How to format for Smashwords?

Easy Steps

1.  Bring up your manuscript. Save it somewhere safe.

2.  With your ms safe, we can "play" with formatting. There will be no page numbers, no fancy fonts or pictures (it's possible but this guide is just basic). You will need your notepad, so locate that. I found it in my start bar and I searched it.

3.  You'll also need to locate your tool bar (at the top of your word document).

Read the interview of Crabbit Old Bat AKA Nicola Morgan

as she answers questions about her latest novel Wasted and her blog Help I Need a Publisher, and why she penned a non-fiction book called Write to be Published.

 

 NEWEST NOVEL: WASTED "Stroke of genius" - Cat Anderson, bookseller. "Outstanding!" - Vanessa Robertson, bookseller. "WOW!" - Nikki Heath, librarian

WASTED nominated for the Carnegie Medal

WEBSITE http://www.nicolamorgan.co.uk/

PUBLISHING BLOG http://www.helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com/

WRITE TO BE PUBLISHED WEBSITE  www.writetobepublished.co.uk

When did you get your first break into writing fiction? 

Well, I struggled and failed for many years. My first novel was published 21 years after I started trying! And the reason I got one published in the end was that I came up with an idea that worked - one that worked in storyline and language. (Before, it had all been about the language and I couldn't get the story right.). I don't think I was a rubbish writer before but I hadn't found a way of turning my love of words into story. It was really my memory of all that heartache combined with everything I learnt from my own experience and that of all the other writers who I came into contact with professionally during the last ten years that made me want to give advice to aspiring authors.

If you are a writer or blogger you should know the importance of TAGS

But first what are they?

In computer terminology, a tag is a keyword which provides a visual suggestion of the number of articles tagged with a keyword. The more popular a keyword the larger it will appear in the tag cloud.

In easy-speak if you were to search the Internet for say, help or advice on blogging, you'd head over to Google or Bing and put in the search engine "blogging help" or similar. And the savvy blogger would have used your words as taglines because he wants you to visit his page.

Now, if I wanted you to be able to find my book, A Proper Charlie easily, my tags would be "chicklit" "romance" "Louise Wise" etc and your searching words would generate my taglines to be at the top, or near to the top, of your search and hopefully you'll click to be taken to my book.

On various blogs or websites taglines look like this:

The larger the word the more popular they are. Or they can be neat like an index. But either, they work the same. Tags are generally chosen informally and personally by the blogger. It's wise to chose them to best describe the article written.

For this one I shall use, taglines, what are taglines, how to use taglines etc.

If you have a book out and it's on Amazon make sure you have tagged your book. At the bottom of the Amazon page you should see "Tags Customers Associate with This Product" and then a list of taglines. These are the tags that generous people have given your book. And I say generous because it IS generous. Every little tag helps navigate potential readers towards your book.

There is an option to add your own, and I fully recommend you do so. As many as you can think of relevant to your book. Mine for Eden are: science fiction romance, romance, science fiction, survival, louise wise, love story, love, relationships, contemporary romance, best sellers, holiday read, quick read, a must read, romance novel, eden,  social media.

Louise Wise
Author of Eden and A Proper Charlie