Formatting is like refereeing – you don’t notice it until it’s done badly. Editing is like housework – it’s only appreciated when it is lacking. Formatting and editing are so often self-publishing afterthoughts. After the […]
6 Common Self-Publishing Slip-Ups – and How to Avoid Them
“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” Good point Teddy Roosevelt. And as a self-publishing author you are most certainly doing something, so it’s inevitable that there’ll […]
The Importance of a Professional Book Cover Design
In today’s world of wikiHow and YouTube tutorials the more hands-on amongst us are becoming less and less inclined to outsource work to trained professionals. If detailed instructions on how to unblock a pipe or […]
What Makes a Good Author Bio?
Ask any author (or indeed yourself): what’s the hardest thing to write about? Extreme violence? Affairs of the heart? Particle physics? Sure, they can all be difficult, but by no means do they take the […]
Things to Think about When It Comes to Creating Your Book’s Title
Your book’s title. Never will an author place so high a value on so small an amount of words. And by no means is the magnitude of this choice misguided. Choosing a title will be […]
How to Get the Most out of Your Facebook Author Page
Such is the saturation of social media in this digital age that a Facebook page is about as good a proof of existence as we’ve got. If a person or an organisation doesn’t have a […]
The 5 Traits That All Successful Authors Share
If you want to be a 100 metre sprinter, you need more than just the sort of quick twitch fibres that’ll carry you to the finish line in around 10 seconds. If you’re hoping to […]
What Do I Look for in a Good Book Cover Design Firm?
In certain professions, ability, to some degree, can be measured at a glance. If you want to hire a jockey, don’t go for the one who looks just as likely to eat the horse as […]
How Does the Damonza Cover Design Process Play Out?
Producing a beautiful cover for your newly completed book is the last leg of the journey – the final wrapping of the literary gift. But for those in the market for a cover, how exactly […]
A Slight Change of Tack in Damonza’s Terms and Conditions
In volume of jokes made, Terms and Conditions are the 21st century equivalent of plane food in the 90s. So I’m going to resolutely hold myself back from this low hanging fruit. The basis of […]
