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Frequently Asked
Questions:
Where can I find the help pages for Lee Cooke's
Booklets?
Right here. Click on the cover images to
purchase these guides from AMAZON.
The first booklet offers our views on
alternatives to Windows 11:
The idea of this first booklet is to give a
concise guide to show you how to reuse or keep using existing hardware
safely on the internet, as well as providing alternatives that don't
involve scrapping all and buying new unless necessary.
There has been an update to installing WINE on a
Chrome OS Device since publication: click
HERE to download a PDF of the update page.
The Second Booklet is a Writers Guide to
Computers:
The second booklet, A Writers Guide to
Computers, will be useful to both budding writers and experienced
authors alike, with advice on choosing software to help you write as
well as suitable equipment to write with.
It is based on the authors 10+ years experience
of the book and Print on Demand industry, both when producing his own
work and when working on projects for others.
Sample pages are available below, click the
cover above to go to the Amazon UK ordering page.
Backups:
Booklet 2 excerpt
Selling Advice: Booket 2 excerpt
If my book is published by Lee Cooke
Publishing, who holds the copyright?
You do! LCP will NEVER label your work as
theirs. What we would appreciate is a small acknowledgement somewhere in
the manuscript, if at all possible.
Is Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) worth it?
To the independent writer trying to get a
foot in the door, yes it is.
You are able
to quite inexpensively publish your book in any form, with minimal
outlay, with the possibility of reaching a massive audience (see my
proviso later, however).
What many
people are not aware of is that there is the option of creating books
not just for the Amazon Kindle (eBooks), which is the first impression
that you get, but a hard copy print book on a ‘Print-on-Demand’ basis
(i.e. you only pay for exactly the number of copies you want, and no
more). Indeed, you can get a royalty return from selling your book
without having to lay out anything first. (Any costs from LCCD are
directly related to the work involved in preparing your manuscript for
publication; the closer it is to publication-ready, the less you pay.)
Gone are the
days of expensive self-publishing, sometimes known as ‘vanity
publishing’, which meant you spend hundreds or even thousands of pounds
on a stack of books that just ended up gathering dust.
To see a good
example of a book I put through the KDP process for a client, click
HERE to see the entry on Amazon for the book, available in both
Kindle and Print form. (This book was based on the author’s rough notes
and a transcript with screenshots from the documentary video that LCCD
produced for him.)
LCCD takes
your manuscript from Word/Notepad form (or plain paper, for an
additional copy editing fee) and turns it into a KDP-ready form,
including a basic cover design, and they upload everything to your
Amazon Account for you (note that a regular Amazon account is not
enough; you will need an Amazon KDP account to be able to publish
books).
Prices vary
depending on various factors, mainly on the readiness of the project for
publication, as well as the number of pages. Being in Grayscale (Black
and white) or colour is also a factor, as is the number of
illustrations, if any. LCCD normally quote on a case-by-case basis.
The only point that I would make is this; if anyone GUARANTEES to get
your book into all the bookshops and big chains (such as Waterstones)
for a ‘minimal’ upfront fee, run as fast as you can in the opposite
direction. Guaranteeing results like this is the same as guaranteeing
Page 1 on Google and Amazon for your book; it doesn’t happen just like
that…!
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