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#selfpublishing

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Ray Ingles

#PennedPossibilities 629. How did you break into publishing? (If you’re already published, of course.)

I queried for a while, but only a couple nibbles. the premise is weird, and honestly, I suspect agents were dubious it could be tackled by a cis/het white male middle class engineer. 🤷

So, self-publishing. First Amazon, but as of today I've gone wide via Draft2Digital. (Including Hoopla, so... free.)

books2read.com/u/mdx1Jl

#IndieAuthor#SelfPromo#SelfPublishing
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✨ justada :polish_cow:

I had to cut the pages at a printing shop because without a hydraulic guillotine, neatly cutting so much paper is just not possible. I've tried many methods but ended up with just uneven and ragged pages.

For binding, i chose the "perfect binding" technique with a softcover. It seems to be the easiest and least labour intensive. Binding the pages was actually easier than i thought.

I've designed the cover around a stunning artwork by Suzuka Youraku. Here is her pixiv page: pixiv.net/en/users/53055517
Full cover can be accessed here: drive.proton.me/urls/4ZWBW7ZHH

In the end, I'm happy with the result. It cost me very little. In total the 400 pages book came at around maybe 5€ to make :blob_rave:

(part 4 of my bookbinding project)

photo of a book being bound with glue
a photo of an open handmade book
photo of a cover of the handmade book
#diy#fanfiction#bookbinding
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✨ justada :polish_cow:

Before printing the book, I had to learn how to format text and design the pages. I opted for printing four pages per A4 sheet, which was not all that easy when printing about 400 pages which then need to be flipped and printed over again.

I'm using Scribus for the layouts. It's clunky and annoying but it's opensource and free. I've included the source file here: drive.proton.me/urls/4DQVGYRVY if anyone wants to try and print this book by themselves :blob_nom_cookie:

(part 3 of my bookbinding project)

photo of a printer printing a book
#diy#fanfiction#bookbinding
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✨ justada :polish_cow:

Okay, so for my first bookbinding project, i picked Ālea Iacta Est by risokura, with an intention to make it a gift for my friend, that recommended me this fanfic ^^

You can find the fic here: archiveofourown.org/works/5493
Please be warned that this fic contains nsfw content 🔞

(part 2 of my bookbinding project)

archiveofourown.orgĀlea Iacta Est - Chapter 1 - risokura - 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Nervensäge 💐

#Selfpublishing #Typografie
@bookstodon

Wenn ein Buchsetzer ein von einem Laien gesetztes Buch in die Hand bekommt, wird er als erstes ein beidseitig bedrucktes Blatt gegen das Licht halten: Überprüfung der Registerhaltigkeit. Wenn zwischen den Zeilen graue Schatten der Rückseite erscheinen, ist das Buch nicht professionell gesetzt.

Bei Libreoffice muss man bei der Seitenvorlage "Seitenzeilenabstand verwenden" anklicken, dann macht das Programm das automatisch.

typolexikon.de/registerhaltigk

So sehen Seiten aus, wenn sie nicht registerhaltig gesetzt sind. Die Vorderseite ist schwarz, die Rückseite schlägt grau durch. Das Schriftbild ist insgesamt verwaschen und unscharf.
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Klaudia (aka jinxx)

@heiseonline Entschuldigung, aber ist es eine gute Idee, mehr Menschen in den Amazon-walled-Garden zu schicken, wo sie direkt in die Abhängigkeit kommen? Mag ja sein, dass es da ein hübsches Tool gibt, aber das alleoine ist kein Grund, sich von einem US-Unternehmen abhängig zu machen. Sagt den Menschen doch wenigstens, wie sie plattformübergreifend frei publizieren. #publishingwide #Selfpublishing #Amazon #ChokepointCapitalism #Enshittification

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✨ justada :polish_cow:

Book crafting has been living in head non stop ever since i've read my first fanfiction novel. I just had to have certain works on my bookshelf and so i did :blob_rave: This project began with scoring a second-hand inkjet printer for just 8€. The Epson stylus SX235W is old but it still works just fine. I have working ink cartridges for it too, so it is just a matter of refilling them with ink and resetting the chips, and i saw many offers on local marketplace where people sell old ink cartridges for pennies so the whole operation should be inexpensive at worse

(part 1 of my bookbinding project)

photo of an epson stylus ink-jet printer
#diy#selfpublishing#fanfiction
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Sarah J Hoodlet

I've been a published author for one year today! 🥳🎂

Yes, THE WAY OF THE WIELDER turns one! To celebrate, I just published another edition of my newsletter, where I offer an overview of how the book has performed this past year.

You can read it for free* here: sarahjhoodlet.beehiiv.com/p/sp

*You will have to sign up, but it's free. You can also unsubscribe anytime. But why don't you stick around? I only share fun stuff, I promise. 😇

Enjoy!

An overview of how my debut novel has performed in its first year!
The Words and Worlds of Sarah J. HoodletSpring 2025: The Way of the Wielder Turns One!An overview of how my debut novel has performed in its first year!
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