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So you’ve done it. You’ve written a book, gone through several drafts, compiled your Scrivener project, and you’re ready to self publish your book. This is a big accomplishment; you know how much creative work it took to get you to this point. There’s just one more thing you need to do: create a cover for your book.

Scrivener can produce a file that you can upload to ebook providers, such as Kindle Direct Publishing, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and aggregators such as BookBaby and IngramSpark. Scrivener can also include a cover when you compile this file as part of the book’s front matter. If you have the budget, a professional designer can help make the book cover that you really want. But if not, there are ways that you can create a cover yourself.

Read the rest of the article on The L&L Blog.

To learn how to use Scrivener for Mac, Windows, and iOS, check out my book Take Control of Scrivener 3.

When you set up a new Mac, dozens of apps are pre-installed on the computer. These include basic apps like Calendar, Contacts, and Notes, media apps like Music and TV, and Internet tools such as Mail and Safari. In addition, you can download, via the App Store app, Apple’s iWork suite: Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, and the “iLife” apps: iMovie and GarageBand. Your Mac running macOS Sonoma also comes with a couple dozen utilities.

In addition to all these apps, you might occasionally download apps from a third party. For example, you may use Microsoft 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, or other productivity and creativity apps. And you might occasionally try out free apps or trial versions of apps that you are curious about.

Over time, these apps can take up a lot of space, and you may need to clean out your Mac in order to have more room for your documents. Or you may want to uninstall Flash Player from your Mac (or other apps that are no longer supported).

For the most part, it’s relatively easy to uninstall apps on a Mac. There are several ways to do this, depending on the app. Here’s everything you need to know about how to remove apps from your Mac.

Read the rest of the article on The Mac Security Blog.

When you’ve written a book and want to get it published, there are two possibilities. You can go the traditional route and submit it to a publisher, or you can self-publish your book. The self-publishing process is fairly recent, and it allows authors to take full control of the life of their book, from writing to sales.

There are advantages and disadvantages to each of these processes, and the choice you make may affect not only the sales of one book, but also your potential career as an author.

Read the rest of the article on The L&L Blog.

To learn how to use Scrivener for Mac, Windows, and iOS, check out my book Take Control of Scrivener 3.

On the day before Halloween, Apple held a pre-recorded event to present its newest family of chips, the M3. It was the first time that Apple held an event late in the day; this was held at 5 pm California time, whereas the usual start time for these events is 10 am. This means that it was the evening on the East Coast of the US, and late at night or early in the morning for Europe. It was also the shortest Apple event ever, clocking in at just around 30 minutes.

It’s not clear why Apple did this, but with the theme of the event being “scary fast,” referencing Halloween, it was also filmed at night. The entire event was dark-themed, and this led up to the introduction of the new “space black” MacBook Pro.

Read the rest of the article on The Mac Security Blog.