It is free to get started, and they offer an import blog function based either on the url feed of your blog, or on an uploaded xml file. Which type of blog to book service is suitable for you depends on both. Leveraging the disruptive trends of selfpublishing, social media, printondemand, and ebook distribution, fastpencil delivers a new unified online service that streamlines the book publishing process, offering more control and higher margins for authors. Fastpencil operates a social selfpublishing platform that allows authors to write, share, publish, and sell books. Now, with an integration by fastpencil, authors have a fullfledged tool to create and. You can become a publisher by setting up your own imprint name, logo, isbn block, and publishing company. For some reason, book covers get all the attention, and blurbs less so. Posted on september 18, 2015 september 18, 2015 by icas world. Design separate art files for the front cover and back cover two jpg or png files. Youll select a solid color that fits your design scheme. Fastpencil is a californiabased publishing service and writing community for authors and publishers. We make it fast, easy, and affordable to write, publish, distribute, and sell your books, online and bookstores worldwide.
Download your user guide now the independent authors publishing engine is a 42page ebook that describes all the workspace features. The white canvas of a note is a comfortable place to pour out prose and organize the elements of a publication into place. Fastpencil is an online application which provides the necessary tools to help you write and edit an e book and use the help of other writers and editors to finish your project faster. The question of how to monetize a blog is an important one for any business and. The profit margin for book sales on the fastpencil marketplace is higher because there are no additional channel fees. If you have thought about going beyond just a blog and self publishing, then you should consider the new social tools features that allow fastpencil to help make the book writing process collaborative and affordable with an endtoend solution for aspiring authors, guiding them through the writing, editing, design and printing process. The bulk of that money was to include several advertising oppertunities, and a sales team was promised to try and pursade big name book stores into having my novel on their shelves. Fastpencil is an easytouse book authoring and collaboration application that allows you to read, write and work on books. A big welcome to our partner fastpencil premiere by vincent salera 08 apr 2014 fastpencil is a selfpublishing platform based on social writing and reading, which is why were a perfect fit for this revolutionary literary event, said steve wilson, cofounder and president of fastpencil.
I desperatly needed these, as i was a new writer who was trying to get my name out there. Print book plus ebook creation and distribution all in. Youre going to be actually reading the book, not looking at an image, so a dull blurb says way more about a book than a bad cover. Sections are a great way to organise content in your book. In the security of your online workspace you can easily write and format your book. You can use the likes of fastpencil to create, format and publish your. Understand what nonreturnable pod print on demand vs. Fastpencil makes a cloudbased publishing platform for selfpublishers and professional publishers.
Writers welcome blog fastpencil higher margins for authors. Fastpencil your nonfiction book in 30 days orr, joel. A readable blog backup after all the effort involved in creating and running a blog its a nice idea to create your own personal book from your blog content. What to expect how much does it cost to publish with fastpencil. In order to import your wordpres blog, you must export an xml file and then convert it into a format our system can read. Professional import and setup of a book project within the writing tool using the digital manuscript you provide. Go to the projects tab and create a new book by giving it a name to gain access to the project interface. Dont miss the 25% off publishing sale autumn begins with summertime. Our design team applies the nuances that appeal to readers in a site that contains all the features you expectand that. And so far, anthologize and fastpencil are the best with anthologize being the only one to give a format useable in ms word. Posted in articles, how my books were born tagged amazon, author, author interviews, authors, blog, blogger, books, fastpencil, goodreads, ica iova, new release, novel, writers leave a comment unsung victims how my books were born.
Correction of errors typical to an import inconsistencies in spacing, indents, fonts, headers, footers, numbering, table of contents, and content ordering. Fastpencil s headquarters is located in campbell, california, usa 95008. Hobbyists, authors, and publishers print and publish books and e books and distribute globally while leveraging easytouse book building software. With the help of evernote integration partners like postach. This can be a pdf you read online, or one that you can print out. For ideas on creating more content, education about the publishing cycle, and how to monetize your manuscript, email us with questions and subscribe for trending topics. See who you know at fastpencil, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Writing a book will never be easy, but fastpencil s mission is to make things easier for authors by bringing this process online and to collaborate with others. We also provide a bookbuy widget so you can place this snippet. A big welcome to our partner fastpencil premiere worlds. Create your own custom book cover with fastpencil fastpencil. The company was founded by steve wilson and michael ashley in 2007 and it was purchased in 20 by the courier corporation, an innovative us book manufacturer and content management provider. Fastpencil competitors, revenue and employees owler company.
All the tools you need to create, publish, manage, and sell your book all in one place. The fastpencil service transports you from the dark ages into the digital publishing age. The first year catalog fee is included when you publish. How are readers going to find it among the thousands upon thousands of books advertised. Regardless of the type of book youre writing, you need feedback as you create. Print and publishing professionals are selling more books to wider audiences while earning 80% net royalties paid directly to the. Prnewswire fastpencil, today announced the fastpencil 2010 book awards, a sampling of some of the best books written exclusively through the fastpencil. Product details includes coupon for wide distribution and 1 copy of your book. Fastpencils competitors, revenue, number of employees. For those looking to publish one or several books under fastpencil. Included images were imported, and some formatting such as bold made it into the pdf. Fastpencil generates the spine according to your book page count. What id like to do is just print a copy book of my blog about our adventure to have a copy and give a copy.
The other secret companies like createspace, fastpencil and their ilk dont explain to customers is that just putting your book on amazon, kindle or ipad isnt going to result in sales. No need for wordpress or lulu to self publish your content. The xml typically will contain all of your posts from the beginning of time as well as imagespictures. Fastpencil allows you to customize your user account page with your publishing imprint information and links to your web sites. Publish books instantly from evernote july 29, 2014 for many authors, evernote is the place where ideas are assembled into words and manufactured into stories. With fastpencil you can quickly create and edit chapters, write notes and see comments from your collaborators.
Need us to resend your email confirmation instructions. What image format png, jpeg, gif should i use to save my images for uploading to fastpencil. Importing wordpress blog to fastpencil writing tool. Whether for ease of reading offline, or as a backup of a blog that you dont want to keep online anymore. Publication setup button how to prepare for publishing. Fastpencil now offers publisher accounts if you have your own isbn and imprint. Royalties are split net profit 80%author 20% fastpencil, so authors are driving customers towards the bookbuy page.
An enticing yet professional book proposal is the key. Print book plus ebook creation and distribution all in one. Blogger formerly called blogspot are zinepal, blogbooker and fastpencil. Use our groundbreaking software to write, edit, and collaborate.