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How to Create an Ebook From Material You Already Have
How to create an ebook from the posts, notes and talks you already have: the steps, the right file, the tools, and a free way to test it.
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Barnes & Noble Press Next to Amazon KDP, Royalty by Royalty
We priced the same 200-page business book on Barnes & Noble Press and Amazon KDP, format by format, using each platform's own calculator and help pages.
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Hardcover or Paperback for Your First Self-Published Book?
For most first-time self-publishers, paperback is the better place to start. It costs less to print, gives you more room on royalties.
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Hybrid Publishing Costs Real Money. What Do You Get for It?
The models, the real prices, and the step every route starts with. Prices checked on each company's own site on September 30, 2026.
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Should Your Ebook Go Wide With Draft2Digital or Stay on KDP?
We uploaded a finished business book to Draft2Digital and wrote down what every store, library, and print option would pay.
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Which Self-Publishing Platform Should Your Book Go On First?
Seven storefronts, one table, one verdict by goal. Royalties, fees, and ISBN rules checked on each platform's own site on September 28, 2026.
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What Ghostwriting Services Charge, and What You Get for It
What Scribe Media, Gotham Ghostwriters, Kevin Anderson & Associates, Reedsy, and Upwork charge as of September 2026, and when an AI book tool fits better.
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Book Editing Services: Types, Real Rates, and When You Need Which
Developmental, line, copy, and proofreading: what each pass fixes, what it costs in 2026 per EFA and Reedsy rates, and the manuscript problem to solve first.
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Book Printing Services Compared: KDP, IngramSpark, and Offset
What it really costs to print a book through Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, or offset, and the one number, your print run, that decides which route fits.
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Self-Publishing Software: The Full Stack From Draft to KDP Upload
Self-publishing on Amazon KDP is seven jobs, not one. Here is which software handles each stage, what is free, what is worth paying for, and when one platform beats five.
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How Much Do Self-Published Authors Make?
Most self-published authors make under $1,000 a year in royalties. Here is the real income data, and why a business book pays back in clients, not copies.
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This Author Used Built&Written to Write His First Book, and He's Already Published It
Ujjwal Majumder turned his own notes into a book, Nara-Simha, with Built&Written's Wren and published it to Amazon KDP as a Kindle eBook and paperback. Here is how he did it.
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Book Deals Are Down 41%. Don't Wait for a Publisher
Six-figure nonfiction book deals fell 41% year over year in Q2 2026, led by Penguin Random House and HarperCollins. What it means for entrepreneurs, and the faster path.
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Spotify Opened Audiobooks to Indie Authors. Here's What It Means for Entrepreneurs
Spotify opened an invite-only tool for indie authors to create audiobooks with no studio or narrator. What it covers, what it pays, and whether founders should care.
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7 Publishing Trends Entrepreneurs Need to Know in 2026
From KDP's new AI disclosure checkbox to the AI book flood and the audiobook boom, the seven publishing shifts entrepreneurs need to plan around in 2026.
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3.5 Million New Books Flooded Amazon. Reader Trust Is the Only Filter Left.
Amazon took 3.5M+ new self-published books in 2025. With 61% of readers distrusting AI, proven expertise is the only edge left for a business book.
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