Forum: Author Hangout

publishers typically have a simple even-numbered page listing "Other Books by ...", that's basically just a blank page with the list of books on it with no descriptions.

I don't start my "Other Books by" on a new page. I have some white space after my copyright info and put it there. I do have a page break at the end so that Chapter 1 begins on a new page.

I used to have links to the books (if you click on the title), but I stopped that. Bookapy removes the links. I list the title of each book followed by the type of book (indented) like "erotic romance murder-mystery" for "Sexual Awakening" and "erotic thriller (Lincoln Steele Book 1)" for "Steele Justice". If someone wants to find a particular title they can search my author name on Bookapy or Amazon.

At the end of the novel, I repeat the list. And I don't have a page break. I want it to be visible to the reader when they finish the novel. If they liked the novel, that's probably the best way to trigger them looking for others by me. I have some white space and then a ~~~ and then the list of books.

Bookapy removes the links.

Correction, the last time I checked, Bookapy removes any non-Bookapy links, namely links to competitor services. I've never had a problem with linking to my own webpage. Which is why I always create custom ePubs for each distributor. The problem though, is when you mistakenly leave the wrong link in, finding it can often be a bitch, as they never indicate where the link lies.

Typically, just after my final "The End" (or "To be Continued") I list the title of the book, followed on the next page by the Preview, which provides both the details of the book and the first chapter, so readers can get a feel for whether they'd like the book or not.

That's easy to do with eBooks, but I don't include those extras in my print books, as that 'extra chapter' racks up the total page count, increasing the retail cost.

publishers typically have a simple even-numbered page listing "Other Books by ...",

I just realized I don't have "Other books by…" I have "Books by…" so the title of the book the list is in is included in the list.

This way I have a standard list. When I publish a new novel, I update that list and copy it to the cover page on all my novels and republish them. It also comes in handy when there's a series.

For example, my novel "High School Massacre" is the 2nd book in a 3-book Lincoln Steele series. If I listed "Other books by…" in "High School Massacre" I would list two titles of the series as Book 1 and Book 3. But by also including "High School Massacre" in the list, the list is complete with all 3 books in the series listed in order.

I list each book, but when I list a series, l list the series description, and the order of the books, but don't detail what the various books are about.

Psychic Readings

Two separate protagonists lead a team into the unusual aspects of psychic abilities, as Logan Sykes and John Engals wrestle with the spirits of the deceased, as they seek their place between the worlds of the quick and the dead.
1) Kindred Spirits
2) Prophetic

What I'm now considering is the same thing, without the descriptions:

Psychic Readings
1) Kindred Spirits
2) Prophetic

Thanks, Lazeez. I figured that if no one else had an answer, you would. I'd completely blanked on applying the page-break command to either a span class or a new paragraph definition. Duh! If I use a span class, rather than create an entirely new paragraph type (for a strictly one-time use), I could potentially trigger the page break while using the paragraph title I would've used anyway.

As usual, you're a lifesaver!

Update: Alas, the span class, obviously didn't work, because how do you modify something to do something before it's even activated, but I created a duplicate of my CenterBold command (named Break) which works perfectly. (Just in case anyone decides to try my dumb span class suggestion.)