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A Blogger's Progress: First Steps Into a New World - The Book Designer

A Blogger's Progress: First Steps Into a New World - The Book Designer | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

From my reading online, it didn’t look like anyone else had taken on this important subject area. Tens of thousands of new authors were kicking aside the gatekeepers and going straight into book production once they had finished their manuscripts. This is probably why many of the early self-published books in the print on demand era were poorly published, and embarrassing, when you look back at them from today’s perspective.


This represented a great opportunity, because designing and producing books had been my life for many years. Although book typography and indie publishing was very much a niche field, I was excited to rejoin the industry....

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This is the first in a series of articles charting the founding, successes, failures, and lessons Joel Freelander learned from 7 years of blogging. Lots of valuable lessons!

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How To Self-Publish a Book With WordPress

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Whether you’re circulating a periodic publication or writing a book, WordPress provides an easy way to organize and structure your content while it’s in process. Posts can be kept private while you’re working on finishing the book. Alternatively, you can release installments of your work to the public by publishing them on your WordPress site. This option gives you the benefit of community feedback during the process of writing your book.


Whatever process you choose to enhance your workflow is up to you. WordPress offers the flexibility and tools for any approach and provides several advantages over traditional publishing houses

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Sarah Gooding shares four WordPress tools and plugins to help you self-publish from your WordPress site or blog. A must-read if you're planning to publish in 2014. 9/10

Una Sinnott's curator insight, January 4, 2014 4:31 PM

Really useful information on blog-to-book tools.

Carlos Bisbal's curator insight, January 5, 2014 10:59 AM

Sarah Gooding comparte cuatro herramientas y plugins de WordPress para ayudarte a la auto-publicación de tu sitio de WordPress o blog en forma de libro.

 

Una lectura obligada si estás planeando publicar en 2014.

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Dian Fadhilawati's curator insight, January 6, 2014 9:37 PM

Publishing your book with  WordPress