I found this super interesting (after I’d recovered from the panic attack I had over the amount of tabs you have open), thank you. Loved seeing how you made your cover, and I’d never even considered the complexity of book formatting (😱)—all those pesky widows and orphans to deal with!
Very excited for your self-publishing venture, and looking forward to diving in to Memory once HH comes to end (a time I’m dreading, tbh).
Very interesting Ben - I hope you'll continue with some other aspects along the way? Good to know you went with Lulu, I met a rep at the London Book Fair and liked their vibe.
Wow, Ben. Suuuuper interesting. I didn't realise typesetting was like this. Sorry if I missed it, but did you import the words into InDesign from a certain file format? Does it have any page limit? How much memory is it using? (I'm just thinking of what happens with e.g. a 600 page book!)
Is this the main software people use for typesetting?
Thanks for the great vid and insights. Wish I had the skills in design haha.
Ben! This was soooo interesting. I’ve done some typesetting, and this took me back to moments of tracking and forcing breaks and moving this so this, that, and the other needed moving—ad nauseum. It’s like a word version of Tetris. But I never did anything book length. What a project. Can’t wait to learn more and especially when I can have a copy of Harmony House and that fabulous cover on my shelf. ♥️🔥Thank you for the generous shares!
Hi Ben, your video was quite interesting for authors who are planning to publish books. I have good contacts in the traditional publishing industry in Turkey (having been on the Editorial Board of a semi-academic journal on Translation and having translated and published a few novels), so my issue is to be able to finish any of the 3+ books I'm working on simultaneously. However, I am interested in finding out about self-publishing and on-demand printing options in the English-speaking world. I would be glad to get any suggestions or pointers in that direction. I'm a regular Kindle reader, so self-publishing on Amazon is a natural choice, but I've heard some intriguing stories about that and of course, there is the whole story about how Amazon wrecked the publishing industry. Any thoughts?
That’s great for you, Levent. It’s nice to have an established foothold in the traditional publishing lane. I’m glad this was somewhat helpful to you. Thanks for reading. A lot of people do publish on Amazon KDP. I did that with my first novel 10 years ago but this time around I'm going with Lulu so I can distribute across all online channels and in physical stores.
I found this super interesting (after I’d recovered from the panic attack I had over the amount of tabs you have open), thank you. Loved seeing how you made your cover, and I’d never even considered the complexity of book formatting (😱)—all those pesky widows and orphans to deal with!
Very excited for your self-publishing venture, and looking forward to diving in to Memory once HH comes to end (a time I’m dreading, tbh).
Very interesting Ben - I hope you'll continue with some other aspects along the way? Good to know you went with Lulu, I met a rep at the London Book Fair and liked their vibe.
Wow, Ben. Suuuuper interesting. I didn't realise typesetting was like this. Sorry if I missed it, but did you import the words into InDesign from a certain file format? Does it have any page limit? How much memory is it using? (I'm just thinking of what happens with e.g. a 600 page book!)
Is this the main software people use for typesetting?
Thanks for the great vid and insights. Wish I had the skills in design haha.
Ben! This was soooo interesting. I’ve done some typesetting, and this took me back to moments of tracking and forcing breaks and moving this so this, that, and the other needed moving—ad nauseum. It’s like a word version of Tetris. But I never did anything book length. What a project. Can’t wait to learn more and especially when I can have a copy of Harmony House and that fabulous cover on my shelf. ♥️🔥Thank you for the generous shares!
Hi Ben, your video was quite interesting for authors who are planning to publish books. I have good contacts in the traditional publishing industry in Turkey (having been on the Editorial Board of a semi-academic journal on Translation and having translated and published a few novels), so my issue is to be able to finish any of the 3+ books I'm working on simultaneously. However, I am interested in finding out about self-publishing and on-demand printing options in the English-speaking world. I would be glad to get any suggestions or pointers in that direction. I'm a regular Kindle reader, so self-publishing on Amazon is a natural choice, but I've heard some intriguing stories about that and of course, there is the whole story about how Amazon wrecked the publishing industry. Any thoughts?
That’s great for you, Levent. It’s nice to have an established foothold in the traditional publishing lane. I’m glad this was somewhat helpful to you. Thanks for reading. A lot of people do publish on Amazon KDP. I did that with my first novel 10 years ago but this time around I'm going with Lulu so I can distribute across all online channels and in physical stores.