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- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Premium Members $50 & Basic Members $70
No discount code as part of a deeply discounted series.
- Category
- Business
- Indie Publishing
- Technology
- $5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
- No discount code as part of a deeply discounted series.
- Class Length
- 4 Weeks
Workshop #1: February 27 - March 12, 2023
You can spend anywhere from $100 to $1000 just having your book formatted for upload to Kindle. What these “professionals” won’t tell you is that you can do this yourself for free in about 15-30 minutes. For eBooks, all you need is a simple docx file with a few easy to add modifications. For print, you can also create a docx file. Doing it by hand takes a bit more time, but Kindle has a downloadable program you can use to simplify the process. In fact, you can create files to upload to Kindle in less than one hour.
This course shows you how to format your manuscript for Kindle eBooks, paperbacks, and hardbound editions. Student’s who have taken this course before have saved thousands of dollars by performing a simple half-hour chore requiring no coding or highly technical skills. If you can use a word processor, you have all the skills you need.
You will learn how to use a free program from Kindle to quickly create a single file you can use to create both ebooks and print volumes in minutes. However, if you prefer to have more control over the look of your manuscript, you will also learn how to format these documents manually so you can use specific fonts and other formatting options.
In this course, you will learn:
Workshop #2: March 13 - March 26, 2023
Back in the day, when books were sold primarily through bookstores, most people saw only the spine of the book until they took it off the shelf. A fortunate few got their books featured “face out in shelves at the end of the aisles or on book tables.
Today, with online book sales being the primary mode of sales, especially for indie authors, every book is sold “face out.” That image, not much bigger than a commemorative postage stamp, is the first impression your book makes on a potential reader.
Fortunately, by understanding a few basic design concepts using free graphic design programs, anyone can create professional, compelling book covers for both eBooks and paperbacks. This course will teach you everything you need to know to stand out from the crowd when someone scrolls past your book on Amazon.
In this course, you will learn:
You can spend anywhere from $100 to $1000 just having your book formatted for upload to Kindle. What these “professionals” won’t tell you is that you can do this yourself for free in about 15-30 minutes. For eBooks, all you need is a simple docx file with a few easy to add modifications. For print, you can also create a docx file. Doing it by hand takes a bit more time, but Kindle has a downloadable program you can use to simplify the process. In fact, you can create files to upload to Kindle in less than one hour.
This course shows you how to format your manuscript for Kindle eBooks, paperbacks, and hardbound editions. Student’s who have taken this course before have saved thousands of dollars by performing a simple half-hour chore requiring no coding or highly technical skills. If you can use a word processor, you have all the skills you need.
You will learn how to use a free program from Kindle to quickly create a single file you can use to create both ebooks and print volumes in minutes. However, if you prefer to have more control over the look of your manuscript, you will also learn how to format these documents manually so you can use specific fonts and other formatting options.
In this course, you will learn:
- How to set up your Kindle Direct Publishing account
- How to use Kindle Create (a free program) to create a single file for upload to Kindle.
- How to manually prep your manuscript for eBook publishing. (MS-Word Template Included)
- How to Prepare front and back material.
- How to Create a Clickable Table of Contents
- How to incorporate images in an eBook
- How to manually prep your print book
- How to upload your books to Amazon
- Bonus: How to create PDF and EPUB versions of your book
Workshop #2: March 13 - March 26, 2023
Back in the day, when books were sold primarily through bookstores, most people saw only the spine of the book until they took it off the shelf. A fortunate few got their books featured “face out in shelves at the end of the aisles or on book tables.
Today, with online book sales being the primary mode of sales, especially for indie authors, every book is sold “face out.” That image, not much bigger than a commemorative postage stamp, is the first impression your book makes on a potential reader.
Fortunately, by understanding a few basic design concepts using free graphic design programs, anyone can create professional, compelling book covers for both eBooks and paperbacks. This course will teach you everything you need to know to stand out from the crowd when someone scrolls past your book on Amazon.
In this course, you will learn:
- Principles of Layout
- Use of Color
- Font Selection
- Choosing the Right Image
- A 10-Minute Quick Book Cover Design
- Using Pixlr to Create an E-Book Cover
- Using Kindle Cover Creator
- Creating Covers for Paperbacks
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
