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May 26, 2016 · 11:00 am

Richter Publishing Donates to Animals in Need

Hi Friends,

In honor of Luke’s adoption day, Melissa Anne Sweeney, is once again seeking assistance with “Heidi’s Legacy Rescue.” She heads up “Love Luke: Dog & Cat Rescue” a non-profit to help animals. Food donations have minimized and they need to feed their fosters and rescues. The Tampa 1st Pete volunteers are fostering at least 15 dogs each while they patiently wait for their forever homes.

Mailing address is:
7217 Creekwood Court
Tampa, FL 33615If you are sending donations via amazon or mail. Our rescues are currently in need of the following, Please put your name of in gift receipt area so we can thank you on social media—

Dog & Puppy Food:

Wet and Dry
Food & Water Dishes
Treats
Pet Beds
Monetary donations to purchase vaccines, antibiotics and health supplies
Medical Supplies
Blankets
Paper towels
Toys

Grooming:
Dog Shampoo
Grooming Tools
Newspapers
Disinfectant
Liquid Detergent
Bath towels / hand towels
Bleach

Other Essentials:

Trash Bags
Leashes / Collars / Harnesses
Flea Collars
Gloves

Richter Publishing just donated 44 pounds of food. Please help out this great cause and save our animals! More info can be found here!

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May 16, 2016 · 11:30 am

PowerPoint is NOT Design Software

Stories from Behind the Publisher’s Desk

As the president of a publishing house, some of the things that come across my desk are mind-blowing. People have told me I should have TV cameras following me around, and maybe at one point I’ll get a reality show displaying the craziness that goes on inside the publishing house. But for now I’ll resort to blogging.

In this series of blogs, “Stories from Behind the Publisher’s Desk,” I’ll share with you the stories, do’s and don’ts when trying to get your book published. What we are looking for and what we are not.

Since my background is in graphic design and I worked in the copy and print industry for many years in the Silicon Valley before going into publishing, I guess I think everyone else out there knows the difference in software programs—what they are for and what they are not. However, this is not the case. Let me break it down for you…

PowerPoint is NOT Design Software.

I can’t tell you how many people have come to me with their book all laid out and ready to go. They don’t need our design team, nope. They have it formatted with tables of content, photos, page numbers. It should be real easy for us, they saved us so much time. Then they tell me it’s in PowerPoint.

Huh? I ask, “Are you giving a presentation of your book for a workshop?”

“No. Why do you ask?”

“Because that’s a demo/ presentation software, not a design program.” If I sent a PowerPoint file to my printer they would laugh me all the way to Egypt.

This is why you need professionals to format your book for you. Unless you are a graphic designer with print experience, even then, we still have to do it so the book matches our printers specific specs. So taking it from PowerPoint actually makes our job even harder. Things do not copy and paste over well. Below is a list of software and the file formats we need books submissions to be in:

Manuscripts must be typed in Word. (We do not accept handwritten or typed paper.)
Layout of book for printing can be Word or Adobe In Design. PDF files are only accepted if we have already previously approved the print specs.
Book covers must be in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator and a minium of 300 DPI. (Not Publisher.)
A book cover contains 3 elements; front, back & spine. If you have a designer for your cover, we need more than just the front.

Hopefully this advice will help you on your writing and publishing journey. The easier you make it on us, the faster your book can be published and distribtued to the masses!

Tara Richter

President of Richter Publishing LLC

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December 28, 2015 · 3:51 pm

Audible BEST SELLER: How to Write a Book in 4 Weeks!

Our first Audible book is now a BEST SELLER & #2 HOT NEW RELEASE on Amazon, “How to Write a Book in 4 Weeks!”

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Whenever I tell people I can help them write a book in four weeks, I always get a look of confusion and dismay. “That can’t be done! Books take years and years of methodical research and time consuming edits!” Well the fact is, yes it can be done. We now live in an age of instant gratification and the old ways of writing a book on a typewriter have long passed. I have helped many authors write and publish their stories in just a few short weeks. The process is truly amazing.

The first part is getting over that mental hurdle in your mind that you must work on a novel for 10 plus years. I think that’s a big hurdle for people to overcome. Once you have opened your mind to the process and changed your attitude toward writing and publishing, you will embrace the wonderful new age of quick results. The methods that I am sharing with you in this guide book are the same principals I give workshops on and teach my authors. Once you take the great feat of writing a book and breaking it down into small, simple steps, anything is possible.

When people set forth to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, they do not do it in one big leap, but by putting one foot in front of the other. Most people think writing a book is a huge mountain to overcome, yet they are looking at the top from the bottom. They don’t see the small, little steps in front of them that they must begin with. I have broken down the complex writing process into an easy-to-follow streamlined process for anyone to write a book in four weeks. It just takes discipline to stay on track. You can’t hike halfway up the mountain and then decide it’s too much work. Just consistently take the small steps each day, and soon, you will be on your way to becoming a published author!

(A special thanks to Adam Klingman for recording and mixing the audio files.)

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July 24, 2015 · 9:27 am

Last Day to Vote for Richter Publishing!

Richter Publishing LLC is up for Best Grassroots Marketing Award. Vote for us here so we can win the People’s Choice Award! Today is the last day to vote. You can cast your vote up until midnight tonight. Thanks for helping make Richter Publishing a top company in Tampa Bay!

http://www.localshops1.com/surveys/?id=2015-biz-awards

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March 10, 2015 · 8:07 pm

Check out our Client Testimonials!

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November 12, 2014 · 1:42 am

Tampa Bay Book Gala & Author Award Winners 2014

Three local authors won honors in the Tampa Bay Book Gala and Awards Ceremony, hosted by Richter Publishing LLC. Dr. Mary B. Lippitt, author of “Brilliant or Blunder: 6 Ways Leaders Navigate Uncertainty, Opportunity & Complexity,” won for overall best non-fiction. Best cover went to William D. Anton, for “Business Success through Self-Knowledge.” Best business and finance book went to Douglas A.C. Eze, for “Creating Generational Wealth: What the Super Wealthy Know That You Need to Know.” Each author will donate one of their books to the St. Petersburg library.

By Tampa Bay Biz Journal

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January 22, 2014 · 11:00 am

Write & Publish a Book Yourself Step #8: Kindle

Now that you have a paperback book, you can upload it on Kindle. If you’re not familiar with Kindle, it is a digital device that you can download multiple books and magazines to. You have to have an Amazon account in order to purchase books to download, however you do not need a Kindle device. They have an app on the iPhone and most smartphones and tablets to use.

Having your book on Amazon Kindle is just another way to distribute your book to as many people as possible. People are divided between which method they prefer to read their information. I personally prefer to have a real book in my hand, to flip through it and be able to autograph it. Others prefer digital. It is convenient because you can hold hundreds of books in one small, compact gadget. Having your book in both formats is important.

In order to publish a book on Kindle you do need to have an Amazon account. If you already do, you can log in with those same credentials. If you don’t have an account you will need to sign up for one. In this chapter of my book, How to Write and Publish a Book Yourself, I will walk you through how to do this as well as:

The KDP Select Program (to reach more readers and customers)
Book’s Copyright and Publishing Rights
Uploading Your Cover
Selecting a Digital Rights Management (DRM) (to inhibit unauthorized distribution of the Kindle book)

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January 15, 2014 · 11:00 am

Write & Publish a Book Yourself: Step #5 Creating the Cover

Now that your manuscript is finished, you need to design a cover to showcase your book. This is the part that will sell the great content inside. They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Well, neither does your novel.

Designing Your Book Cover

If you do not have any design skills, this may be one of the more difficult steps of publishing your own book. Just remember that less is more. You do not need a really fancy cover to get someone’s attention; it should be simple and bold.

A tip from a graphic designer (my college degree): every now and then during the process, get up from your computer and walk across the room to view your design. How does it look? Sometimes we get caught up being so close to it that we forget to look at it from another perspective. Think of the books that you have purchased in the past. What did you like about the cover or didn’t like? Mimic the design that compelled you to buy a book. I personally like to place my professional photos on the front or back of my books because I’m branding myself. It also gives a human touch to my advice so others can relate to me. Deciding if you want your photo on the cover depends on the kind of book you’re writing. If the story is about depression, you wouldn’t want a bright-eyed, smiling face on the front. Make sure the images accurately portray the content.

Using Photoshop for Book Covers

Since I am a graphic designer, I do have an extra talent that allows me to design my own book covers. Nonetheless, you can do it too. I have used Photoshop and Illustrator on my first three books. Photoshop is the best tool to use because you need layers and to know the resolution of your images. As I spoke about in the last chapter, you want a minimum 300 DPI (dots per inch) for printing purposes.

In my book I will walk you through the step by step tutorial of creating your book’s cover using Photoshop (for free…even if you don’t have Photoshop or have never used it before!) and uploading it to CreateSpace: How to Write and Publish a Book Yourself.

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January 11, 2014 · 11:54 pm

Create Your Book on Blurb

I have created three books using Blurb. This was prior to publishing and writing books professionally. Someone had told me about Blurb to do projects such as photo albums. My first book I made was a present for my fiancé at the time. It was an 8.5 x 11 hardcover with about 50 pages in color. It consisted mostly of photos and some writings. The finished project looked very nice, but it was expensive. The projects I created on Blurb cost from $75 – $100 to purchase. Whereas my Dating Jungle books that are roughly 200 pages cost me $2.50 to purchase myself from Amazon…… read more click here

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Tara Richter’s Interview on Rewards of Being a Published Author

Tara Richter, Author & Publisher, is interviewed on what’s the most rewarding part of being a published author for Tampa Bay’s Business Woman of the Year Awards. Click to watch the video below:

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Tag Archives: Richter Publishing Solutions

Richter Publishing Donates to Animals in Need

PowerPoint is NOT Design Software

Stories from Behind the Publisher’s Desk

PowerPoint is NOT Design Software.

Audible BEST SELLER: How to Write a Book in 4 Weeks!

Last Day to Vote for Richter Publishing!

Check out our Client Testimonials!

Tampa Bay Book Gala & Author Award Winners 2014

Write & Publish a Book Yourself Step #8: Kindle

Write & Publish a Book Yourself: Step #5 Creating the Cover

Designing Your Book Cover

Using Photoshop for Book Covers

Create Your Book on Blurb

Tara Richter’s Interview on Rewards of Being a Published Author

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