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Oct 06, 2009 if you have thought about going beyond just a blog and self publishing, then you should consider the new social tools features that allow fastpencil to help make the bookwriting process collaborative and affordable with an endtoend solution for aspiring authors, guiding them through the writing, editing, design and printing process. Easytouse writing software is as simple and sophisticated as ms word. Fastpencil operates a social selfpublishing platform that allows authors to write, share, publish, and sell books. Download your user guide now the independent authors publishing engine is a 42page ebook that describes all the workspace features. In order to import your wordpres blog, you must export an xml file and then convert it into a. Correction of errors typical to an import inconsistencies in spacing, indents, fonts, headers, footers, numbering, table of contents, and content ordering. This blog should help keep you uptodate with new features and the future of fastpencil. Well provide you with the resized images, so you can place them exactly where you want them using the writeedit tool.
If you are interested in finding a better writing system, check us out. Printondemand books get inserted into the catalogs at, barnes and noble, ingram, baker and taylor and the fastpencil marketplace. Right now its free and i could really use your feedback. Importing wordpress blog to fastpencil writing tool publishing. You can become a publisher by setting up your own imprint name, logo, isbn block, and publishing company. Posted in articles, how my books were born tagged amazon, author, author interviews, authors, blog, blogger, books, fastpencil, goodreads, ica iova, new release, novel, writers leave a comment unsung victims how my books were born. Use our groundbreaking software to write, edit, and collaborate. May 01, 20 fastpencil is a multilevel ebook distribution platform for both indie and established authors alike. About this site publishing knowledgebase fastpencil. Fastpencil s headquarters is located in campbell, california, usa 95008. Fastpencil wants to help aspiring authors write and publish.
In order to import your wordpres blog, you must export an xml file and then convert it into a format our system can read. What image format png, jpeg, gif should i use to save my images for uploading to fastpencil. Our website specialists will create you a custom website and blog to interact. Worldrenowned author and illustrator, mercer mayer, to. Sell your books privately, in our marketplace, or worldwide.
Bestselling author selects fastpencil for next major book. You may already be a published author and are looking for something different in a publisher. From your dashboard, go to your project view and click the publication setup button how to prepare for publishing button to place your blurb in your description. The traditional book publishing process can take many months of effort and more money than most writers anticipate.
Print book plus ebook creation and distribution all in one. In the security of your online workspace you can easily write and format your book. Print and publishing professionals are selling more books to wider. If your book contains images that are the incorrect size, and you are unfamiliar with indesign or photoshop, bam. There is no inventory to buy and no files you need to deliver to distributors.
What id like to do is just print a copy book of my blog about our adventure to have a copy and give a copy. The marquee also includes all the fasttrack publishing services. Fastpencil is an easy to use book authoring and collaboration application that allows you to read, write and work on books. Recorded books and fastpencil brings selfpublishing. The company provides cloud software that allows authors to upload their ebooks and then sell. The xml typically will contain all of your posts from the beginning of time as well as imagespictures. Fastpencil launches new bookbuy widget and ui upgrades to. For any size publishing firm or enterprise looking to enhance their print and distribution using the fastpencil. All ebook formats are created to work on the most popular ereaders and are ready for distribution to amazon, apple, ingram, kobo, and more. Whether for ease of reading offline, or as a backup of a blog that you dont want to keep online anymore. Go to the projects tab and create a new book by giving it a name to gain access to the project interface. Fastpencil now offers publisher accounts if you have your own isbn and imprint. Posted in articles, how my books were born tagged amazon, author, blog, blogger, books, description, fastpencil, ica iova, kdp, novel, writers leave a comment my interview with worlds best story posted on august 4, 2015 by icas world.
The fastpencil service transports you from the dark ages into the digital publishing age. A blog to book adsense ad often appears within my blogger account though i never checked it out. Fastpencil is book publishing software that allows authors to write, publish, distribute and sell print and ebooks. The company was founded by steve wilson and michael ashley in 2007 and it was purchased in 20 by the courier corporation, an innovative us book. The question of how to monetize a blog is an important one for any business and. There are two different options for making your book available to the. Print and publishing professionals are selling more books to wider audiences while earning. I have been looking for years, and yours is the first tool that meets the needs of the book creatorand we both know that their list of needs is long. So be sure to go through your projects setup publication button to see what a realistic price range for your book would be.
Fastpencil announces ebook publishready format for ereaders. For those looking to publish one or several books under fastpencil. Fastpencil is a californiabased publishing service and writing community for authors and publishers. Fastpencil allows you to customize your user account page with your publishing imprint information and links to your web sites. Once the book is complete, the fastpencil selfpublishing wizard steps authors through the process of formatting for books or e books.
Fastpencil makes a cloudbased publishing platform for selfpublishers and professional publishers. Design separate art files for the front cover and back cover two jpg or png files. Fastpencil your nonfiction book in 30 days orr, joel. Then, once the book is written, fastpencil can publish and distribute it for you, getting the book listed on amazon, sold for the kindle, and even stocked in brickandmortar bookstores. Professional import and setup of a book project within the writing tool using the. And so far, anthologize and fastpencil are the best with anthologize being the only one to give a format useable in ms word. Todays reblog is another from my favorite publishingaid company. All the tools you need to create, publish, manage, and sell your book all in one place. Fastpencil can format books for virtually any digital platform, including drmfree epub ebooks and the kindle. Use it to write, edit, and convert your manuscript into multiple sizes and ebook and print book format.
Hobbyists, authors, and publishers print and publish books and e books and distribute globally while leveraging easy to use bookbuilding software. Jul 15, 2009 other features include automatic chapter formatting and blog importing. Sarah maizes knows what sells and what doesnt in the world of juvenile books. Aug 20, 2009 self publishing is an american tradition with a long, distinguished history thats been immeasurably improved in recent years by two technical breakthroughs. Publish will resize your images to a workable size. We have removed the hurdles inherent in traditional book publishing by combining amazing advances in technology with a sophisticated online workflow system for both print books and e books. Every publication also gets its own details page, where readers can buy the book.
With fastpencil you can quickly create and edit chapters, write notes and see comments from your collaborators. Fastpencil is an easytouse book authoring and collaboration application that allows you to read, write and work on books. Bestselling author selects fastpencil for next major book emerging digital publishing technologies provide new opportunities for midtier authors who are choosing selfpublishing. Todays reblog is a very complete guide to how to get selfpublished with. This can be a pdf you read online, or one that you can print out. Publish using the fastpencil imprint brand and fastpencil registered isbn. Importing wordpress blog to fastpencil writing tool.
No one has the complete solution that fastpencil offers. Print book plus ebook creation and distribution all in. Anyone could submit content and the users voted on the best stuff which was published in a. Infinity publishings blog covers all areas of independent publishing including selfpublishing, book marketing, printondemand, ebooks, distribution, and more. Fastpencil is book publishing software that allows authors to write, publish, distribute.
Dont miss the 25% off publishing sale autumn begins with summertime. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Prince frederick, md prweb july 02, 20 recorded books, the worlds largest independent producer of audiobooks, is set to begin distribution of fastpencil for libraries, a selfpublishing platform that enables aspiring authors to independently create books, collaborate, publish and distribute their works from one engaging and simple to use online service. Considering how to sell your book in a competitive book market may be more. Build a tribe of loyal readers by showcasing yourself and your books in a modern author website and blog.
The company was founded by steve wilson and michael ashley in 2007 and it was purchased in 20 by the courier corporation, an innovative us book manufacturer and content management provider. Our design team applies the nuances that appeal to readers in a site that contains all the features you expectand that you can manage and update without technical skills. Fastpencil makes the process seamless for authors to get their content into any channel by providing them with an end to end publishing solution that enables them to write, publish and sell books on amazon, barnes and noble and now the ibookstore for ipad readers. If you have thought about going beyond just a blog and self publishing, then you should consider the new social tools features that allow fastpencil to help make the bookwriting process collaborative and affordable with an endtoend solution for aspiring authors, guiding them through the writing, editing, design and printing process. It offers tools to write, collaborate online with other writers, publish, and distribute through several networks. Publish authors offered instore distribution options for those who self. Youll select a solid color that fits your design scheme. Fastpencils competitors, revenue, number of employees. I remember seeing a british website that had started a blog newspaper and it seemed cool. Publish books instantly from evernote evernote evernote blog. One cool feature of fastpencil is that it can import blog posts and turn them into books and e books that bloggers can then sell through all the major book distribution channels. It is free to get started, and they offer an import blog function based either on the url feed of your blog, or on an uploaded xml file.
Its the fastest and easiest way to write, publish and sell books and ebooksanywhere. We also provide a bookbuy widget so you can place this snippet. Included images were imported, and some formatting such as bold made it into the pdf. Fastpencil alternatives and similar apps and websites. Write then publish your blog posts and books directly from evernote with the help of. Books amillion and fastpencil partner to offer selfpublishing that includes instore book placement for authors bam. Fastpencil makes a cloudbased publishing platform for selfpublishers and. Blogger formerly called blogspot are zinepal, blogbooker and fastpencil. Evernote is a great resource to capture ideas and write, but with this integration from fastpencil, its a powerful new tool to format, structure and print your content and share it with the world. We make it fast, easy, and affordable to write, publish, distribute, and sell your books, online and bookstores worldwide. Fastpencil is an american selfpublishing startup founded in 2008 by michael ashley. Professional import and setup of a book project within the writing tool using the digital manuscript you provide. Fastpencil ensures authors will not price their book so low as to make a negative royalty.
Some authors are overwhelmed by marketing their book and dont even. Illustrated books need more than a fantastic character and an interesting story. Fastpencil introduces new facebook, twitter features and. Fastpencil is an online application which provides the necessary tools to help you write and edit an e book and use the help of other writers and editors to finish your project faster. A readable blog backup after all the effort involved in creating and running a blog its a nice idea to create your own personal book from your blog content.
Publish using your own imprint brand, logo, imprint name, publishing company and isbn block. Fastpencil is the worlds leading publishing platform with hundreds of thousands of members worldwide, releasing new books and features daily. Thank you for your interest in fastpencil and infinity publishing. Booksamillion and fastpencil partner to offer self. A big welcome to our partner fastpencil premiere worlds. Unless you write all text posts your gonna loose so much content. Our design team applies the nuances that appeal to readers in a site that contains all the features you expectand that. Jul 29, 2014 you can also incorporate social widgets on your blog or facebook page to get the word out. Fastpencil selfpublishing company allows writers and authors to easily write and publish ebooks and print books and distribute them online from a single interface. A big welcome to our partner fastpencil premiere by vincent salera 08 apr 2014 fastpencil is a selfpublishing platform based on social writing and reading, which is why were a perfect fit for this revolutionary literary event, said steve wilson, cofounder and president of fastpencil. You can publish a book with fastpencil by setting up an author or publisher account.
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