Act Quickly! Amazon Countdown Sale

When I enrolled Women of the Way: Embracing the Camino in the KDP Select program, I could choose to promote the book by using the Kindle Countdown Deal, a “time-bound promotional discounting for your book while earning royalties,” or the Free Book Promotion where readers worldwide can get the book free for a limited time.…

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Use harmony to create an appealing book cover

This is the third post in a series on designing a book cover. The first is Creating a book cover that screams “Pick me up.” The second is Use font to create a high-impact book cover. The glasses of bubbly tea on the left depict the harmony I am trying to create with the covers of …

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Use font to create a high-impact book cover

This is the second post in a series on designing a book cover. The first is Creating a book cover that screams “Pick me up.” The third is Use harmony to create an appealing book cover.  After studying about color, typography, and book-cover layout, I put together a first pass at the front cover for a series…

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Creating New Year’s To-Do lists

Do you make resolutions at the start of the year? For several years I have resolved to finish off my To-Do List. As you can guess, I never succeed—the list keeps growing. Lesson learned: pick a well-defined and finite objective for a New Year’s goal. One of my past managers told me to always work…

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