All about your Authorzone
Sign-up for one of our publishing or print packages and you will be given access to your Authorzone. Here you can review the details of all your titles in …
All about print-only
Wordzworth is a team of expert book designers. For years we have created fabulous print-ready files for books and covers. Increasingly our customers asked for help with printing so …
All about ebook publishing
Wordzworth is a team of expert book designers. We produce fabulous print-ready files for books and convert these to create high-quality ebooks. When our customers increasingly asked for help …
All about smart-publishing
Wordzworth is a team of expert book designers. For years we have created fabulous print-ready files for books and covers. Increasingly our customers asked for help with printing and …
Parts of a book
If there’s anywhere that creativity should get to run around off its leash, it’s within the pages of a book. That’s why we write them, after all: to do …
Reviewing a printed proof
It’s here! The very first, hold-it-in-your-hands copy of your book. You should already have a good idea of what you can expect after reviewing your digital book files, but there really is no …
Types of ebooks
Decisions, decisions. You’ve decided to turn your book into an ebook and are all ready to go. Only now you realize there is more than one type of ebook …
What is an ebook ?
Authors’ comments as they view their ebook for the first time are often revealing. “I thought the pages of my eBook would look like my printed book.” “I got …
What is an ISBN
“What was the name of that book you wanted?” “Oh, it’s called ‘Contact,’ I think!” It would be hard for you to glean much from this conversation. Is this …
All about book paper
Paper gives print books their unique character. It may be so subtle, we don’t even give it thought, but with every turn of the page, paper influences what a …
Printing in color or grayscale
Take a look at these two images. If I asked you which one you thought was better, which one would you choose? My guess is that you’d go for …
Why you need an ebook
Believe it or not, readers have two million new book titles to choose from every single year. Two MILLION! With that kind of demand, we think it’s safe to say that reading …
Publishing timescales
Book publishing timescales have been an unhappy twist in many an enthusiastic author’s tale. Meet Eddie. By day, Eddie was a personal trainer. By night, he powered away on his book, The Weight …
How to pay with card via PayPal
You do not need to have a PayPal account to make payments with the PayPal payments system. You can make secure payment quickly and easily with any debit or credit card. Simply …
Checking image quality
You may often want to check the quality of a particular image to determine if it is sufficient for printing. So below we have put together a few pointers on …
Choosing your book trim size
If I were to hand you a book and ask you to show me the book trim size, would you know which part to show me? Book trim size …
Reviewing a digital proof
Exciting times. Your digital proofs are ready! This is your very first chance to get a sense of what your book will look like. But there’s still a way …
POD book binding choices
Not many authors realize how many decisions you’ll be up against when printing your book. As soon as you settle on one thing, a whole new issue pops up. …
How to price your book
You have an enormous amount of freedom as a self-publishing author. It’s one of the things that makes self-publishing so compelling and rewarding. Who’s in charge? You’re in charge. …
Equations in books
One of the best things about books is their diversity. We rarely see two the same. For every picture book, there’s a dense saga. For every anthology of poetry, …
Types of publishing
Seeing your name on the cover of a book is a wish many people carry around with them their whole lives. It can be a conflicting kind of dream …
Including a book index
Reading a nonfiction book without an index is a little like being in a strange town without a map. Sure, you can have a good wander around and enjoy …
The book copyright page
We’d guess that you’ve flicked past almost every copyright page in every book you’ve ever read. Who wants to read a load of legal jargon when there’s a story …
Sourcing book images
For many writers, words are enough to paint a thousand, vivid pictures. Not many books benefit from you filling them full of plain text, however. Non-fiction and reference books …
How to review your ebook
So your designer has finished your ebook file. Before you rush to send your file off to ebook distributors, there’s still one crucial last step to go. It’s vital …