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Fantastic Fonts
The Best Fonts for Book Design 12pt or 10pt? Times New Roman or Arial? With over 550 000+ fonts to choose from and numerous sizes a text can be, it can seem a bit daunting when it comes to choosing the best font for your book...
Who is Mandla Moses Nsibande?
Mandla Moses Nsibande is a veteran isiZulu teacher. He has been in the classroom for many years, even after retiring. In addition to isiZulu, Mandla teaches other African languages. He was inspired to write isiZulu Esenziwelula by other teachers, especially English...
How to create a print-ready book cover
The elements of a book cover A book cover is more than just the front page of the outside of a book. When we talk about a book cover, we mean the back cover, the spine and the front cover connected as a spread. A print-ready book cover also needs to be a PDF with at...
What are open files and why do we need them?
Open files, or working files, are all the files needed to create the book, image, video, or other type of artistic work. For example, with our design software Adobe InDesign we would package our projects at the end. This would give us a file that contains the font...
Writing Tips From A Copywriter
Copywriting Fundamentals To Use In All Your Writing Advertising copywriting is an interesting career. On the positive side, you have the pleasure of writing for a living, and often a regular stream of work. On the negative side, you have to deal with all the corporate...
Who are Cela and Ronnie Rootz?
Cela and Ronnie Rootz write for children and their families to help them better understand what is going on in the world around them. They want children to learn that they can make a difference right where they are, no matter their age. In Southern Africa they work...
How to get Paid Your Royalties by Amazon
If you have a book on Amazon, or are planning on posting your book on Amazon , you may have noticed that Amazon won’t accept your South African bank account. Sadly, Amazon posts royalties as checks, and South African banks are in the process of phasing out checks completely. Luckily, there is an alternative to getting checks in the mail! Use the nifty service Payoneer.
Creative child authors at Preflight Books
Writing a book and having it published is no easy feat, no matter your age, but these creative child authors from Preflight Books have done just that! "This world is but a canvas for our imagination." - Henry David Thoreau These amazing and creative child authors have...
Tips to Beat Writer’s Block from our Preflight authors
At Preflight Books we know that writer’s block can seem like an insurmountable obstacle in your journey to becoming a published author. The best advice comes from those who have overcome this obstacle before. That is why we asked some of our very own Preflight Books authors to share their top tips to beat writer’s block.
Who is Tshepo Baloyi?
Tshepo Baloyi is a 23-year-old female from Pretoria. She has her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and majored in International Relations from the University of Pretoria. Tshepo has a passion for political and social activism for women's rights and gender...