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What Is That Old Book Smell? It's Science!

Posted on June 3, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

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How to Change the Paper Size in your Word Document

Posted on May 27, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

The default layout in Microsoft Word is probably familiar to most of us by now: 8.5" x 11" inches in the U.S. and A4 in most other places around the globe. The margins around the pages preset at a seemingly familiar 1 inch on each side.

However, our book customers know well that as good ...

How to Convert .doc to PDF for Book Printing

Posted on May 21, 2014 | by David Rogers

by David Rogers

There was a time not so long ago that the prospect of creating a PDF file from a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) struck fear into the hear...

Kickstart Your Kickstarter Book Project

Posted on May 12, 2014 | by David Rogers

As I write this, there are 17,481 projects on Kickstarter that fall under the “Publishing” label. Of that impressive amount, many are – at least in part – raising money to cover book printing costs.

We’re pretty big fans of Kickstarter here at Advanced Print & Finishing, and have served as the book printer for quite a few projects from the crowdfunding site. Working wit...

Kickstarter Users Pledge $1.24 Million Every Day

Posted on April 8, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

How much is pledged to Kickstarter every day? $1.24 million is how much.

Wow.

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The 3 REAL Reasons Writers Need a Google Plus Account

Posted on March 27, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

If you’ve been a writer for any amount of time you already know the importance of social media to your career. If you don’t know yet, you soon will.

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Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer & More: A TED Talk on the Importance of Crowdfunding to the Arts

Posted on March 26, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

Kickstarter, Indiegogo and other crowdfunding platforms continue to gain popularity and become more and more familiar to internet users around the world. Of course, this is inherently great for the sites since they rely on those very users to fund the myriad of projects being created every day.

Because of the growing popularity...

What Goes Here: The Copyright Page

Posted on March 19, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

Throughout our years of printing books, we’ve gotten quite a few questions about what to include on the copyright page. Though you can find the ubiquitous page in just about every book you pi...

How to Register the Copyright For Your Book

Posted on March 14, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

There is often a bit of confusion when it comes to copyright protection and registration, but registering your book is actually a pretty simple process.

Fi...

Writing Tips: To Each His Own

Posted on March 11, 2014 | by David Rogers

David Rogers

When it comes to writing, the only rules are the rules you impose on yourself, those that work for you. If you search out writing advice from other writers -- famous and lesser knowns alike -- you will get varying and even contradictory information. Case in point:

"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is l...