This is taken from the Amazon KDP website, you should see it at the top of your bookshelf: Printing costs will change on June 20, 2023 While not required, you may choose to update your list prices to avoid a change in royalties. You can update your list prices at any time individually on the Read More
Offshore Call Centres – Oh My!
I understand companies wanting to keep costs down by outsourcing customer support, but I firmly believe that in some cases this can only hurt the company involved. I’ve had many occasions where this has affected me in the past, but today I’ve had to deal with 2 different companies, both of which had terrible support, Read More
Creating Logbooks
Logbooks are very popular on Amazon. They can be anything from blood pressure logs, sign-in books, vehicle registration logbooks, gardening logs, expense trackers…just about anything! You would create a logbook in the same way as you would a planner, by using either Canva or whatever program you prefer. Searching Amazon for ideas can help trigger Read More
Scammer Warnings
I know this is a bit different from my usual kinds of posts but I feel compelled to write about scams and frauds you may or may not have heard about. There are so many scammers around and they are becoming more devious and believable. The top and bottom of it is: do not give Read More
Create A Planner Using Affinity Publisher
This is an excellent video, but a much faster way to duplicate lines and other elements is to select an element or group of elements, move it to where you want, then keep ‘CTRL’ held down on your keyboard while clicking ‘J’ as many times as you need to, like in this video: I’ve made Read More
KDP do’s and dont’s
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission if you click on them. I’m by no means an expert on KDP, but you can view their full terms and conditions here and their policies here. Please read them through thoroughly, but here are some of my musings based on my Read More
Create A Planner Using Canva
Once again, Canva (affiliate link) is a great place for creating planners, even for free. There are a lot more with a premium account, but for now, we’ll find a free planner template. First, create a new page with the dimensions you need for your KDP book, and then search for a planner: Click on Read More
New to digital drawing?
If you would like to get started creating your own digital images, perhaps for KDP or some other platform, there are several places, mostly paid, that offer design courses. Of course, your first stop should be YouTube as there are some excellent drawing courses there, digital and otherwise. However, if you want to take it Read More
Creating Puzzles
It’s extremely difficult to find free generators for puzzles that allow you to use them commercially, which is understandable. However, at the time of writing, you can create them for free here. The free versions of your puzzles, however, won’t be as good quality, so you may want to consider upgrading quite cheaply. They also Read More
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+, drawing, illustration & Other Musings
I’ve always been interested in drawing and painting from being very young. However, I’m not great at it and never really took it seriously. Still, I’ve dabbled over the years, even purchasing a digital drawing tablet some years ago, but could never really get the hang of it. It’s hard! Lately, partly because of my Read More