Derek Murphy

I was checking out a book cover designer's portfolio, he has some great stuff and amazing prices. Obviously not the best, but learning, and pretty good, and cheap. But he's

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How to make a book cover (design your own with these free templates!)

There are lots of reasons NOT to make your own book cover: If you don't know graphic design, your first attempt won't be pretty If you don't know cover design,

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How to format and publish a children’s book

Creating and publishing a children's book is a delightful journey filled with imagination, creativity, and of course, a bit of hard work. Let's navigate through this process step-by-step to understand

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Book editing software and services + common writing mistakes

There's an advertisement I saw recently about an editing and proofreading software - a young girl gets a new job as a social media manager and is nervous. But she uses

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book marketing strategies for indie authors

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Book marketing strategies for self publishing authors

95% of book marketing happens BEFORE you publish: if you have a well designed book with a killer blurb and hook, it should convert the right readers - then you

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How to format your book (with free templates)

Formatting a book CAN be a huge pain... it took me three months of avoidance before I finally bought a program and learned how to design my own ebooks. And

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How to write and publish a book yourself (self-publishing cheatsheet)

Self-publishing allows you more control over your book, but also gives you more responsibility: First you need to design the book professionally and upload the files to Createspace and Kindle (my

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Free book formatting templates for every genre!

I've been hesitant to offer something like this, because - as you'll know if you watched my videos or read the guides - you should start with a basic, simple

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Using Pinterest, Youtube and Slideshare to cast a wide marketing net

These could easily be three separate topics but I'm lumping them together because they form one branch of my marketing efforts... repurposing your content. Let's say you wrote a great blog

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Insider secrets to professional book formatting in MS Word

I made this video while helping a friend improve his print formatting; it was already formatted but I added some professional touches, removed all tabs, and talk about how to

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