How Do I Interact with my Audience in my Book Reading?

At Pagemaster we help authors prepare for marketing their book we’ve already looked at How to Handle Questions and Answers at an Author Reading in this post we’ll look at how to interact with your audience. Here are some tips to interact better with your audience during the question and answer period. 1. Ask your audience […]

How Do I Handle Questions and Answers with Author Readings?

Handling questions in your presentation can be a scary time for authors.  The fear that someone will ask a question that you can’t answer makes this section one of the most dreaded sections of the speech.  This fear is so real that presenters will often cut this area short or avoid it all together. Here […]

7 Reasons to Write a Book

If you’re thinking about writing a book we’d love to know why you’re doing it. Here are a few reasons people have given us already. 1. Free publicity. It’s much easier to get radio, TV, magazine and online publicity if you have a book. The media need experts to interview, and often call ?upon authors […]

Story Telling Evening @ The Carrot

On February 28th @ 7:00 PM, in celebration of Black History Month, The Carrot  is hosting a Story Telling event. Black story tellers will be sharing about their life and the stories. Pagemaster is encouraging any local black author to consider contributing to the evening. Contact Heather Robertson at the Carrot. Contact us for her phone […]

Turnaround Times

How long will it normally take to turn-a-round your project? While each project is unique, PageMaster has standard turnaround times to help you determine when you need to get your project files in to us. For projects with supplied print files, these times assume that complete, compliant files are sent to us and revisions are […]

Interior Margins for Standard Book Sizes

If you are designing the interior of the book yourself you need to know the dimensions and margins for Standard Book Sizes.Side Margins: minimum margins are 3/4″ on spine side – 1/2″ on the outside (create the PDF with .75 on both sides to allow for printing and finishing). Top/Bottom Margins: allow 1/2″ top or bottom […]

Book Signing With Maxine Elaine James

Those of us at PageMaster are excited for Maxine James, author of For the Sake of Diabetes, with the announcement of  her book signing at Strathcona Chapters 10504 82 Ave on January 21st. Maxine will be signing books from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm and will be happy to answer your questions about her book, […]

Creative Sparks for the New Year

It’s a Brand New Year, What Will You Create and How Will You Share It? With memories of fireworks and friends fresh in our minds, it is the season for reflecting backward and planning forward. For authors and artists, this is a great time to consider what you’d like to create this coming year, and […]

How Do I Know If My Book Will Work for Young Adults?

I’ve been getting a lot  of emails from authors with similar questions. They want to know how to write for a certain market. It doesn’t matter if you’re writing for any niche, you need to know the market you’re writing for. Here are my thoughts to someone who wanted to make sure her writing would […]