Tag: ingram
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Where Should I Publish My Book?
One of the questions I get asked the most is this: Where do I publish my book? The question comes in different forms, such as “Should I just publish on Amazon?” or “Do I publish my ebook on Amazon, but my print book on Ingram?” or “Where’s the best place to publish an ebook?” But…
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A Simple Way to Publish Your Book as a Hardcover
 For a long time, I didn’t produce hardcover copies of my book. There were two reasons why. First, I didn’t get around to it. I don’t have anything else to add to that other than to hang my head in shame. Second, I found it painfully complicated. I just couldn’t figure out how to…
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Setting up a Pre-Order for Your Book Part II
For those of you who are not Canadian, we just had Thanksgiving this past weekend. I am both thankful and full. Now… on to pre-orders. In our last blog (How to Set up a Pre-Order for Your Book Part I), we worked through a simple process of setting up a pre-order with Ingram (and pointed…
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Where Do I Get an ISBN?
In this series of blogs, we have covered: 1) The Ins and Outs of ISBNs 2) Why you should get your own ISBN 3) Where you get your ISBN (this blog) 4) How to get an ISBN in Canada So in this blog (part 3), we want to take a look at where you can…
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Reasons to Get Your Own ISBN
In the first part of this blog, we explored some of the basics of ISBNs. In this blog, I want to explore why I would recommend you get your own, personal ISBN (as opposed to going without one or using a freely provided one by a printer/distributor/publisher). Later, we’ll look at where you get an…
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The Ins and Outs of ISBNs
It’s time to talk about ISBNs. ISBNs are important. ISBNs are confusing. ISBNs are numbers. In the four parts of this blog, I’m going to explore the following areas: 1) The Ins and Outs of ISBNs 2) Why you should get your own ISBN 3) Where you can get your ISBN 4) How to get…
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January Book Update
It’s January! Depending on where you live, you may not be experiencing the level of cold and snow we have been experiencing. Then again, you might be getting more snow and having much colder temperatures. Here in southwestern Ontario, it’s been cold. I have to admit, I prefer June. I wanted to give a quick…
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December Book Update
December is a busy month, but the publishing process continues! This past month I posted a series on Alpha and Beta Readers and as I’m finishing up book one, I am reminded of how grateful I am for each person who has taken the time to give me feedback. But in the meantime, let me…
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Self-Publishing on a Budget
This blog is for the self-publisher on a budget. Maybe you’re like me. You’re about to publish and you’re trying to figure out the whole process. When I started into this process, I found it not only wonderful and exciting, but also confusing and irritating. I found there was a huge amount of information at…