Have you written a book or are you writing one? Are you weighing options of what to do next? Then consider creating ebooks, because ebooks and the devices that read them are the fastest growing sectors in the publishing industry.Amazon has the Kindle, Barnes & Noble the Nook, Sony’s got the Reader and Apple’s iPad has just been released. People even read on their cell phones. Ebook sales are soaring and will surpass paper book sales in the near future. New and established writers must make their books available as ebooks.The tips within will save you time, money and energy while putting you on the fast track to selling ebooks. You’ll learn to:• Build and Maximize Social Media and Online Platform.• Create a Professional Blog Site.• Design effective Ebook Covers.• Format and Upload for Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Apple’s iPad iBookstore and other Retailers.• Convert your Documents to any Format (epub, mobi, pdf, lrf and others).• Create a Professional (more…)
So You have written your opus, and edited it, and heeded the advice in book one of this series “Book Covers 101: Because Books are Judged by their Covers” and now you are ready to publish, but you don’t know how or where. Either there is so much information that you don’t know how to make a choice and you don’t want to make the wrong decision, or you have been so busy hovered over your laptop perfecting your masterpiece that you haven’t had time to delve into all of this yet.Have no fear. This guide will tell you, from my personal experience with self-publishing, and 20 years of entrepreneurial business experience precisely what you need to where to do it, and why the choices listed are the best ones for your Independent publishing business.
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2nd Kindle Edition. A handy primer for those who haven’t a clue and want to get one about the world of book publishing, marketing and selling, including the bookkeeping procedures and other information to make the virgin author or publisher ready to solve any problem. This little green book will be your constant companion in your quest to be published. In addition to books, this guide will help you produce, market and sell any product using the same principles. With illustrations, appendixes and lists of valuable resources. Now with an updated section on digital publishing and ebooks.
About the Author
About the author: Theresa M. Moore has 30 years of experience as a writer, illustrator and publisher with an avid interest in science fantasy adventure, history, mythology, and science; and a skeptical interest in pseudoscience and paranormal research. She writes in a strong cinematic style with the mission to educate as well as entertain.
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In the rapidly changing environment of digital publishing, many authors are asking themselves whether they truly need the services of a traditional publisher. Is it really necessary to have a large chunk of their sales revenue withheld by a distributor and a publisher? This book will provide valuable lessons learned regarding one author’s journey through the waters of self-epublishing.Discovered via trial-and-error, these nuggets will enable authors to determine whether they have what it takes to go it alone on Amazon Kindle and beyond. Whether you want to self-publish one short story or your entire backlist, this book will get you started.
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This brief how-to primer, written by a published author and electronic publisher, offers 10 simple steps anyone can follow to publish their work as an e-book within minutes and have it available for sale in online bookstores. It succinctly covers all the essentials, like formatting, uploading and marketing, and at such a low price what’ve you got to lose?
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