A Writer On Writing: Further E-Publishing
Sally Jenkins has just published anoher e-book that could be of great help to YOU!
To see and buy Sally's new book - and two moe books she has already e-published - click here http://sallyjenkins.wordpress.com/books/
My attempt at a cover for my third book was so abysmal that I daren’t even show it to you. Compared with similar books already on Amazon it looked very basic and most definitely amateurish.
I think this is because the book is non-fiction and therefore requires a very business-like cover to get anywhere near competing with the hundreds of other books on the same subject.
So I decided to call in the professionals. I used the website Fiverr. This site features hundreds (or maybe thousands even) of sellers offering their services for just $5. The range of services is vast from personalised greetings cards, translations and bespoke bedtime stories. But there are also lots of e-book cover designers on there too.
I picked one of the top-rated designers (like on EBay, buyers have to leave feedback on the service they received) and told her the title of the book, what it was about and a brief suggestion about the type of image that might be suitable (it is also possible to send the designer a specific photo if you have one that you want to include on the cover).
Two days later my cover design was delivered and you can see it on this post. It’s much better than I could produce. I’ve borrowed the title from a ‘column’ on the Open Writing website which runs an extract from this blog each week (the site includes lots of other writing from around the world, too).
A Writer on Writing http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Writer-on-Writing-ebook/dp/B00C0GBRS6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1364810567&sr=1-1 is a compilation of 14 of my articles that have appeared in the UK writing press, such as Writing Magazine & Writers News, The New Writer, Writers’ Forum and Freelance Market News. They cover subjects as diverse as generating ideas, writing articles with an anniversary ‘hook’ and flash fiction.
As I did with my other books, I have set an introductory price of 77p - with a view to increasing it when I see how sales go. Setting the perfect price point to encourage buyers without devaluing the work involved in producing a book is very difficult. 77p is the lowest price point available to independent authors.
Links:
https://www.writers-online.co.uk/Writing-Magazine/
http://www.thenewwriter.com/
http://www.writers-forum.com/
http://www.freelancemarketnews.com/
