As I write this blog post, Christmas and Hanukkah are just under six months away. And Thanksgiving? It’s on November 28 this year. The unfortunate truth is that if you want to have your book ready for holiday sales—let’s say mid-November latest—you need to have your...
The original blog post below was published in January 2018 when it was rumored that CreateSpace was ending its author services. Since that time, CreateSpace has merged with Kindle Direct Publishing, or KDP. CreateSpace has merged with www.KDP.com. Want to Self-publish...
Is 2019 the year you self-publish your book? Here are seven resolutions to guide you on your journey. 1. Be paid 100% of my royalties. Fortunately for indie publishers, this is easy to do. While authors working with publishing service-based companies like 1106 Design...
It’s tempting to look at companies that provide design, editing and other publishing services to authors and say, “Oh, they overcharge to do book design because there’s no competition,” or, “They don’t really want to do this work so they charge a lot and take a long...
Sometimes it takes an author to jog our memories about what we do here at 1106 Design for authors who self-publish, and why we do it. OK, so we know what we do. We provide cover and page design, editing, proofreading and layout services to indie publishers who choose...
