Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • Prepping for Digital Editions – Text Formatting

    One of the challenges facing authors who choose to self-publish their books digitally is that of formatting the files. I thought we’d talk a bit about that today, in preparation for the upcoming discussion about taking books to Print on Demand editions. Once upon a time, I was a typesetter, and later, I did desktop…

  • Books!

    Because I know that some of you really like print editions of books (and because I like them too) I decided to dip my toes into the print-on-demand pond a little bit. The result is new print editions of the Jewels of Kinfairlie trilogy. They are more expensive than the original mass market paperback editions,…

  • Six Tasks Part 3 – Agents

    What do agents do? At the most basic level, agents negotiate publishing contracts for authors. As we  discussed earlier today, it’s characteristic for the agent or agency to have an agency boilerplate with any given publishing house, which is a better level at which to begin negotiations. In an ideal universe, the agent will negotiate…

  • The BEAUTY Buy Links

    And here comes THE BEAUTY, in a shiny new digital edition. This is the second book in my second Bride Quest trilogy and was my first book to land on the New York Times list of bestselling books. This also brings my total of re-released medieval romances to a full dozen – 12 in all!…

  • The Question of Cover Art

    One of the really interesting challenges in publishing and selling books is ensuring that the cover art is evocative of the book inside, and that it appeals to readers. In traditional publishing, this is the responsibility of the publisher, but when we authors publish (or re-publish) our books, we need to think about covers, too.…