Posted on May 8, 2023 at 1:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of organizational, formatting, and technological advice to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Picking your top task for the month: Orna Ross encourages indie authors to select a top task each month for the three “hats” that they wear, to help them prioritize and not feel overwhelmed — one as the maker, one as the manager, and one as the marketer (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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How to format your acknowledgments page: Dave Chesson goes over what's typically on a book's acknowledgments page and some best practices for presenting it (Kindlepreneur).
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Writing and formatting an index: Dave Chesson shares general guidelines for setting up an index in a book, along with step-by-step, illustrated directions for doing so in Microsoft Word (Kindlepreneur).
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Generative AI and the author community: Joanna Penn talks with Draft2Digital COO Dan Wood and bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author Michael Anderle about the potential — and dangers — that generative AI offers authors (The Creative Penn).
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