Writing and publishing is a craft that has changed rapidly with new tools, and this category shares the methods and the results. Our posts describe how to create blog posts, turn ideas into books and share them with readers. They cover the serialisation of Optimistic Storm on Substack, which releases the three volumes of the series in short pieces across three streams, and why serialising suits a long nonfiction work.
Practical guides follow the process from manuscript to print. One post describes using AI to tidy up Kindle publishing. Another explains how seven scanned family booklets from a shoebox became Kindle print paperbacks, a useful guide for anyone doing family history who wants a printed copy for relatives.
The posts are written for authors, community historians and anyone with a project that deserves an audience. They show how AI and low-cost publishing platforms lower the barriers that once required a publisher, and give honest notes on what worked, what needed checking by hand and what to avoid. If you have a manuscript, a family archive or a stack of old booklets, these articles will help you plan the work and get it into readers’ hands.
Writing and publishing is a craft that has changed rapidly with new tools, and this category shares the methods and the results. Our posts describe how to create blog posts, turn ideas into books and share them with readers. They cover the serialisation of Optimistic Storm on Substack, which releases the three volumes of the series in short pieces across three streams, and why serialising suits a long nonfiction work.
Practical guides follow the process from manuscript to print. One post describes using AI to tidy up Kindle publishing. Another explains how seven scanned family booklets from a shoebox became Kindle print paperbacks, a useful guide for anyone doing family history who wants a printed copy for relatives.
The posts are written for authors, community historians and anyone with a project that deserves an audience. They show how AI and low-cost publishing platforms lower the barriers that once required a publisher, and give honest notes on what worked, what needed checking by hand and what to avoid. If you have a manuscript, a family archive or a stack of old booklets, these articles will help you plan the work and get it into readers’ hands.
Three books, three covers and a KDP series page had drifted apart. Here is how I used Claude to find every inconsistency, from the wrong series order to a duplicate barcode, and why the decisions, and the fact-checking, still belong to the author.
The three-volume Optimistic Storm series is being released on Substack, three posts a week for a year: energy on Mondays, the hydrogen, nuclear and CCS debunks on Wednesdays, and AI, food and health long reads on weekends. Subscribe free and follow along.
How seven scanned family booklets became Amazon paperbacks: scanning, AI transcription, Kindle Print formatting, a clarification checklist, back covers and listing text, plus the reusable skill behind it.
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