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No AI, thank you – Publishing Sidetrack Key – Epilogue

So I just added this to our copyright notice on the epub version:No AI tools were used to assist in writing this work.The use of this work to train any AI is forbidden. Because of this tweet right here: I’m surprised at my reaction. I’ve been up to my neck in technology forever. I make…

Sidetrack Key – Part 2 -How to Publish the Print Version

Jessica produced a very nice book in Microsoft Word. If you’re going straight to epub, you can just upload it at Amazon KDP and they’ll do a lot of the work. We’ll cover that in the next part. For now I’ll summarize how we created a print-ready version of Sidetrack Key. We’re assuming the document…

Title & Cover-Part One-Publishing Sidetrack Key

This isn’t Jessica. This is Sean MacGuire, husband and publisher of Sidetrack Key. I get to do the interesting work of getting the book out the door looking presentable. I also agreed to write a few words about the process, hoping it might help others in a similar situation. Our goal is to produce a…