DIY Book
By Hamish MacDonald
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Podcast Description
Author and indie publisher Hamish MacDonald shows you how to write a novel, print and bind it yourself, then sell copies of it on the Web.
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| 1 | VideoDIY Book, Episode 26 | A quick video demonstration of "fan-binding" the pages of a paperback book. | 20 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 25: Gregory Crawford | Interview with Gregory Crawford, who used the DIY Book process and Kickstarter funding to produce his novel Fall Apart Park. | 6 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoDIY Book, Episode 17 | In this video episode, I demonstrate three ways to make a perfect-bound book. | 28 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoDIY Book Press, v2 | How to make an even simpler kind of DIY Book Press. | 11 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 24 | Interview with performance artist, fine artist, and creativity coach Lisa Pijuan-Nomura about the creative process, and how writers and other artists can keep their work moving and growing. | 6 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 23 | Interview with indie comic strip artist Denny Riccelli, who talks about his life in comics and how he publishes them now himself. | 8 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 22 | The conclusion of the DIY Book Process: Finding the people who love to read the things you write. | 10 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 21 | A look at what's involved in creating a website — to serve as a platform for you as an author and your books. | 19 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 20 | Introducing the third part of the DIY Book Process: The Book-to-Reader Process. | 4 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Zoe Winters Special | A special interview with indie publisher and Amazon queen Zoe Winters (zoewinters.org). | 29 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 19 | Buying stuff. | 9 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoDIY Book, Episode 18 | A video episode in which I demonstrate how you can make a hardcover out of basic materials. | 25 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoDIY Book, Episode 16 | In this first video episode, I’ll show you how to print and bind two types of simple books. | 23 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 15 | In this episode, you'll learn how to create an e-book from your manuscript, and how to use software to do the "imposition" of your book's pages so they can be printed out, folded, and stacked into a book. | 16 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 14 | Coming up with your book's cover design and getting it on paper. | 9 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 13 | In this episode, we look at how to prepare the pages of your novel for printing as a book. | 25 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 12 | A look at the four main publishing options available for getting your book out into the world. | 24 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 11 | In this episode, we'll review all the bits of legality and registration involved in publishing a book — from protecting your ideas to making sure your book can be found anywhere in the world. | 3 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 10 | A preview of the next series of podcasts which will teach you how to take your finished work and turn it into a physical product you can share. | 26 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 9 | At last, your beloved novel is finished! Here are a few final touches to add before you go on. | 23 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 8 | Your novel is underway, and sharing your work in progress can be a great way to keep it alive. But beware the lurking murderers! | 2 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 7 | In this episode, we look at ways to outsmart mental obstacles and get down to writing your novel. | 25 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 6 | How long will take you to write your novel? And how do you balance this with the rest of your life? | 5 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 5 | In this session, you'll break your story arc into individual chapters, then divide those chapters into scenes — leaving you ready to start writing your book! | 21 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 4 | In this episode, you'll get to work defining what particular story you're telling, and starting to map it out. | 13 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 3 | This episode contains several exercises to help you define the characters who will populate your novel. | 29 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 2 | We take a look at the way ideas begin to connect after you've been gathering them for a while, the major story archetypes, and some ways to prepare for the task ahead. | 25 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DIY Book, Episode 1 | In this episode, we take a look at where you’ll get the ideas that will ultimately become your book. This involves training yourself to notice and capture ideas, as well as finding a way to store them and work with them that's effective for you. | 12 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoDIY Book, Introduction | This introductory episode of “DIY Book” provides an overview of what’s to come in the series. | 28 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 29 Episodes |
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