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Self Publishing Books for Teachers: Everything to Know

I’m working on a series of posts on everything you need to know about self publishing. My experience is in education so much of what I write will be best for teachers or non-fiction. However, self publishing is self publishing and a book is a book, so there should be

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The Editors

How to Ask Someone to Review or Blurb Your Book

Every self-publisher or indie author dreams of getting an amazing review or blurb that will sell your book. Maybe it’s an endorsement from a famous author you admire or a positive review on a website or in a publication in your field. Something like that brings visibility to your book

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The Editors

Synposes of Our Short Plays for the Classroom

Are you thinking about trying a play in your English language classroom? Not sure which one to choose? Here are the synopses of our short plays for the classroom. You can also download this list of short plays here. Just Desserts (Drama) The setting is a restaurant kitchen in a

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The Editors

How to Get a Good Cover for Your Self-Published Book

Cover design is an area that many self-publishers struggle with. Designing an effective cover is an art that takes skill and knowledge. Graphic design software has become more and more accessible, including free tools like Canva. So it is now feasible for anyone to create a book cover image. However,

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The Editors

Should You Hire an Editor for Your Self-Published Book?

One of the biggest debates in the self-publishing world these days is: do self-publishers really need editors? The answer is yes, yes, and yes. You need an editor, or rather you need editing services. There are (basically) 3  kinds of editing and you need to go through all three steps.

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The Editors

Atticus is an Affordable Book Design Tool for Self-Publishing Books

Publishing a book is expensive and complicated. I’m always looking for tools and software that make the self-publishing process easier and fit within a budget. I had heard the buzz about Atticus during their pre-launch and even used it to put out a simple ebook quickly. However, I wasn’t sure

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The Editors

How to Find a Marketable Idea for Your Self-Published Book

In this post I’ll talk about finding a marketable idea for self-publishing. It’s nice to put your teaching materials out there, but how do you know what your potential customers want? What’s the difference between a teaching book that is marketable and one that isn’t, particularly in the education market?

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The Editors

Getting Ideas for Educational Materials to Publish

As a publishing consultant and editor, I am constantly asked how to self-publish teaching materials. How do you self-publish? What content should I self-publish? Self-publishing in English Language Teaching has been around for a surprisingly long time and is still going strong. For that reason, I’m going to publish this

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