HOLLY BRADY

HELPING SERIOUS WRITERS SELF-PUBLISH
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Self Publishing

How to Self-Publish a Full-Color Book

Self-publishing a novel or how-to book that’s primarily text with black/white interior is relatively easy in this print-on-demand world. But what if you have a book with a full-color interior—a cookbook, a children’s book, a

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Self Publishing

Is Amazon Slow-Walking Books from Ingram Spark?

For over five years, I’ve been helping authors create jacketed hardcover books on Ingram Spark and sell them on Amazon. But recently, KDP—Amazon’s self-publishing arm and a competitor to Ingram Spark—announced its own capacity to

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Book Marketing

Bookbub Deconstructed

I recently had lunch with two self-published authors to swap book marketing tips. We were trying to crack the code for getting books accepted by BookBub, the Cambridge-based company that sends out daily ebook promotions

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Book Design

What Makes a Good Book Cover?

That’s a question I wrestled with as I walked the aisles of BookExpo 2016. A great cover can be the secret sauce that gives a book the oomph it needs to get discovered. But how

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Self Publishing

Foreword Magazine Indie Awards

I’m pleased to announce that three of the writers with whom I work have been named finalists in Foreword Reviews‘  Indie Book of the Year Awards. These titles will be featured by Foreword  at the

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Book Design

Print book, ebook, or both?

I help writers publish books in both print and ebook formats. But I’ll admit: I have a strong preference for print. That’s because I find it easier to read print books than ebooks–despite all the

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