Book updates

I chose to self-publish my book because it gave me full autonomy for format, page count, and tone. One of the limitations by self-publishing with Amazon is that small businesses…

I made a few corrections to the paperback book and the eBook this morning. A reader messaged me about the coordinates being incorrect for the Monster Syncline – I omitted…

When I started out writing this book, it was never about profitability. In fact, I spent more money on buying distribution rights, travel to Texas, website server/web application firewall, file…

Using Amazon KDP, I can order up to 999 Author’s Copies of my book. Amazon sells me these copies at the printing cost, which is around $28 per book. I…

I received a message from an acquaintance on Twitter this evening that his book finally arrived. As part of the book release, I have paid for a handful of copies…

After comparing the PDF proof that Amazon generates versus what is printed in the book, I am confident that the content is comparable. After making some formatting changes, mainly on…

I received the author’s proof a few days ago. Since then, I have paged through the entire book and made some minor corrections, mostly formatting. In order to release the…

An author’s proof is a non-retail book printing for the author’s review. This is the final review step before releasing the book to the public for sale. I paid a…

I finished the manuscript for the Overland Trains story this morning. Once I uploaded it to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), it presented me with a printing cost per region.…