company. Many authors do not grasp the concept that by self-publishing their book they are, in fact, operating a business. They are in the business...
A Chat with Shawn Manaher of Book Marketing Tools
Publishing a book is challenging to say the least—you wrote the book (which took ages), revised it (which may have taken even longer), handed it over to your editor (which was intimidating and, yes, time-consuming), and then waited for typesetting, cover design,...