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Email and international orders *Important Update*

Following the receipt of several email orders based upon content on this site, we have decided to unilaterally stop accepting these.

Bulk orders can be processed via Nielsen for most of our titles, and some of the orders featured nonsensical amounts of our other packages. Package orders purchased through this site will continue to be dealt with in the same way – 14 day cooling off period with…

The importance of imagery within your social marketing

Social Marketing: Click on the image above to visit the full story over on Adobe Slate.

This week’s blog post covers social marketing for non-visual businesses. Just because you don’t have a product to “tweet”, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be including imagery within your posts. Imagery has become such a strong force within social media, that plain text posts often go ignored no matter how good…

Blending two different cultures: a Branding Case Study

We published a story on Adobe Slate yesterday about our process for a particularly tricky project – marrying two different businesses and product styles for a new joint venture. Click the image above to read the full article over on Adobe Slate, as well as visiting Plannercraft on Instagram and our Facebook page for more in progress shots.

There were a number of challenges we faced in blending…

The importance of great stationery design

As it’s #NationalStationeryWeek this week (25-31 April 2016), I thought I would write a post on why great stationery is so important to businesses.

Stationery goes beyond simple letterheads, compliment slips and business cards. When stocktaking your stationery this month, you should consider the following points:

Is all of the information up-to-date with the current status of my business?

Does…

Why a second opinion is important for self-publishers

So you’ve decided to go it alone and self-publish – but a second opinion is still crucial to your success and not to be underestimated! As a hybrid publisher, I’ve been astounded at the number of seminars touting that self-publishing for free is the RIGHT if not ONLY way to get your book out into the public domain. Sadly, this approach has not only impacted on individual authors, but also on the…

Hire an Editor for your manuscript #amwriting #author #publish

Editor options: Our editing packages are created based on your needs and the length of your book. Please allow for extra pages if your book still has content to be added and it will need additional rounds of revisions. We would recommend going up a page count category where you are close to page number limits.

The Basics

This level is for those who want their manuscript proof read prior to moving…

Why Hire an Editor?

There has been a lot of chatter online recently about the growing number of poor quality titles being released through self-publishing. Amazon has been tightening up on compliance with its own guidelines, however there is little governance over content.

Currently, when you publish directly through Kindle, CreateSpace or other online publishing options, the content check merely covers a basic…

Stand by Me RP exceeds expectations! #awareness #charityRT

Only one week into launch and Stand by Me RP has already sold over 100 copies, made back its production costs in royalties and launched on Kindle. This has been a great title to work on for Kissed Off Creations Ltd.

The book was created to raise awareness of RP, as well as helping those who have been diagnosed with the condition.

As a first time author the publication of my first book was…

Judging YOUR book by it's cover: Cover design and why it's important

This month we have seen a number of cover issues arise. I thought this week’s blog post could be a way of covering these frequently asked questions to help you get your book right first time.

Can I use a cover I’ve already had designed?

Our packages all include cover design, however some authors come to us having one “ready to go”. In some cases, we are approached as “I’ve had this designed for…

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. In the days when email could only carry very small attachments, large files could be transferred by FTP. However, these days the technology is only really used for bulk uploading of websites.

What are my FTP details?

These would be setup with your web hosting through your online panel. Usually you can find the format of these in their help files, but you…

Terminology Explained: A new series

I’ve decided to start a new blog post series with Terminology Explained. This series will cover popular design, graphic and digital terminology.

Why?

It’s easy as a designer to use terminology as a shortcut to explaining an idea or concept. However, all too often we forget to tailor these for our audiences. So, when I use an industry term in place of describing something, I’m going to post the…

David Bowie: Farewell to a Legend of Creativity

Today we lost a legend of creativity… most will be saying we lost a music legend, a rock legend etc but the truth is David Bowie was much deeper than a sound.

I rarely blog on here about how events have affected me personally, but today it seems the right time to do so. David Bowie for me has been more than a musical inspiration, or a soundtrack to my childhood in the back of my Uncle’s mini. He…