Author Blog

It’s time to publish the novel you have worked so hard and long on, but which ebook software should you use to create a beautiful ebook that will impress your readers?

Subscriber magnets are a fabulous way to build your newsletter lists and ultimately sell more books. If you need help putting up your subscriber magnet, this tutorial will walk you through it step-by-step.

Authors at My Book Cave now have the opportunity to participate in subscriber magnets. But what are subscriber magnets and how can they help me sell more books?

Are you looking to promote your books to thousands of avid readers? We have a lot of great benefits for authors here at My Book Cave, and you won’t want to miss hearing about what’s coming up next. Come and take a look!

How do you discount your ebook on a big vendor like Amazon? There are a few ways to discount your ebook on Amazon, depending on whether or not your book is just published through KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) or published through KDP AND enrolled in KDP Select.

Need to add a watermark to your ebook? You can do it in Jutoh by following these simple steps.

Now that we have the file created and the image perfected, it’s time to add text to your cover design! Choosing and placing fonts is a snap when you use the three design elements of contrast, alignment, and repetition.

Now that you’ve chosen your image for your cover design, what do you do next? In this tutorial, we’ll cover creating a Photoshop file for your cover, as well as placing and modifying your image.

Whether you’re creating your cover for print or ebook, you need a strong design that looks good as a thumbnail and at full size. Want to create a fantastic cover? Here are a few tips about picking a great image to get you started.

It may seem tempting to put your book out there immediately and start earning money, but good editing can make or break your novel. How many editors do you need?

Are your ebook images too large? Avoid common mistakes and make sure you have the best image size for ebook.

Have you tried using drop caps to set your ebook apart? This tutorial explains what drop caps are and how they can be accomplished, as well as some of the pitfalls you’ll encounter.

Should you publish your novel as an ebook? What about just publishing an ebook and forgoing the print version? What is right for your book?

Using custom fonts to set your ebook apart is easy to do. We’ll show you how to do it with Jutoh software. But be aware that there are some pitfalls.

Your best market consists of those readers who have already chosen to hear from you. In other words, you need a mailing list.

Will swearing hurt your book sales? Many readers today will not be offended by a certain amount of profanity in books, but shocking words often pull readers out of the story. Read this before you decide how much profanity to put in your next book.

We are excited to announce that My Book Ratings is almost ready for debut. On My Book Ratings all books submitted will have a permanent content-rated listing that readers will be able to search. Look for upcoming notices and get ready to post content-ratings on all your favorite books.

Romance often gets a bad rap, but romance sells more than any other genre besides general fiction. So today we share important tips on how to write a stronger romance novel.

Punctuation usually goes inside quotation marks, especially in dialogue, but that is not always the case with other usage. Deciding where to put punctuation with quotation marks is simple if you follow a few rules.