I have now produced a cover for The Time Tunnel which makes sense even when reduced to the small size published by Amazon. I hope it reveals something about the story, showing that there is danger for a vulnerable Catriona … Continue reading
I am in the process of publishing The Time Tunnel on Amazon and, looking at other little images of book covers there, I realise that the cover I put together is hopeless. The cover is very important, telling the reader … Continue reading
ABOUT UNBOUND Unbound puts the power of publishing in the hands of authors and readers. Authors pitch their book ideas directly to you. If you back a project before it reaches its funding target, you get your name printed in … Continue reading
Reading a blog entry by Steven Lewis on http://blog.taleist.com/2012/06/22/find-readers-without-ask/ I came across the entry Persuade your readers to click from your book to a website and immediately I realised he was right and I am missing a lot of tricks. I am … Continue reading
I have just started a project to put the 11th Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica on-line at www.eb11.co.uk I estimated it would take 2 days work. The text will come from the Gutenberg project. They have not yet digitised all 29 … Continue reading
In Volume 1, two men were absorbed by a black hole at CERN and found themselves outside the universe, which was merely a tiny Cosmic Egg in the land of Entroilians. Chinese-Irish scientist Michael Zhang was transformed into a gigantic … Continue reading
I have now finished proofing volume 2 of Time Crystal, given it a title (The Time Tunnel), created the first draft of a cover, created an ebook for reviewers to read and set a publication date (1 November). And so … Continue reading
After weeks of trying to get the format right, I am delighted to say that the paperback edition of the Cosmic Monopole is now available for sale throughout the world! I use CreateSpace to produce the books. This company is … Continue reading
Publicity and promotion are the greatest challenges, and I think they are especially acute for self-publishers for several reasons. First, if I may make a wild generalization, authors tend to be what I will call “solitary” people. I think they … Continue reading
Long gone are the days when an author could just write a book and let somebody else get on with the process of publishing it. Now you have to design a book from the beginning with eBook publication in mind. My primary … Continue reading