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Vellum for Formatting with Brad West
Description
Episode 135 / Brad West, one of the creators of Vellum software, joins us to talk about how authors format their books, both ebook and print, what’s changed in the publishing industry, and unique ways authors are using Vellum.
Intro links:
Troy Lambert WIKT interview - promotion idea: bookstore giveaway copies
Show notes:
- Brad shares how he came to work with authors after working at Pixar
- Why authors don’t need to know every small detail about the formatting software to have beautiful books
- A common mistake of new authors when it comes to publishing their first book
- How Vellum expanded from ebook formatting into print formatting
- How authors are using Vellum to create special editions
- What’s changed in publishing and what’s stayed the same
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Links:
The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes
Sara’s Book Release Timeline Checklist
Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainans
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