Are you interested in learning how to create a professional looking ebook? Do you prefer in-person, live classes? If so, this class is for you!

Publishing ebooks is a low cost way to get information and ideas out to your readers. Sigil is a good choice because it allows placement of the images at precise locations in the ebook. In this class, you will be guided step by step through the process of using Sigil to set up an epub ebook. You will learn how to format epub ebooks with chapters. In addition, you’ll learn how to format text-based ebooks as well as epub picture books.

Formatting ebooks using Sigil will be held at The Innovation Center at Saratoga on Wednesday, November 5th from 6-8 pm. Click here for more information and to sign up: https://innovationcentersaratoga.org/classes/#!event/2025/11/5/formatting-ebooks-using-sigil

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We’ll be at the Albany Book Festival on Saturday, September 27th from 10:30 am to 4 pm! Look for us at Table 21 in the Campus Center Ballroom (2nd floor) at the University at Albany. You will be able to purchase autographed copies of When the Nest Fell, What Happened to My Strawberry Yogurt, and the Butterfly Garden Coloring Book. You could even get a very limited edition Color Your Own Butterfly Necklace Kit! www.albanybookfestival.com

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Jacqueline Gutierrez from Sprouting Seed Press will be teaching the in-person course, Formatting ebooks using Sigil at The Innovation Center at Saratoga. Are you interested in learning how to create a professional looking ebook containing photographs or illustrations? If so, this course is for you. This is a great class for you if you are self-publishing.

Click here for more information:

https://innovationcentersaratoga.org/classes/#!event/2025/9/25/formatting-ebooks-using-sigil

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Formatting Children’s eBooks Using Sigil is now live on Skillshare! You’ve written and illustrated your own children’s book. Learn how to turn it into a professional looking reflowable children’s epub ebook! This course is taught by our Editorial Director, Jacqueline Gutierrez. Sign up with the link below to receive a free month of Skillshare. 

https://skl.sh/3UWGu9J

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We’re having a back to school free ebook promotion for When the Nest Fell! The ebook of When The Nest Fell will be free on Amazon KDP for a limited time—Monday, August 25th to Wednesday, August 27th! Reviews are always appreciated. Please share the link with your friends so they could get their free copies of this ebook too during our free ebook promotion!

A nest of baby squirrels fell to the ground when their tree was cut down. To make matters worse, their mama squirrel didn’t see where they went and workmen were making a lot of loud, unfamiliar whirrs and buzzes Will the babies ever see their mama again? Will they be okay? Follow along this family of squirrels to see their journey back home. When the Nest Fell is a picture book based on a true animal rescue story, written by NYS wildlife rehabilitator Kirsten Norton, the rehabber in this book.

Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBFDR1JX/

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Twelve pictures of the mineral springs that our featured author/illustrator, Jacqueline Gutierrez, illustrated for the Mineral Springs of Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa Coloring Book are on display at the Saratoga Springs Visitor Center during the month of May. The exhibit is part of the in the Art in Public Places program run by Saratoga Arts. Each illustration is 11″x14″, matted to 16″x20″. 10% of the proceeds from this exhibit will be donated to The Friends of Saratoga Spa State Park

If you’re in the area, stop by the Saratoga Springs Visitor Center to see the exhibit!

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