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August 4, 2025 Printing

Books, AI & You: Part 4: Formatting & Revising

After writing your book, most authors will take the time to read over it and revise it. This involves double checking for typos, making sure everything in the story flows well and makes sense, making sure sentences aren’t worded in a clunky manner, and formatting them in a way that will look pretty for print. It might seem daunting to make all these edits, but don’t worry. Don’t let the last post’s scare put you down, this is another area where AI can shine. Many recent text editors have an AI tool built into the program that will allow you

July 28, 2025 Zip Print Articles

Books, AI, & You: Part 1: The Right Time

If you are reading this, you likely have interest in writing and sharing your own books. Or you may be a book publisher, where you print & distribute other people’s books. Or you may just have a passing interest in books. No matter the case, there is one crucial thing you need to know about, as it’s sweeping the book market: AI, also known as artificial intelligence. Used in everything from photographs, to social media, to even advertising, it’s no secret that AI is a booming industry. The majority of people are using AI in their daily lives. A few

The 4 P’s: Preparing, Printing, Publishing, and Promoting Your Book-Part 1

Preparing and Printing Your Book Book printing and publishing is the process of producing, marketing, and distributing books to readers. It can be a complex process that involves a variety of different professionals, including publishers, printers, and authors. To ensure a quality final product, it’s important to know the different types of printing available for book production. Digital printing is the most modern type of printing for books and is most commonly used for short-run and on-demand book printing. It uses digital files such as PDFs to create high-quality output with a short lead time. Digital printing is particularly useful

February 11, 2021 Book Publishing

Publishing Assistants Can Help an Author!

An author wishing to publish their book on their own will need to perform a number of different functions to prepare the book for publication. Most authors are unable, or unwilling to perform some tasks. There are tasks that an author may not have the ability to perform. They wrote a book, but formatting it, designing the cover, converting to eBook format, and so on may be outside their realm of expertise. They need help. So who can help an author as they prepare to publish their book? In a previous time, an author’s only option would be to submit