Below is the handout that Carrol Wolverton is providing during the meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.
www.northfloridawriters.org/CarrolW.htm
carrolwolverton@hotmail.com
Books promoting
Boston Basement, a dirty family secret mystery
Raylaina, the story of a teen with an abusive boyfriend
Method Weight Management 2, How not to be a Fat Cat
Living Cheap & Loving It – being rewritten
Sex, Lies & Real Estate – will be rewritten
Serious Survival: Skills for Single Parents – first book
www.createspace.com – using createspace leads to KDP or http://kdp.amazon.com
How to Make, Market & Sell Ebooks All for Free – Jason Matthews
APE, How to Publish a Book – Guy Kawasaki & Shawn Welch
www.parapublishing.com – Dan Poynter – marketing newsletter good for reviews
Guy Kawasaki quoting Dr. Bojan Tunguz’s guidelines for formatting margins on createspace
1 ½ spacing Using KISS principle
0.5 margins 1” & .5” margins
0.5625 outer
0.6875 bottom
Getting rid of amateurish look – Pick a book you like of similar genre
Copy Editing – as important as any other part