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https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/9/22/advocating-for-authors-anna-featherstone

Advocating for Authors: Anna Featherstone — WorkingType Books Marketing is a fraught issue for many indie authors: a mysterious area of the publishing process neglected at their peril. I often encourage author clients to seek professi0nal help with the complexities of book marketing, steering away from the many scams and time and money-wasting activities that

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/9/18/shane-worrell-books

Shane Worrell books now available — WorkingType Books Shane Worrell recently worked with us on design and layout for six of his novels (see image above). All are available from his website and at very reasonable prices from IngramSpark .

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/9/13/u4czkkib9b2bideoxjcox487enoikx

— WorkingType Books A variety of new cover designs from Working Type Books: from Regency England to True Crime in the Australian outback…

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/9/12/book-marketing-you-are-running-a-marathon-not-a-sprint

Book Marketing: You are Running a Marathon, Not a Sprint — WorkingType Books YouTube channel The Guerilla Publisher has some excellent, practical advice for authors . Watch the whole video! She summarises her overall argument: “Most books vanish shortly after release. Learn why book marketing fails during that critical window and how to keep momentum going. Many author

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/8/10/write-touch-publishing-assistant-full-book-creation-service-for-authors

Write Touch Publishing Assistant: Full book creation service for Authors — WorkingType Books The Write Touch – Your Passage to Professional Book Publishing The Write Touch provides expert book publishing services for authors, new authors, writers and new writers seeking professional support from manuscript to market. We specialise in memoir, fiction, poetry, children’s books, academic w...

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/8/9/been-there-done-that-launch

Been There, Done That Book Launch... — WorkingType Books Alistair Smith reports back on the launch of his amusing travel book Been There, Done That : “The launch went very well, and my presentation was well received.  Lots of laughter all round as we made it an afternoon of fun rather than a traditional book launch, with some door prizes

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/8/7/how-to-prepare-a-word-doc-for-book-layout

How to Prepare a Word Doc for book layout — WorkingType Books Here are some simple and practical tips for preparing a word document for successful formatting in a layout package (in this case, InDesign) Use Word's built-in Styles, not manual formatting This is the single biggest time-saver for you and the easiest habit for them to learn. Apply Heading 1

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/8/3/goat-bus-selling-well

Goat Bus Selling Well... — WorkingType Books David Rahtz, author of the entertaining memoir Goat Bus Trail writes with news of sales and his assessment of IngramSpark’s service: Just a note to let you know how the book is going - I'm delighted with the IngramSpark service, their production quality is excellent for the price. i'v sold 15 c

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/8/8/how-to-use-both-ingramspark-and-amazon-kdp

How to use both IngramSpark and Amazon KDP — WorkingType Books Author, publisher and youtuber Laura Helmling gives a straightforward and useful explanation as to why independent authors should upload to both Amazon KDP and to IngramSpark. “The secret weapon every author should be using is a printing and distribution company called Ingram Spark. The authors

https://www.workingtype.com.au/blog/2026/7/23/famous-flags-great-local-grand-finals-book-launch

Famous Flags: Great Local Grand Finals Book Launch — WorkingType Books First-time author and former sports journalist Toby Prime has officially launched his first book - Famous Flags: Great Local Grand Finals . The book includes 14 games from various parts of Melbourne and Victoria, capturing the people and emotion involved at community level. Chapters range from t