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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 18h

Quick question for authors. How does your word count sit against your genre? Running long. Running short. Right on target. Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: how does your word count sit against your genre? Three options: Running long; Running short; Right on target. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Quick question for authors. Which KDP Select perk matters most to you? Kindle Unlimited. Free book promos. Countdown deals. Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: which KDP Select perk matters most to you? Three options: Kindle Unlimited; Free book promos; Countdown deals. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Quick question for authors. What slips past you most in your own manuscript? Typos. Name spellings. Repeated words. Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: what slips past you most in your own manuscript? Three options: Typos; Name spellings; Repeated words. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Quick question for authors. Could you explain typesetting vs formatting? Same thing. Different jobs. Not sure. Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: could you explain typesetting vs formatting? Three options: Same thing; Different jobs; Not sure. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Quick question for authors. Which print format are you planning first? Paperback. Hardcover. Or both at once? Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: which print format are you planning first? Three options: Paperback; Hardcover; Both at once. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Quick question for authors. Have you sent a copy of your book to the British Library? Yes, already sent. Heard of it, not done yet. Or first you've heard of it? Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: have you sent a copy of your book to the British Library? Three options: Yes, already sent; Heard of it, not done yet; First I've heard of it. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Quick question for authors. Which page before Chapter One is hardest to get right? The title page, copyright page, dedication or contents? Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: which page before Chapter One is hardest to get right? Four options: Title page, Copyright page, Dedication, Contents. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Quick question for authors. How long do you give editing before you hit Publish? A few weeks, a few months, six months or more, or as long as it takes? Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: how long do you give editing before you hit Publish? Four options: A few weeks, A few months, Six months or more, As long as it takes. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quick question for authors. What's the one check you never skip before you hit Publish? Ordering a proof copy, going through the previewer page by page, reading it aloud, or getting fresh eyes on it? Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors: what's the one check you never skip before you hit Publish? Four options: Order a proof copy, Previewer page by page, Read it aloud, Fresh eyes on it. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Quick question for authors. If money was tight, which one would you pay a professional for first? Editing, cover design, formatting or marketing? Tell us why in the replies.

Card asking authors: if money was tight, what would you pay a professional for first? Four options: Editing, Cover design, Formatting, Marketing. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quick question for authors. What would make you trust an editor enough to hire one? A free sample edit, reviews from authors in your genre, a clear fixed price, or a friend's recommendation? Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors what would make them trust an editor enough to hire one, with four options: A free sample edit, Reviews in my genre, A clear fixed price, A friend's recommendation. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Be honest. Which Word habit are you most guilty of when you format a book? Tab for indents, spaces to centre titles, returns for page breaks, or something else? No judgement here. Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors which Word formatting habit they are most guilty of, with four options: Tab for indents, Spaces to centre, Returns for page breaks, Something else. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What is the one publishing task you most want done before Christmas? Finish the edit, lock the cover, hit publish, or something else? Tell us in the replies.

Card asking authors what publishing task they most want done before Christmas, with four options: Finish the edit, Lock the cover, Hit publish, Something else. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Which genre's covers all look the same, and is that a good thing? Romance, thriller, fantasy, or something else? Tell us where sameness helps, and where it hurts.

Card asking authors which genre's covers all look the same, with four options: Romance, Thriller, Fantasy, Something else. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Have you ever edited the manuscript after the book was already formatted? What broke first: the page count, the chapter starts, or the cover spine? Tell us which one stung.

Card asking authors if they ever edited after formatting, with four options: Page count shifted, Chapters moved, Spine went wrong, Never again. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What's the scariest part of handing your manuscript to an editor? Losing your voice, drowning in red ink, the cost, or finding out the story needs bigger changes? Tell us which one hits hardest.

Card asking authors the scariest part of sending a manuscript to an editor, with four options: Losing my voice, The red ink pile-up, The cost, What they'll find. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Track changes on your manuscript: helpful or terrifying? When an editor sends your pages back covered in markup, what's your first reaction? Love it, useful but stressful, prefer a clean rewrite, or haven't had one yet? Tell us below.

Card asking authors whether track changes feel helpful or terrifying, with four options: Love it, Useful but stressful, Prefer a clean rewrite, Haven't had one yet. HMD Publishing.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hiring an editor and confused by the menu? There are four kinds of edit, and most authors pay for the wrong one first. Quick guide 🧵

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Authors who've hired an editor: did the turnaround match what you were quoted? Finished early, bang on time, or still waiting weeks later? No wrong answers — we're curious what actually happens once the invoice is paid.

HMD Publishing card: Question for authors. Did your editor finish when they said they would? Options: Early, Bang on time, A bit late, Still waiting. Tell us in the replies.

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Publishing is not just clicking upload. Your keywords, categories, and metadata decide whether readers find your book or it gets buried. Two identical books, same cover, one sells, one does not. Setup is everything. #HMDPublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Publishing on Amazon KDP is simple. Getting the categories, ISBN, and trim size right is where most authors slip. Those three settings decide whether your book gets found. #HMDPublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Your book proof just arrived? Publishing on KDP is quick when you do it right: complete your account, type your title carefully (you can't change it later), research your categories and keywords, and always upload your with bleed PDF. Preview, price, publish. #HMDPublishing #AmazonKDP #IndieAuthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You already broke your own canon and don't know it. A dead character, alive in book two. A journey that changed length for no reason. Not typos, canon failures. Most self-published authors never finish a series because continuity breaks reader trust. The fix: a living series bible. DM "BIBLE".

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Launch news! 🎉 "You. Then AI" by Manish Dullabh written entirely without AI, on staying in control in an AI-shaped world. Editing, formatting, cover & KDP setup by our team. Pre-order now, out August 1st. 📚 #HMDPublishing #BookLaunch #YouThenAI

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

That thing you know better than almost anyone? It could be making you money while you sleep but only if you write the book. Knowledge sitting in your head is worth nothing. A published book is a legacy asset. #HMDPublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

No warehouse. No 500-copy minimum. No boxes in your garage. Print-on-demand means your book prints fresh every time someone orders it you just need the files to be right. We handle that part. #HMDPublishing #PrintOnDemand

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"What trim size is your book?" "I just picked the default 6x9." We need to talk. Trim size affects your genre signal, spine width, page count, print cost, and royalty margin. One spec. Everything downstream shifts with it. We pick the right one for your genre, every time. #HMDPublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Going live on Amazon isn't the finish line. It's the starting line. Week 1: Author Central. Week 2: Reviews. Week 3: First ad. Week 4: Check your data. Most authors go quiet after launch. Don't be most authors. 📚 #SelfPublishing #BookLaunch

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The cover gets the click. The blurb closes the sale. Most authors spend weeks on the cover and 20 minutes on the description. The maths is backwards. A blurb isn't a summary. It's a sales page. #bookmarketing #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Inside HMD: what a launch week actually looks like. D1 — Metadata locked D2–3 — Ads live, reviewers briefed D4–7 — Reviews drop, ads scale D8–10 — Algorithm picks up D11–14 — Bestseller A launch isn't a date. It's a 14-day operation. #booklaunch #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

"Amazon will do the rest." A lie. 1.4 million new books a year Amazon isn't promoting yours. 3 things decide if readers find your book: keywords, reviews in the first 30 days, and how fast your ads launch. Visibility is a system. Link in bio. #amazonkdp #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

17 agents rejected her book. 6 months after launching with us, she was #1 in her Amazon category and held it for 11 weeks. The writing wasn't the problem the packaging was. New cover. New blurb. Engineered launch. "I wish I hadn't waited." #selfpublishing #indieauthor #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

4 cover mistakes that scream "self-published": a stock photo with text on top, wrong genre fonts, too many elements and a title bigger than the hook image. None of it is a budget problem it's a design problem. We design covers that sell link in bio. #bookcoverdesign #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The 3-second cover test: cover the title with your thumb, then name the genre. Hesitated? Your cover isn't working buyers won't pause, they'll scroll. Readers buy genre first. Free cover audit — link in bio. #selfpublishing #indieauthor #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

500+ launches in. Winners share 3 traits: a cover that signals the genre, a blurb that hooks in line one, a launch engineered from Day -7. Most authors get one right. Winners build all three together. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #selfpublishing #indieauthor #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The cover that was killing their sales. 48hr rebuild → sales doubled in week 1. A cover isn't decoration. It's your first sales pitch. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #bookcoverdesign #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

$0 in sales? It's almost never the writing. Cover doesn't match the genre. Description is killing the clicks. 500+ books launched. We fix both. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #selfpublishing #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The most valuable page in your book is the one right after the final chapter. Most authors leave it blank. Reader magnet → landing page → email capture → list you actually own. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #selfpublishing #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The 1 Amazon Ad campaign new authors should run: Sponsored Products. Manual. Exact-match keywords. 10–15 competitor titles. $0.30 bids. $5/day. 2-week test. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #selfpublishing #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Stop launching at 99 cents. At $0.99 Amazon drops you to 35% royalty — 35c per sale instead of $2.05. Launch at $2.99–$4.99. Save 99c for Countdown Deals after launch. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #selfpublishing #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Watch how a rewritten Amazon blurb took this book to #1 in just 9 days. Want the same results? Start with a killer blurb! 🚀 Free 7-point blurb checklist in the description! 📜 #HMDPublishing #AmazonMastery #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthors #BookMarketing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A real client manuscript: Comic Sans, mixed fonts, no running heads, no front matter. 60 seconds of time-lapse later — print-ready. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #bookformatting #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

$5 cover. $500 cover. Pro cover. Most authors can't tell them apart. Price ≠ quality. Genre-coded type, thumbnail performance, and comp-title alignment do. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #bookcoverdesign #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Audiobook market up 28% YoY. Doesn't mean your book needs one. £2k–£5k production. ACX caps at 40% royalty. Works for series, non-fiction with audience, genre crossover. Rarely works for debuts or literary fiction. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Your cover drives 80% of first-time buying decisions. Are you treating it like it? Every novel cover maker option — compared → hmdpublishing.com/services/complete-package #bookcoverdesign #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

5,000+ self-publishing services competing for your manuscript. Price and turnaround are the wrong first filters. New guide: 3 models, 5 criteria, 15-step vetting process. Read before you sign → hmdpublishing.com/blog/top-rat... #hmdpublishing #selfpublishing #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Amazon lets you list your book in 10 categories. Most authors stop at 3. Email KDP support after launch. Approval in ~48 hrs. One bestseller badge = 3x click-through for 30+ days. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

400 books formatted. KDP rejects these 3 things every time: Bleed set to zero Inner margin under 0.5" Fonts not embedded Audit before you upload → hmdpublishing.com/consultation #hmdpublishing #selfpublishing #indieauthor

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hmdpublishing @hmdpublishing.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A 4-star Kindle formatting complaint was killing conversions. We fixed the file, added one line to the description, and answered the objection inside the listing. Conversion recovered in 2 weeks. Read your reviews as a fix list. #amazonkdp #selfpublishing #hmdpublishing

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