How to Self Publish a Hardcover Book on Amazon - Kindlepreneur

 When Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today, our little adventuresome kitty decided to make a stop at the Kindlepreneur site. There he discovered a post about publishing a hardcover cover book at KDP. Panzer already told you about the new hardcover book option at KDP.

The post by Jason Hamilton explains in step-by-step instructions how to publish your book at KDP. While the instructions are simple, the post does include a rather hard sell on a formatting software he recommends. There are no formatting instructions for your manuscript if you don't get the software. The rest of the instructions, however, are easy to follow and can be used to upload your finished PDFs.

My work is never finished.

Panzer says, "Doing a hardback is now next on my list."

Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a big cup of tea, a muffin and a brownie.

To read the post tootle over to hardcover book

 To read Panzer's previous post about KDP hardcover books tootle over to KDP

B&N's Nook Press Debuts Print, In-Store Event Programs - PW

Panzer was just tootling around in the Catosphere when he heard cheering and clapping. Following all the yelling and hurrahing took our kitty boy to the Publishers' Weekly site. There he found a post about Barnes and Noble.

I'll definitely be looking into this.

According to the post by Calvin Reid, Barnes and Noble made their anticipated announcement about their entry into the print publishing arena. Panzer told you about their planned announcement last week. Barnes and Noble has come up with a way to compete with Amazon's print publishing arm Create Space. Barnes and Noble's Nook Press qualifying ebook authors will now be able to print their ebooks as hardbacks and/or paperbacks. They will then be able to not only sell their books at Barnes and Noble stores, but also do author book signings and other events there as well.

Panzer says, "Barnes and Noble has a definite advantage over Amazon by allowing authors to have events at their stores in conjunction with their sales."

Note: This is a short post. You'll only need one cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Nook Press

To read Panzer's previous post about Barnes and Noble, tootle over to Barnes and Noble

15 Articles for Book Cover Design Tips

So much information for me.

Panzer visited Joel Friedlander's The Book Designer blog.

My bad boy found a post there for those of you having problems with your book cover designs. The post contains links to 15 of Joel's posts about the different aspects of cover design. There are posts on fonts, the difference between fiction and non-fiction covers, a free book jacket template for hardcover books, and a lot more. These links are a treasure trove of information for cover design for ebooks and hardcover and paperback books.

To get help with your cover design, tootle over to cover design