Thanks Chris for including this mention of me and Carol in the revised Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. 10 Anniversary Edition.
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Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Saturday, June 30, 2018
How To: Printing My Mom's Blog as a Book Using Blog2Print and Amazon Createspace
My mom, Millie Garfield is one of the internet's oldest bloggers. Her blog is My Mom's Blog.
She's been blogging since 2003. I printed an earlier collection of her blog posts from Oct 2003 to June 2008 using Blurb.
My Mom's Blog on blurb.
Size Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
404 Pages
Publish Date Jul 10, 2008
This time I used blog2print to print the rest of her posts from July 2008 to Sept 2017.
It was was easy enough to get started by choosing the blogging platform, and entering in the URL of her blog.
Next you choose the range of blog posts you want to include in the book, and choose your formatting.
Then all you do to create the book is click on the button, CREATE MY BOOK.
Once the book is generated you can choose to purchase a printed version, or a PDF. In this case, I went with PDF because I wanted to submit my book to Amazon Createspace, where I can sell it online.
Here is the pricing:
Here’s the basic pricing structure:
This is really great. Perfect for printing. Except for the fact that, in this case, my mom's book was going to be 466 pages, and at that size, the page numbers were going to be cut off by the binding. After submitting this PDF to Amazon createspace I got an error notifying me of this.
So at this point I had to call in my book publishing friend, J. Bruce Jones, Bruce the Book Guy, who's business it is to help people self-publish.
He suggested that I reduce the size of my book from 8 1/2 X 11 to 8 X 10, thereby cutting off the footing where the offending page numbers existed. That worked.
Note: I contacted blog2print to see if they could regenerate my book without the footer nad page numbers, but they told me that it was hard coded and that there was no way to do it.
After submitting this revised PDF to Amazon createspace, along with a cover that I designed using their cover creator, I had my book approved for printing a proof.
You can get a virtual proof before ordering a hard copy.
Here's what the virtual proof looks like.
It all worked out with no footer. I also got an image that some of my images were not 300 dpi, but they are good enough at their resolution. In my last book I worried about createspace flagging image resolution, but learned to ignore those warnings. If after getting the printed proof, some images didn't look right, at that point I could swap them out.
I ordered a hard copy proof, and here's how it came out.
Cover:
Inside:
She's been blogging since 2003. I printed an earlier collection of her blog posts from Oct 2003 to June 2008 using Blurb.
My Mom's Blog on blurb.
Size Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
404 Pages
Publish Date Jul 10, 2008
This time I used blog2print to print the rest of her posts from July 2008 to Sept 2017.
It was was easy enough to get started by choosing the blogging platform, and entering in the URL of her blog.
Next you choose the range of blog posts you want to include in the book, and choose your formatting.
Then all you do to create the book is click on the button, CREATE MY BOOK.
Once the book is generated you can choose to purchase a printed version, or a PDF. In this case, I went with PDF because I wanted to submit my book to Amazon Createspace, where I can sell it online.
Here is the pricing:
Here’s the basic pricing structure:
A soft cover book with full color pages is $19.95 for 20 pages (additional pages are $0.32 each)Here's a snapshot of a page as printed to PDF by blog2print.
A standard laminate hard cover book with full color pages is $34.95 for 20 pages (additional pages are $0.32 each)
A deluxe hard cover book including dust jacket with full color pages is $37.95 for 20 pages (additional pages are $0.32 each)
A digital PDF download is $8.95
This is really great. Perfect for printing. Except for the fact that, in this case, my mom's book was going to be 466 pages, and at that size, the page numbers were going to be cut off by the binding. After submitting this PDF to Amazon createspace I got an error notifying me of this.
So at this point I had to call in my book publishing friend, J. Bruce Jones, Bruce the Book Guy, who's business it is to help people self-publish.
He suggested that I reduce the size of my book from 8 1/2 X 11 to 8 X 10, thereby cutting off the footing where the offending page numbers existed. That worked.
Note: I contacted blog2print to see if they could regenerate my book without the footer nad page numbers, but they told me that it was hard coded and that there was no way to do it.
After submitting this revised PDF to Amazon createspace, along with a cover that I designed using their cover creator, I had my book approved for printing a proof.
You can get a virtual proof before ordering a hard copy.
Here's what the virtual proof looks like.
It all worked out with no footer. I also got an image that some of my images were not 300 dpi, but they are good enough at their resolution. In my last book I worried about createspace flagging image resolution, but learned to ignore those warnings. If after getting the printed proof, some images didn't look right, at that point I could swap them out.
I ordered a hard copy proof, and here's how it came out.
Cover:
Inside:
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Friday, April 07, 2017
Star Wars Builders Books
Star Wars Builders: Millennium Falcon (affiliate link) is both a hardcover book and a ship building puzzle-like kit. For ages 7 and up, it's a great companion to the Star Wars movie series. This book is current, and includes content from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
At almost three pounds, this is a substantial item that can be enjoyed in two ways.
First, as a book:
Secondly, as a ship building kit:
The instructions are straightforward and the pieces are substantial.
In addition to the Millennium Falcon, two more kits are available, Star Wars Builders: Droids (affiliate link) , and Star Wars Builders: Starfighters (affiliate link).
Disclosure: I was sent these Star Wars Builders books for review. I was not asked to write anything specific about the Star Wars Builders books. All opinions I express regarding the Star Wars Builders are my own.
At almost three pounds, this is a substantial item that can be enjoyed in two ways.
First, as a book:
Discover what makes the Millennium Falcon the most famous ship in the galaxy with this master builder kit! Featuring a 64-page book detailing out some of the ship's most daring adventures and introducing members of the crew, Star Wars fans will enjoy learning more about one of the most legendary starships in the galaxy.
Secondly, as a ship building kit:
Plus, this kit includes thick puzzle-like pieces so fans can build their very own Millennium Falcon ship for all their adventures.
The instructions are straightforward and the pieces are substantial.
In addition to the Millennium Falcon, two more kits are available, Star Wars Builders: Droids (affiliate link) , and Star Wars Builders: Starfighters (affiliate link).
Disclosure: I was sent these Star Wars Builders books for review. I was not asked to write anything specific about the Star Wars Builders books. All opinions I express regarding the Star Wars Builders are my own.
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Gary Vaynerchuk #askgaryvee Book Promotion on Instagram
Gary Vaynerchuk #askgaryvee Book Promotion on Instagram as seen on Gary's Facebook wall.
It's interesting to see how Gary Vaynerchuk is using social media to promote his new book. He sent me a review copy and asked that I share on Instagram. I did that.
I also shared the photo, from Instagram to Facebook. I linked to Gary, and he put my post on his Facebook page. That's cool.
I also saw him promoting his book on Snapchat. Over there he asked people to take a screenshot of a photo of him and his book that displayed the @askgaryvee hashtag, over on Instagram too. I shared that too.
I was too quick on the trigger though, and shared the photo just prior to the one Gary really wanted us to share.
That was ok because in the flood of images that got shared, mine stood out as different. ;-)
Instagram is the book promotion vehicle of 2016. It's getting a lot of traction, and the power of it is that you see every post from everyone that you follow.
Buy the book on Amazon.com:
#AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness (Affiliate Link)
It's interesting to see how Gary Vaynerchuk is using social media to promote his new book. He sent me a review copy and asked that I share on Instagram. I did that.
I also shared the photo, from Instagram to Facebook. I linked to Gary, and he put my post on his Facebook page. That's cool.
I also saw him promoting his book on Snapchat. Over there he asked people to take a screenshot of a photo of him and his book that displayed the @askgaryvee hashtag, over on Instagram too. I shared that too.
I was too quick on the trigger though, and shared the photo just prior to the one Gary really wanted us to share.
That was ok because in the flood of images that got shared, mine stood out as different. ;-)
Instagram is the book promotion vehicle of 2016. It's getting a lot of traction, and the power of it is that you see every post from everyone that you follow.
Buy the book on Amazon.com:
#AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness (Affiliate Link)
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Sunday, December 23, 2012
How To Borrow an Amazon Kindle Book
I was trying to find out how you can borrow a book on Amazon.com, but found it difficult to see how to do it.
It's actually easy, but you have to borrow a book from your Kindle, you can't do it online. You also have to be an Amazon Prime member, which is a great deal. Seriously.
Amazon can deliver a Heinz Organic Tomato Ketchup Twin Pack to your front door in two days!
You can't beat that, but that's not important right now.
Here's how to borrow a Kindle book on Amazon:
Eligible Amazon Prime members can borrow books from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library directly on their registered Kindle device.
Image: Courtesy Amazon.com
You can borrow one book per month.
Note: All links are amazon.com affiliate links where I make a few cents if you click through and buy something.
It's actually easy, but you have to borrow a book from your Kindle, you can't do it online. You also have to be an Amazon Prime member, which is a great deal. Seriously.
Amazon can deliver a Heinz Organic Tomato Ketchup Twin Pack to your front door in two days!
You can't beat that, but that's not important right now.
Here's how to borrow a Kindle book on Amazon:
Eligible Amazon Prime members can borrow books from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library directly on their registered Kindle device.
Image: Courtesy Amazon.com
You can borrow one book per month.
Note: All links are amazon.com affiliate links where I make a few cents if you click through and buy something.
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