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Category Archives: book writing
My Book is Out: Why You Should Buy It
Oh, huzzah! Heroic Technical Writing: Making a Difference in the Workplace and Your Life is now available in Kindle and paperback format. While I enjoyed writing it, you might be wondering: WIIFM (What’s In It For Me?). Today I’ll explain what you’d … Continue reading
Learning About Self-Publishing in Real Time
As I noted last week, there are some definite differences between publishing for Kindle and publishing a traditional paperback book. Some things you might not catch until the paper copy is already in your hand….as I discovered after I’d already … Continue reading
Paperback Publishing and Next Steps
I discovered that formatting a book for Amazon’s Kindle was easier than setting up the book for paperback publication. The good news is, the manuscript and cover are “in the system” and should soon be available for purchase. Today’s post … Continue reading
Preview of Coming Attractions
As I mentioned on the blog recently, I do plan on selling a paperback version of Heroic Technical Writing: Making a Difference in the Workplace and Your Life. The Kindle version is scheduled to be available August 31. Based on some … Continue reading
eBook Formatting
I’ve decided to follow my friend Laura‘s path of publishing my e-book (and, hopefully soon) paperback with Amazon. I discovered that it wasn’t as simple as uploading a Microsoft Word document and thinking that it would be good to go. … Continue reading