by mandilynnwrites | Sep 30, 2025 | Self-Publishing
Earlier this year, I did a 21 day campaign on Kickstarter for my upcoming novel, Sparks in Iceland. This was my first time ever running a Kickstarter, and the book itself wasn’t the ideal fit for Kickstarter. The best-performing books on Kickstarter tend to be...
by mandilynnwrites | Sep 2, 2025 | Self-Publishing
Want to design a book cover on a budget? Typically I teach book cover design using Photoshop, but today I’m doing a tutorial on designing a fantasy book cover in Canva (Pro edition). I’ll be going step by step, designing this cover with you, giving some...
by mandilynnwrites | Aug 26, 2025 | Self-Publishing
Last week I showed you how to register your book for copyright in a step-by-step tutorial. Now that your book is registered for copyright, it’s time to create the copyright page for your book. In this video, I’m going section by section through my own...
by mandilynnwrites | Aug 19, 2025 | Self-Publishing
As an indie author, you’ve probably wondered what you can do to protect your work and make sure it doesn’t get stolen. During the self-publishing process, you’ll need to figure out what it means to copyright your book, how to copyright it, and when...
by mandilynnwrites | Jul 22, 2025 | Self-Publishing
As many of you know by this point, I created a special edition & deluxe edition of my book, Sparks in Iceland, as a part of my Kickstarter. These editions of the book include photos from locations in the book, and I even have a digitally annotated edition of the...
by mandilynnwrites | Jul 8, 2025 | Self-Publishing
Call me crazy, but I have a goal of raising $15,000 to self-publish my novel. How am I going to accomplish this? Crowdfunding through Kickstarter. I’ve self-published six novels at this point, and every book I publish costs thousands of dollars. But what if you...
