Category Archives: E-publishing

The Big News: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Sequel Comes to Musa

Posted on December 3, 2012 by alisaacarter

It’s been tough to keep the secret, but the news is finally out: “Musa Publishing Announces Deal With Author Gary K. Wolf For Third Roger Rabbit Novel (Lancaster, OH) Musa Publishing, an independent digital-first publisher, has announced today that they … Continue reading →

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Writer Wednesdays: Should you e-pub or self-pub?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by alisaacarter

You’ve tried the traditional publishers (herein called “trad pubs”), and you’ve gotten nowhere. Agents are cautious these days, and who can blame them? In the old days, the trad pubs had recent college grads willing to work for peanuts to read … Continue reading →

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Kindles are awesome

Posted on February 1, 2012 by alisaacarter

So I got a Kindle for Christmas. I’d always been one of those people who thought I could only read books on paper. I’ve heard people say they love the sound of the pages turning, the smell of the ink … Continue reading →

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The Calibre book-making program

Posted on October 5, 2011 by alisaacarter

I decided to do a more detailed post on Calibre. There are a lot of sites that you can go to that will give you the exact reason why things work and how to do really complex cool stuff. Me, … Continue reading →

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E-book formatting — the copy

Posted on October 2, 2011 by alisaacarter

So yesterday I did a quick and dirty post on covers using free photos and the free Gimp program. Today, I’ll talk about the actual formatting. First thing to understand is, you have to learn another language, HTML, which is … Continue reading →

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Formatting ebooks — covers

Posted on October 1, 2011 by alisaacarter

This blog isn’t intended for adults publishing ebooks, since I’m really wanting to talk to readers, especially kids, but I did a lot of research into creating my ebook, and why should someone else have to reinvent the wheel? So … Continue reading →

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My first book is up!

Posted on September 30, 2011 by alisaacarter

I haven’t been blogging much lately because I have been formatting my book for epublishing. I swear every time I hear that phrase, I hear Darth Vader music. It is terrifying and horrible. I searched websites, message boards, I emailed … Continue reading →

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I’m such a baby

Posted on September 7, 2011 by alisaacarter

I was so ready to e-publish my book, but I’ve been dealing with some chilly feet lately. There’s just so much to know! I know I need to publisize it, so I need to find websites that review young adult … Continue reading →

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Job searching sucks; writing does a little too

Posted on August 31, 2011 by alisaacarter

Yesterday I was feeling that panicky feeling of “Oh, God, I’ll never get another job, I’m going to lose my house,” followed by “Oh, crap, if I get a job too soon, I won’t get a chance to do all … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on August 30, 2011 by alisaacarter

So recently I kind of got fired. Not sure if I was fired or there was not enough work to go around. In any case, I am currently unemployed. I thought about what I could do — cry, obsessively check … Continue reading →

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