December 7, 2022

Do you want to preview your epub file on Kindle devices and apps prior to publishing? Does an ebook retailer require you to upload a MOBI file? Whatever the reason might be there are certainly some situations where you will need a MOBI file. I understand. But how do you create a MOBI file without


August 29, 2022

The © symbol is used for declaring someone as a copyright owner of something—a book, a creative work, music, a new invention, etc. In the publishing industry, this symbol is mainly used on the copyright page in a book—to write the copyright notice text. There’s a standard way to write it in the copyright notice


August 26, 2022

You are about to self-publish a book. Someone recommended getting an ISBN because it will make your book look more professional. Now you are on the search for an ISBN agency. Luckily, you’ve found a US-based one—Bowker. You hurried to their website to buy an ISBN. But suddenly you are stuck on a decision. There


July 19, 2022

Bought ISBN(s) for your book? Congratulations! Now it’s time to incorporate that into your book cover. But you can’t just put the numbers on the cover as it is. You must convert it into a barcode for easy scanning by the barcode-scanning machines. Barcodes make it easy for retailers and libraries to catalog the book