I have started work on my next collection of poems, This Is Not the Book That Will Save Your Life. Yesterday, I spent the afternoon (and a little bit of the evening) copying and pasting from Word into InDesign. (InDesign is still misbehaving from time to time under MacOS Sierra, but I can still get stuff [...]
A lot of writers who self-publish take the do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. Often, this is not so much a choice as it is a necessity: putting together a book can be very expensive—potentially thousands of dollars. Doing as much yourself as possible can go a long way toward keeping costs down. The downsides to the DIY [...]
This Is Fifty-three, day 52 After a delay while CreateSpace technical support reviewed my file for the color version of This Is Fifty-three, I have finally been able to order a printed proof of the book. The anticipated delivery date is Wednesday of next week. (16 August 2016)
This Is Fifty-three, day 51 I have ordered printed proofs of the Just the Words, Man edition of the book. I was going to wait for some $ to come in, but this is the inexpensive version, so I decided not to. The expected delivery date is August 22. (12 August 2016)
This Is Fifty-Three, day 5x Yesterday, I had to change a URL that unexpectedly changed. Until I can order printed proofs (still waiting on some $), that is about the extent of any adjustments I will be making at this point. So, technically, yesterday was day 50, and today (once the revised digital proofs are ready) [...]
This Is Fifty-Three, day 49 I suspect this is getting dull, but it seems there is always one more thing to change… First, though, this is what the online proof (well, a few of the spreads) for the color edition looks like: On one spread (not pictured here), I noticed I had not yet changed [...]
This Is Fifty-Three, day 48 Still trying to get the color file just right… CreateSpace’s Interior Reviewer shows this for page 93: Unfortunately, in my original file, and in the PDF proof I download from CreateSpace, that weird red shape is not in that position. It is not supposed to be touching the black X, nor is [...]
This Is Fifty-Three, day 47 More PDF uploads… Up late again last night, but this time it had nothing to do with my book. I was just up late. Reviewed digital proofs this morning, and made three small changes—one the end of a line in a poem that I had resisted changing because I wrote it [...]
This Is Fifty-Three, day 46 More PDF uploads… Up late again last night, as the first digital proof was ready for review around 11:30. I have made a bunch of small adjustments to both manuscripts: Lowered the position of the page numbers so that they are an equal distance from the side and bottom of the page. [...]
Front covers for the two print editions of This Is Fifty-three: The first one, with the huge, full-bleed photo, is for the full-color edition. The strip of grey/silver at the left is done on purpose. Since my artwork does not wrap around, there is no way to ensure that the edges of cover and spine line up [...]
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