Kate's Writing Friends

Guest Blog: Christine Betts

In the lead-up to Christmas I like to make a concentrated effort to promote my fellow creatives and entrepreneurs. I am honoured to introduce to you my good friend and writing comrade, author and businesswoman Christine Betts. Christine and I met about a year ago at the Gold Coast Writer's Association monthly meeting, and instantly… Continue reading Guest Blog: Christine Betts

Inspiration For Writers

Interior Book Design

A 1- hour webinar about interior book cover design. Not a guide to Ingram's specifics, and a lot of the info may be familiar to those of you who have already formatted your own book interiors. The info I found most interesting was that about page numbers and having the odd page numbers on the… Continue reading Interior Book Design

Hints and Tips for Writers

Enabling Distribution on IngramSpark

The final short video in the learning series on IngramSpark's website. Now there is only an hour-long webinar on Interior Book Design left and I will be starting to prepare my own books to publish on IngramSpark. I hope that by sharing these videos with you they have been helpful to you if you too… Continue reading Enabling Distribution on IngramSpark

Kate's Writing Journey

I am ashamed of my creative journey.

Or at least I have been. Until now. For as far back as I can remember I have felt ashamed of who I am. About the things that make me who I am. For the things I want- to travel the world and write- or don't want- to study, establish a career, settle down. What… Continue reading I am ashamed of my creative journey.

Very Old Quotes

Loading Promotion Codes on IngramSpark

Promo codes can be  added at the end of the Title Setup process. Once files are uploaded, press 'continue'. Content Validation screen- press 'Authorize' and 'Yes' to fix files On the Title Submission page, enter the promo code (codes are case sensitive) Recalculate the price https://www.ingramspark.com/spark-complete-education/loading-promotion-codes-on-ingramspark

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IngramSpark Title Setup Screen 8 – File Upload

Finalizing the Title Setup process and uploading your files to IngramSpark. I like that you can share a link to your title's setup process for third parties to access on your behalf (cover creators, formatters etc). https://www.ingramspark.com/spark-complete-education/ingramspark-title-setup-screen-8-file-upload

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IngramSpark Title Setup Screen 4 – Print Format

A quick guide to selecting the print format for your book in the title setup process. This video DOES NOT give in-depth guides to formatting your book interior for publishing on IngramSpark. There is a longer video titled 'Interior Book Design' that I suspect will address this, and I will post about it when I… Continue reading IngramSpark Title Setup Screen 4 – Print Format