Rachael Ritchey

Category: Hey Indie! How Not to Get Overwhelmed

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: E-Book Formatting

    At the start of this series I explained that indie publishing can feel overwhelming, and the fear of the unknown can be debilitating. What we hope to accomplish with this series is to eliminate that fear by doing the one thing that will make publishing on your own palatable: Break the process down into manageable…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: ISBNs

    Sorry there’s been such a delay in getting on to the next chunk of this indie publishing break down! Life has been full. But you might be struggling with this whole ISBN business. I want to help you as much as I can. Here in the US, we have to buy our ISBNs (International Standard…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: Picking Your Publishing Platform(s)

    This is the sixth article in the series: How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing. Below is the list, including links to the subjects we’ve already covered. Today’s topic is publishing platforms. These apply to most countries for accessibility as far as I know, but since most of my research has been about my own publishing,…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: Copyrighting Your Work

    This is the fifth article in the series: How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing. Below is the list, including links to the subjects we’ve already covered. Today’s topic is Copyright. We’ll be focusing on US, though, because that’s where I live. It will be purely informational since copyright involves law, and I do not…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: Blurb & Author Bio

    This is the fourth article in the series: How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing. While I feel this is the most simple approach, you do not necessarily need to follow the steps exactly as we’ve laid them out. It is perfectly acceptable to handle each step in a different variation, whatever you find the…

  • The Importance of Color in Book Cover Design

    Earlier this week we talked about How Not to Get Overwhelmed: The Book Cover Design, and I felt like something was missing. Yesterday I listened in on a webinar hosted by Joseph Michael and featuring Mike Balmaceda that discussed making your book cover the best it can be to sell your story. That’s when it…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: Book Cover Design

    This is the third article in the series: How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing. Since there’s a lot that goes in to this process today we’re going to discuss something that falls during and/or after you’ve written your story, started acquiring beta readers, and let’s not forget retained editing assistance. If you are not…

  • How to Not Get Overwhelmed: The Editing/Editor Consideration

    I hadn’t really planned to cover editing in the How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Indie Publishing series–except to say that as far as I’m concerned, editing is a must–but a question arose that I didn’t want to gloss over. Trust me when I say I know that editing can seem like a lofty, unattainable…